Hello All,
I am interested in starting a Dip in Enrolled Nursing ASAP, having lived overseas for the past few years. I have a tertiary education but have decided to take on EN. I come from a family of nurses and in the past few years have been drawn to it more and more. The opportunity to travel over the world is appealing also.
I attended a information day at Careers Australia in Sydney this week, however I still feel uncertain about it. The course is subject to approval by ANMAC and they are yet to give us a date as to when the course might be approved. Its my understanding that the course has been running in QLD, VIC and SA for sometime now.
Im not sure whether to hold out for this course to be approved or to apply for TAFENSW courses which are further away from home and with only 16 places available in each class Im reluctant to put all my eggs in one basket. TAFENSW have a few locations pending and St George TAFE has an intake in December. Careers Australia have said they could possibly start by May/June. The Careers Aust course is nearly $9000.00 more than TAFE and the only thing they spoke about in the session as to what we would be learning is 'Harvard referencing' I know how to write assignments/essays etc. The session only went for 20 minutes, I would like some feedback on the lecturers? whether hospitals are more likely to take on TAFE students rather then privately educated students? Their reputation?
I am not interested in Aged Care and this course seems to really focus on aged care.
Any feedback would be much appreciated,
Cheers,
Beck
