hey
i have some info i can give you. well at the moment i am doing a course at meadowbank tafe called "access to nursing - certificate II". basically i thought it'd be a quick and easy way to find out if i wanna do nursing at uni next year...rather than actually starting uni and end up dropping out / wasting heaps of money if i didnt like it. the course runs for 9 weeks and is only $192. so far im in like week 4 so yeah. i have chosen to do nursing, but for reasons that ill explain lata i dont wanna do it at tafe.
unfortunately they are stopping that course as of this year, after this session, so that wouldnt be an option for u, but id recommend starting out doing cert III which enables you to become an AIN assistant in nursing, and start work. if you enjoy that, you should go on to do enrolled nursing, EN, course. i think it runs for a year and a half , and you get placement during that time working, and are paid to study if u get selected.
as of next year they are giving the system a huge makeover, its kinda hard to explain but i would recommened getting in touch with a teacher at meadowbank tafe to talk about it. they are really nice there , as well as really experienced, im sure theyd be happy to help you.
ummm what else...meadowbank seems to be the main tafe that teaches a lot of nurses, its quite good, facilities are good, teachers are good. so i would go there if its convienient..if not they do enrolled nursing in other tafes, ultimo i know they do it at, as well as other places. just pick one near u.
you say that u wanna go to tafe to do it, but then one of ur questions is about uni...well u can do nursing at either...the difference being that at uni its 3 years study, you earn a DEGREE, and have much more status and responsibility in the workplace. An enrolled nurse from TAFE has much less room to move as its only a DIPLOMA qualification. plus much less study time. u arent taught in the same depth as uni.
if you go to tafe to do it, u have to understand that its reallly competitive and a LOT of people get knocked back. so make sure u really talk to someone about all of this if you are applying so that you know whats required. intakes i think are like 3 different times during the year so yeah.
if ur not getting a uai then itd be pretty hard to go start nursing at uni, coz obviously you need a uai and all that, so i guess start at tafe, see how u go, sometimes some students go really well and can transfer from tafe to finish at uni and end up as an RN and then have a degree, so u could do that.
my personal reason for wanting to do it at uni, is because (pllease dont get me wrong, im not being rude or predjudice, its just the truth) a lot of the people that do the course at tafe are quite unqualified, often come from other countries and struggle with english, and the tafe environment is too relaxed and slow for me, i prefer more of a stimulation and challenege
holy shit ive written an essay! haha but yeah im quite into it all so im happy to write all that for ya...im a fast typer anyway! hope u understand it all...make sure u get onto somoeone to speak about it all from tafe.
