post enrollment courses in medication endorsement for Ens

I am a QLD EN, have been enrolled since 1975, I was overseas when the short endorsement came in, but arrived home in Feb 2008 to find the endorsement course was no longer offered, I have been told to wait until next year when the EN endorsement course is being reviewed and may be re-introduced, in the mean time the only option is to do Diploma of Nursing, which most of us who have been ENs for a while do not want to do. I am also finding that the role of the EN not endorsed is being forgotten, I am an agency nurse and constantly get asked, what can you do? or as a third person get spoken about as in OH! she's not an EEN, (the invisible syndrome). As to employment, not a lot of places want unendorsed ENs, my agency are not employing unendorsed ENs any more, the ENs they have on are being kept, but the jobs are not as forthcoming.

Hey all, I have been looking into the endorsment course as well. I came from a Paramedical background from the Military and overseas, for some reasonn its not recognised here in QLD??

I have been told that there is an endorsment course offered through a Tafe in SA that can be done by 'distant education', it is supposidly self paced learning as well. Do any of you know of this course? Details?

I would also like to know exactly what the EEN course gives you, is it a certificate III or better? Not even that? I confess I am a bebe in the woods in nursing even know I have been enrolled for more than 10 years I only recently began working in the capacity.

Any help and guidance much appreciated.

I am an Div 2 nurse who has just moved to Qld. I dont have medication endorsement and I felt shocked and angered that they dont have medication administration short courses for EN nurses anymore. The local hospital dosnt want to know me, and all the advertised jobs want EEN.

I feel Im in no mans land and am quite depressed by it. I have been working in pathology for years and wanted to keep my nursing licence, so I was excited to find the ''rethink nursing'' website. I sounded suitable for a refresher course, and I was feeling very positive. The refresher coordinator passed my approved aplication to the local hopital and told me someone from there would be in contact with me. Weeks went by without me hearing anything and I decided to go down there. I bought a new shirt and made sure I looked top notch. I found the person that was named as the hospital contact and introduced myself. She was HORRIBLE. She basicly said there was no point letting me do a refresher as there was no work at the end of it for me as they already had 5/6 Ens on casual already (I thought most hospitals have nurses bank?) and that I had no recent experience (I thought thats why I was doing the refresher?) she made me feel like a piece of crap.Lots more got said that all had the same overture... you are unwanted as a nurse.The whole conversation was conducted in the hallway in front of other staff and she didnt invite me to her office or anything. I have to stop writing as Im starting to cry all over again. x

Pandorah keep trying! I'm sorry you have had a bad experience here on the Gold Coast. It is hard to get work if you don't have your endorsement, I know because I've been looking for quite some time! I would suggest that if your circumstances allow it you should go to TAFE and do the full EEn course. I know it is hard when you are already an En, but if you need to do the refresher and then the endorsement course, you would probably be better off doing the full thing from sctach. You would probably get credits because you are already a nurse. If I could afford to I would do the same thing. You really do need to have the endorsement course to get anywhere now.

Best of luck with everything, hope it works out for you.

TO ALL EN'S. I am an EEn here in Qld trained in NT 2003 wich included endorsement, For ens unendorsed but with cert IV or TAFE trained you can complete an acredeted endorsement programme interstate, such as aStatement of attainment in Medication administration from NSW Tafe or colledge of nursing this has to be auknowledged by other Australian state Rego boards such as QNC.
Whilst I have herd that QLD TAFE no longer perform post enrollment endorsement corses, other states do and most are via distance mode with maybe a brief residential prac. The QNC CANNOT DECLINE APPLICATION FOR ENDORSEMENT BASED ON GROUNDS OF NOT BEING A QLD TAUGHT COURSE!!!
All new Undergrad En couses are based now on a Nationally based programe that is the safe framework Aus Wide
As long asthe endorsement course is AQF certified, This applies to all interstate tafe couses and most private training colledges.You may have to firstly obtain registration in those states first as an EN then upgrade that to EEN on completion through that same registration board. then you can apply for QLD enrollment with endorsement on the basis of mutual regognition.So before leaving NSW or Vic or other states check first on what is avail to obtain endorsement there first of via distance ed.
check here:
http://www.nursing.edu.au/Online_Course/ShowSubjectProfile.aspx?CourseID=519&CategoryID=18

sure beats having to completely re train again. hope this helps

ps. Molly, thankyou for your advice too, I did talk to the local aged care unit and they were lovely and normal as apposed to the eliteist hospital attitude I experienced. I will take your advice I think!