Starting Bach of nursing Externally through CDU this year.

Im thinking 2-3 a semester.. I would love to do full time.. but am a bit worried about the workload so will start with 3 first semester and see how i go from there. How many are you looking at doing?? I noticed there are a few other threads of people going to cdu but wasnt sure if anyone still checked them haha.. so thought i would start a fresh one. How did you go with your credit lulu? i am waiting to ring the uni today.. they have credited me for only 40 points.. which when i looked into it.. they have credited me as a hospital train EN which is silly.. because i only finished my course last year. Hopefully i can get it sorted today so i can enrol in my subjects.

Hey lulu, i think you just have to double check what classes are run for what semester and make sure u have done your pre requisites as far as which subject u could drop off.For example: I would imagine you cant do Challenge and response to body integrity 2 without doing number 1 first. I'm planning on studying over the summer semester too.. just to try and speed things up a bit.
As for my credits.. well ive been frantically ringing the uni today.. and sent two emails.. only to find out off their website that the campus is closed today due to cyclonic activity in the top end.. haha.. my bad. Anyway, i've emailed them with my credit situation.. but am just going to enrol in those 2 common units (academic literacies and northern perspectives) for the time being until i hear back from the uni.

okay i need to stop getting so far ahead of myself.. I misread the study plan.. i thought we were suppose to do the two common units first... but we are suppose to do one in 1st semester and 1 in second according to the study plan

Wow jules you certainly have it worked out. I havent quite worked out a plan yet.. as to what i will be studying.. but i will be taking it easy first semester to see how i cope. I'm kind of contemplating the partial payment with hecs-help for the rest now; just to make it a bit easier if i do decide to take on a heavier uni work load. Also.. frees up a bit of cash to support myself for when we do clinical placements.
Sounds like you have had a bit of a run around with the nurses board. They took forever to send my reg certificate out. I only applied to satac a few weeks ago and have provided them with all my documents so am hoping that is sufficient and they r passing it all onto cdu because CDU haven't requested anything off me.... yet.

I really hope this cyclone weather in darwin calms down so they can get all our things sorted out soon.

Hi Nat, You will have to let us know how u cope with 4 subjects. Are u going straight into 2nd year(are u already an enrolled nurse)? or r u starting from scratch? I'm def starting out part time for first year but depending on how easy/hard it is i will probably try and tackle full time in 2nd year.

Lulu: Ordered my books from CDU bookshop on thurs night.. hopefully they wont take too long. I will only have 4 units for the whole first year so i decided to order all my books for first year... plus i already have the pharmacology and nursing calcs book which is a bonus! one less book to buy.
By the way, i just heard back from the uni RE: credit.. Gotta send my certificate and reg certificate off to CDU today so they can fix it up and give me the correct 80 credit points.. not 40.
Also where abouts in melb is everyone from? and are you currently working as nurses? It sounds like we are all on different paths with how much study we are taking on; but i'm sure we will be able to help each other at different points through out the course.

hey, just go onto the bookshop on the cdu website.. punch in the unit code and it will tell u what books are "prescribed" for that subject.
Nur243(nursing practice 1) has 2 books: Clinical psychomotor skills by Tollefson & Medical surgical nursing assessment and management of clinical problems by Brown Edwards
And Nur231( Challenge and response to body integrity) you need 3 books i think..Microbiology for the Healthcare Professional
Understanding Pathophysiology - ANZ adaptation
Pharmacology for Health Professionals
It's all on the cdu website.. just type in the unit code and it will show u how much they cost and which ones are "prescribed" for that unit.

By the way i live in bentleigh, and am currently working in aged care. Congratulations on getting a grad place :D Thats great that your sister is doing the course with you as well, bit of extra support for the course, although i'm sure working in the industry will be a big help as well.

Thank you angela. Appreciate you sharing that. :D

Hey julz, thats great that you have a few work buddies doing the course with you as well. Yeah my books came pretty quick from the cdu bookshop. Ordered them thursday.. they turned up tuesday. By the way if any of you have ordered the nursing shirt... and it doesnt fit they do swap them! I had to send mine back because it was WAY too small.. they just wanted me to pay for the postage which is fair enough.
Can't wait for the units to start next week! :D