Saturday, 23 July 2016

Say Chhheeeeessseeeeee..!!

First stop was Singapore. Had a wonderful time with great friends! Food was amazing!!





















Then Australia...
  

Angel's place Sydney

City, Sydney

Darling harbour, Sydney

My friend Casper came to visit us in Sydney. He is from Singapore

At The Grounds

Cool wall art/sign at The Ground

Biltong at R1200/kg
Very cold morning in the train...on my way to work

My beautiful sister and I at the Blue Mountains

Blue Mountains

Inside the hospital where I worked

Hospital where I worked

Cronulla beach

Cronulla beach

Another Super cold morning... waiting for the train at 4:50am

Hospital where I worked

My student card
Another super cold morning before work
The building where I did the theoretical part of my course (Australia College of Nursing)

Australia College of Nursing: Kitchen

Yowie bay: Where I stayed

Yowie bay: 100m from where I stayed

Yowie bay

At another beach

At the beach with my sister and my niece

Cronulla

South African Section in AGI supermarket 

South African Section in AGI supermarket. Its expensive because its imported products. :)

At the train station on a rainy day


Chickenpox...still contagious...NOT HAPPY AT ALL!!!
Scars still bad...uuuggghhh!!!


New town...one of my favourite places!!! Also where coldplay's "sky full of stars" video was shot

New Town

New Town

My beautiful sister Michelle
Yummy food at New Town




New town


New Town

Best doughnuts ever..also in New Town

Best doughnuts ever..also in New Town

Geocaching with my nieces

Lunch with some of my class mates


Breakfast at Bondi Beach with Michelle


Bondi Beach

Loved these dumplings...they were crazy good!

Lunch with Michelle at Jamie Oliver's restaurant in the city

Lunch with Michelle at Jamie Oliver's restaurant in the city

Kevin Bacon at the Grounds

The Grounds

The Grounds

The Grounds



The Grounds


The Grounds

The Grounds

The Grounds

The Grounds

My niece Alex at Messina ice cream...real yummy Gelato


 Breakfast at LUXE


At train station

Most sinful lunch ever...yup thats pork crackling...

Scars faded a bit...yay!

Lindt cafe Miranda

Lindt cafe Miranda

Working out at Crunch gym.

Me at the train station just as the train was coming on

Circular quay Sydney

Circular quay Sydney

Circular quay Sydney

Circular quay Sydney

Circular quay Sydney


Circular quay to Darling harbour with the ferry

The Opera house from the ferry

The Opera house from the ferry

The Opera house from the ferry


Amusement park from the ferry

Sydney Harbour Bridge from the ferry

Cronulla Beach

Cronulla Beach

Cronulla Beach

Cronulla Beach

Another very cold morning before work...waiting for the next train at Redfern station


I baked these as a thank you gift for the unit where I did my placement. I worked in a Cardiothoracic unit.

It was a great experience!!!


Friday, 1 July 2016

Done and Dusted!

So happy! I am finally done with the bridging course. If I look back now, it was all and all a good experience. I did my course at the Australian College of Nursing, known as the EPIQ-RTR course. It started of with 5 week of theory, which was followed by 6 weeks of Clinical practice. 

In the 5 Weeks of Theory we covered the following:






I am sorry for the image quality, but I don't have a scanner with me, and thought that this will be quicker. 


During the 6 weeks:


During our 1 st week, we had to set a minimum of 3 learning goals which you had to achieve by the end of the clinical practice. Its almost like a learning contract that you agree on. Every week we had a precept visit from one of the facilitators. The facilitator worked with us for the whole day, observing our practice and advising us on things they felt necessary. On the 3rd and 6th week, we had formative assessments. The formative assessments were pretty much the same as the precept visits, except for the fact that it was an assessment and they did not guide you during this day. At the end of week 5, we had to submit a 1000 word essay on one of our learning goals.

So now that all the hard work is done, the waiting begins...

They gave us this document that shows exactly when they will be submitting your documentation to AHPRA.




I think that thing that i struggled with most was to understand the different nursing roles, but I think I got it now, and I know what I want to work towards. (AIN- Assistant in nursing, CNC - Clinical nurse consultant, CNE- Clinical nurse educator, CNS- Clinical nurse specialist).

Nursing in Australia is so vast. There are so many different specialties in Australia, things you won't even think about is SA. Nursing in Australia = opportunity! 

I know there are a few RNs who got turned down by AHPRA. This might not be much, but there are many RNs working as IANs and even better phlebotomists. You don't need to be registered as RN to do that here. You do however have to do a cannulation course. In SA Cannulation is part of our training, but I am sure there should be a course somewhere that you can do that will give you a certificate. From what I've heard, the money is not that bad. So that might be another option. Maybe not a bad idea to contact the pathology labs to see what they require. As I said many people did this while they were doing the bridging course....JUST AN IDEA! :)

Super excited...Flying home to SA on Monday! Excited to see my family and friends. Will miss that indescribable feeling of safety that I experienced here.