I have determined I have a love/hate relationship with nursing in Australia. And the same with nursing in America. Don't know if I will ever reconcile the two, and I don't know if we can ever have the best of both worlds... but we could try??? A little Aussie... A little Americana....
Nurse:patient ratios- appropriate and safe. +1 Aussie
Bank staff, on-call. All the time. No one works short. +1 Aussie
6 weeks (or more paid annual leave) +1 Aussie
FREE continuing Education +1 USA
Scrubs, no skirts +1 USA
Forward thinking attitude, APRN involvement: +1 USA
"Team Nursing" -1 Aussie (sorry)
Patient focused care +1 Aussie
Appropriate use of protocols +1 Aussie
Inappropriate/Overuse of protocols -1 USA
Fun Medical Slang +1 Aussie
Use of Technology +1 USA
Overuse of Technology -1 USA
Underuse of Technology -1 Aussie
Aussie.... 4
USA.........3
Tough call....
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