I am going to be a nurse in about 6 months ..i want to be a travel nurse....and also international nurse...visit cities across america....and visit cities all over the world....that will be a awesome experience...i would love to come work in south africa...especially at the world famous Groote Schuur Hospital.

but how much is the pay tho...

I am going to be a nurse in about 6 months ..i want to be a travel nurse....and also international nurse...visit cities across america....and visit cities all over the world....that will be a awesome experience...i would love to come work in south africa...especially at the world famous Groote Schuur Hospital.

but how much is the pay tho...

You must be joking mate...nursing salaries in South Africa are disgraceful. End! Not worth it. Rather go to the UK and can at least travel Europe.

The only real benefit you will get in South Africa (however sure you also get in in the States) is experience in trauma medicine, if that is of interest to you. This attratcs a lot of young foreign doctors particularly interested in plastic surgery.

From my research, R97,000 to R175,000 per year. Which, depending on who ask (according to the middle class thread somewhere around here), can afford a middle class lifestyle in South Africa.

EDIT (Repeat Post)

These are the salaries as determined on 1 July 2009:

http://www.dpsa.gov.za/documents/rp/2009/18_1_p_29_09_2009_Annex_b.pdf

These might have increased abit this year. But for a Professional Nurse in General Nursing who has completed the community service but is not yet in a managerial position, the salary is essentially from R130,119 p/a to R248,211 p/a. The province might add a certain bonus percentage on top as well (I know the Western Cape does).

However, for a nurse in lecturing, primary health care or a speciality the salary range increases quite alot and the lowest salary in these domains is essentially R195,936 p/a.

thats around 17,000 to 33,000 dollars......

do u have different level of nursing....like right now i am going to be a licenced vocational nurse...just below the registered nurse....the job duties are the same but RN get paid more...so one more year of school i will have that....then bachelors of nursing...which is basically useless cuz u only get paid 38 cent more than an RN.

You must be joking mate...nursing salaries in South Africa are disgraceful. End! Not worth it. Rather go to the UK and can at least travel Europe.

The only real benefit you will get in South Africa (however sure you also get in in the States) is experience in trauma medicine, if that is of interest to you. This attratcs a lot of young foreign doctors particularly interested in plastic surgery.

during my clinical at my school i was lucky enough to see a triple heart bypass...and saw the surgeon just use potassium to stop the heart....and handled it like it was nothin but that is the guys life he is holding in his hand...it was amazing....i would love to see stuff like that at the groot shurr hospital in cape town....plus groot hospital got one of the best trauma centers in the world.

Its not necessarily staying in south africa...like i said i want to go into travelling nurse then move on to international nursing....i think the agent provides the pay or the hospital itself...i would have to research that. But i would love to come work in south africa and nigeria....brazil, uk, germany, aussie, canada.

what are the top best hospitals in south africa?

what are the top best hospitals in south africa?

Well, of the state hospitals it would be the following:

- Chris Hani Baragwanath (Joburg)
- Steve Biko Academic (Pretoria)
- Grootte Schuur (CT)

Then there are hundreds of other state hospitals that are not on that level at all, but many that are similar (but smaller) or even better in certain departments. In general though, those three are the top state hospitals.

Private hospitals are where the top medical work is done in SA these days though. I don't personally know much about hospitals outside of Gauteng, but I can tell you that the following have very good ER departments and some of the best surgeons in the country:

- Milpark (Joburg - Netcare Medical)
- Wilgeheuwel (Joburg - Life Medical)
- Sandton (Joburg - Mediclinic)
- Little Company of Mary (Pretoria - Life Medical)
- Kloof (Pretoria - Mediclinic)

A good place to start your research would be at at this list on wikipedia, and then go from there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_South_Africa

Unitas is also a very good Private Hospital in Centurion

From my research, R97,000 to R175,000 per year. Which, depending on who ask (according to the middle class thread somewhere around here), can afford a middle class lifestyle in South Africa.

Maybe if the person's salary was leaning more to the latter amount, otherwise no.

Working in a private hospital will you get a you a better paycheck i am guessing.

^^ Yes I think so

Constantiaberg, Christian Barnard, Kingsbury and Vincent Pallotti are also very good private hospitals in Cape Town

N1 City and UCT Private Academic are both good options as well. N1 has a very good and busy trauma unit and UCT has very links with there heart transplant programme to Groote Schuuur hospital consultants. Both Constantiaberg and UCT Private Academic however have a very good hameatolopgy unit treating both paeds and adults in stem cell and bone marrow transplants. In Durban you have St Augistines which also has a very good cardiac and icu facilities. In general, if you visit the Netcare and Medi-Clinic websites, it will give you a good idea of the services provided by these organisations. Most of these hospitals are specialised in 1 or 2 areas and complimented with general surgery an medicine. The private hospitals in SA also provide maternity services which is hard to come by in the UK market.

wow nice....with some experience i want to work in the intensive care unit....emergency is too fast pace for me...with experience tho emergency will be good for me.

nice dennis good job. I can't deal with hospitals or sick people.

me neither ....but the pay is good lol....i plan to own a mercedes benz in the next two years and a house with swimming pool and 4 german shepherds.

^^ How much do nurses earn in the US or Texas (if it depends on state)?

^^ How much do nurses earn in the US or Texas (if it depends on state)?

It usually depend on the states...like california or new york u make high salary but the cost of living is also high...so it balances it out.

Texas is perhaps the best state to work as a nurse with high pay and also cheaper cost of living.

Texas P/A - $35,000 just for vocational nurse not registered nurse

L.A area, California P/A - $45,000 just for VN

New york P/A - $50,000 with higher cost of living

now with one more year of school after vocational nursing ...i can become an RN ..registered nurse...now thats when the big bucks come in.

New york P/A for RN - $75,000

Los angeles area, California P/A for RN - $72,000

Texas (dallas area) P/A for RN - $65,000

^^ Wow, nurses really blow the bank in the US.

Maybe I should have skipped my masters program in engineering and moved to the US to become a nurse instead.

no lie nurses get paid very good...

why dont teachers get paid well in America? Compared to Canada they are like garbage workers.

why dont teachers get paid well in America? Compared to Canada they are like garbage workers.

yea it sucks that teacher dont get paid well...i mean u can literary be a teacher with two years of education.

Wow!! Nurses are paid really well!! Doctors over here pretty much get that salary!!

Wow!! Nurses are paid really well!! Doctors over here pretty much get that salary!!

You have to realized america is the best place to make money better than europe or canada....even pharmacists make good money....doctors are paid pretty gold especially if u are a surgeon...i want to hopefully bridge to the pharmacy program at howard university in washington d.c......but i may change my mind. ....pharmacy is very tough.