I can totally hear where you’re coming from with your frustrations! Good luck as you finish up on your degree & enter into a completely crazy new world. Stay strong!

I probably have missed the deadline, but would have loved to written something for Beyond Borders: Nurses’ Stories about Working Abroad. I’ve just written a book entitled: Nursing Australia – A Guide to Working and Living as a Nurse Down Under

Working as an overseas nurse initially requires a much greater investment of energy than nursing at home, but the memories and experiences gained in return will reward you a thousand times over. Nothing in the world can replace the experience you gain and the general outlook on life you attain having stepped outside your own country and worked in another one for a while. To view your own country from another country’s perspective will open up your eyes to a whole new way of viewing the world.

See http://www.nursingaustralia.info for my experiences on Nursing in Australia

Emma

Kaplan Publishing, the publisher of a broad range of educational and consumer books by and for healthcare providers, is now accepting stories for a new and exciting anthology, Beyond Borders: Nurses’ Stories about Working Abroad.

Kaplan wants nurses from all over the world to reveal what it’s like to practice nursing outside of their hometowns, in places like the United States, Jamaica, France, Indonesia and beyond.

Whether confronted with unfamiliar cultural norms, new medical language, or greater or fewer resources than you would experience at home, your story will open a window into the commonalties and cultural differences in how the art and science of nursing is practiced around the globe.

SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES.

 Tell your story. If you are a nurse’s aid, a nurse, or a nurse practitioner please share your unique experience of working somewhere other than your native country. If you have a story of working in a town that is culturally very different from your hometown, we hope you will share this story as well.
 Tell us how your experience has shaped the person that you are today.
 Make us laugh, make us cry; allow your words to open a broader world for your readers.
 All stories must be true and you must you retain the copyright if previously published.
 Story Length:1,000 – 2,500 words
 Submit stories in Microsoft Word, 12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced.
 Each submission should include your name, address, phone number, and email address.
 Tell a story that has a beginning, middle, and end.
 Write from your heart about a life-changing or life-defining experience.
 Multiple submissions are welcome.
 All manuscripts selected for publication will be subject to editing.
 Before final acceptance, you will receive an agreement that outlines the terms and conditions of publication.
 Submission Deadline: April 10, 2009
 Payment:$100 if published, along with two complimentary copies of the book

o By Email - Beyond Borders@live.com Please put your story title in the subject line. You can type the story into the body of the email, or send as an attachment.
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Well said about the public ignorance!!

I really think the government’s effort to increase the number of nurses would be futile unless they fix this public perception about nurses (that we only do mindless tasks) first. What sort of talented and enthusiastic people would become interested in the profession if it’s not really respected!?

PS I emailed you awhile ago in regard to your overseas page…. and sorry I haven’t got back to you about it yet. Well, actually there is a lot to tell… , and I just don’t know where to start to be honest!