Got a graduate job!

Congrats ...

Welcome to the World of Nursing ...

Many fun times ahead :)

Best of Luck for ur career

Aaron

THanks! I am so relieved I have a job! wooo 2 months till im working ful time...and then ill complain about doing shift work haha. I shoudl get my contract tmw, when i call in to see my neurologist. They said they would get mine ready to pick up in the afternoon, and hten we make an apt to talk to the HR pple and ask questions etc.

What hospitals did you apply for Kerryanne? I wanted to move to melbourne but coz i didnt know how to work the system, I just was like meh work for a year and then move or whatever. I wanted to apply for Mercy Private and St Vincents private. I guess a lot of melbuorne hospitals are really good arent they?

ahhh it's such a relief after you get your offer, isn't it !!!!

congratulations!

congratulations you got the job. Its good now you have to do your work with patience and great working stamina. Nursing job require more patience and stamina to serve the people.

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Depends on the state you are in?- this last cycle of grad programs in Victoria had about 800 students miss out on grad programs out of a few thousand applicants. I'm not 100% sure but have heard from others studying in QLD and SA that their are significantly less grad programs positions and only about 1/4 - 1/2 of students get grad positions (roughly 400-500 positions).

Once again I think it depends on the state your in as well as the hospital.

In Adelaide where a few of my friends have graduated its done on a ranking system which include marks, interview and clinical reports.

In Melbourne marks are still important but your interview is probably the most important thing.

A few of my friends who have graduated on the last few years some have had average marks but interviewed really well and as a result gotten grad programs at big hospitals on the flip side I know girls who have gotten excellant marks and clinical reports but not as stand out in the interview and as a result missed out on jobs at the big hospitals  or even not gotten grad programs at all. 

Working in health care or doing volunteer work will definantly help especially if you can incorporate how that had improved your learning Because at the end of the day everyone interviewing will have done the same degree so you need to stand out. I was 1.5 years through a nursing degree and then transferred unis and am having to repeat a fair amount if stuff but I have worked as a PCA since I started studying and can definantly tell you it has helped! It gave me experience in terms of different illnesses, dealing with difficult patients, learning about wound care and as a result already knowing what to do once I got on clinical and experience that I didn't get in clinical. 

I was studying externally with Uni Sa and ended up having to transfer unis and am now at deakin and unfortunately I know quite a few people who also studied externally wHo didn't get grad programs and haven't been able to get work. A lot of hospitals now have a policy on not hiring nurses without experience ect and it seems its very difficult to get that experience without a grad program. 

I wouldn't worry about that to much though- just work hard and do well on the interview and you should be fine. 

Hello everyone,

I will start my course B.Nursing in March and I have mixed feelings about it. The Uni have been very supportive to my new transition and they send me online materials to review about A&P which is very helpful because its been 6 yrs the last time I went to school. I've been working as a PCA for 2 yrs and it really helps to lift my confident,communication skills, dealing with difficult people(not only the residents also the relatives), time-management, team work and manual handling. I applied for Diploma of Nursing at Tafe,got accepted but I quit after 2 wks because I got an offer to the Uni which my family/friends are very supportive about chosing Uni over tafe. I'm excited about starting my Degree and the placement too..and all the opportunities to come after graduation. I will just take one step at a time. I'm only an average level, not smart but I will do my best to succeed.

Good luck to everyone doing the course.