Saturday, March 13, 2010

Best of Both Worlds?

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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