Feb 27, 2009, 12:38 am
I too am having trouble understanding just what the NSW Government is doing in regard to the EN courses. There seems to be so many wondering where to go to get training and no answers are forthcoming. Refer the news story in the Mercury last week. I know of a lot of would be EN's who are now doing the AIN course just to get a 'foot in the door' & yet it is advised that this will not have any influence in succeeding to get you into any future EN programs. WE have a nurses shortage & yet the government is sitting on their hands over this which can only result in a bigger gap of nurses in the future. As for the cost, $15,000 is more expensive than the RN course at Uni. I am sure that the Government could have offered the EN course through TAFE, and even without a trainee wage, most would be EN's would have enrolled. At least then the shortage of EN's would have been addressed AND the government would have saved money and lets face it that is what this is all about. The only way to get answers ASAP is for everyone to take the matter up with their State Government member.
