Category Archives: Interviews and Features

Migrating Nurses – We Want Your Thoughts!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by NU_admin

This survey research is being carried out by the NSW Nurses’ Association in conjunction with Public Services International (PSI), the global federation of public service unions. The research is part of a global project on the international migration of health … Continue reading →

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Jobs must be protected if Australia is to ride out global economic uncertainty!

Posted on January 25, 2012 by NU_admin

Employers must pull out all stops to protect Australian jobs and not take a gunshot approach to addressing global economic challenges, say unions. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) President Ged Kearney said it was becoming too easy for employers … Continue reading →

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Nurses on the move

Posted on January 6, 2012 by NU_admin

Consistent with an increasingly globalised world millions of nurses find themselves on the move. Sometimes nurse migration occurs within a nation’s borders with nurses migrating from rural to urban areas or from the public to the private sector. Or they … Continue reading →

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Nurse from Fiji fits quickly into the system

Posted on January 2, 2012 by NU_admin

Immigration residency helps with finding work, although the job market has competitive hurdles. Tulia Nasolo left her home country of Fiji in 2001 with the local degree equivalent, a three-year nursing diploma, and having completed a qualification conversion course and … Continue reading →

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From Economics Lecturer to Perioperative Nursing – Paul’s Story (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by NU_admin

On Monday we published part one of Paul’s two-part blog. Prior to commencing his nursing career Paul Hanrahan was a lecturer at Melbourne University, working across three faculties, Economics and Commerce, Information Communication and Technology; and Education. Paul chatted to … Continue reading →

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