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danii2011

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Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:03 pm

Hi everybody I have recently been accepted into Cert IV Enrolled Nursing and would love to convert to RN once I have completed. I was a school leaver so going straight to Uni to do bachelor of nursing isn't really an option for me. So I have chosen to take this path.

Just wondering has anyone else done this conversion? I would love to hear your experiences or advice?
Is it better to work in the industry and get experience before converting or going straight for it?
I know I’m getting a little ahead of myself because I haven’t even started my div 2 course but it’s just something i would really love to do and the areas I want to specialise in are there are mainly RNs rather than EENS. I also really want to work overseas, especially the middle east and I’m pretty sure they will only recruit RNs .
I'm looking forward to hearing your stories/advice/opinions

Thanks
Danielle

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Mar 13, 2011, 05:25 am

There's a BIG demand for EENs so you'll find heaps of work. even if without experience at graduation. However the same cannot be said for RNs....most demand for RNs with experience and for those graduating, the key is gaining a Graduate Nurse Program offer from major public hospitals or some private hospitals like the Ramsay group for instance.

I know of an EEN with lots of work experience that had to accept a GNP position in regional hospital because metropolitan hospitals' GNP positions were limited and hard fought over by literally thousands of students for less than a hundred TOTAL positions available in public metro hospitals. I am one of those who fell through the cracks...an Australian citizen who did not get into a GNP in metro hospitals. I have a family and my wife have a good job, hence no reason to dislodge the family to go regional. In the end, I managed to secure work in a ward that I had expressed interest to work in when I was doing my final pracs. I am one of the "lucky" few...many of my colleagues are still out there hunting for work. Its a chicken and egg situation for RNs now...no experience, no offers. Meanwhile there are heaps of offers for experience nurses to the point that there is a supply shortage. The problem you may ask why not accept grads? Its because of skill mix ratio.

Yes you are correct as specialization generally starts at the RN level because they can do post graduate certs or diplomas to augment their degrees. All the best Danielle

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