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nursemorgan

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Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:07 pm

Hi guysI am facing an interesting dilema. I am currently in my second yr of nursing and wish to practise in the country upon graduation. To date I have completed my placements as follows:1st yr: 3 weeks Pinnaroo hospital2nd yr/ 1st sem.: Port Augusta A/E2nd yr/ 2nd sem. (Later this yr): Whyalla medical assessment and rehab. ward (20 beds)As you can see I currently have no metro's placements under my belt. I see no problem with this as I beileve I gain better experience in a truly general nursing environment rather than the metro specilist wards.what do you guys think? Morgan

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Jul 29, 2005, 04:04 pm

hi morgan

You obviously love the country, if you know you will go back there then what is stopping you from just taking that one placement in the city just for the experience.  If it's a bad one then at least you know for sure - I guess what I'm trying to say is you can't know what it's like until you've been there and actually done it.  That's not to say that it's bad to do all country placements, my best expereinces on placement have been in the country, but then there are some clinical aspects of nursing that I have expereinced in the city that I just would not come across in three weeks in the country.

I guess my verdict ultimately it's what makes you happy, I'd take the city expereince now; it's all over in three weeks and you never have to go back there if you hate it.

nurserosie

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Jul 29, 2005, 09:04 pm

Hi, I'm a third year student, and I'm also living in a rural area. I found it challenging and very worthwhile to do a city placement. I did mine at the RAH, and learnt heaps. Really opened my eyes, so take the oppoprtunity if you can. I did ward A7, vascular surgical, a very popular ward for students. staff were great, very tuned into teaching, much more than they were in country placements I found.

nursemorgan

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Jul 29, 2005, 10:16 pm

Hi nurserosie Thanks for the reply. I personally have never had a problem with the teaching abilities of rural nurses. My problem lies in not wanting to do a specialist placement, but if I do general medical/ surgical nursing in the city all of the 'specialised pt's are sent to ther areas meaning I get a rural experience (while competeing with all the other students on the ward for pt's) or I go rural and get a lot more one on one time with pt's/ nurses doing all the metro spec. areas in the one shift!My main query was as to whether it would be held aginst me from a career persective if I did change and goe metro??Morgan

Darren

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Jul 31, 2005, 07:08 pm

Hi Morgan, my two cents worth is that doing a metro rotation would not be held against you by country DONs in selection for a GNP. Generally what we have looked for is an obvious baseline of clinical skill and academic competence, but most of all an understanding of rural practice and rural life.

It seems that you have already demonstrated your commitment to rural nursing and you have experienced a good range of size and type of hospitals. If you did do a metro placement, Accident and Emergency/Casualty would be a good placement to do as you would be exposed to more trauma in a couple of weeks than you would likely experience in a year in the country.

This would place in you good stead as it is a vital skill in rural nursing when it is required and I am aware that even though there is a lot of training provided in this area, a lot of rural nurses do not feel as confident as they would like in trauma situations.

Having said that I see you do have an A&E placement at Port Augusta, so if you feel you had good exposure there, maybe some more general nursing placements in rural hospitals will put in you good stead. I also dont see any surgical ward experience - a good number of rural hospitals still undertake surgery, so that will also be important

 

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