Jun 08, 2010, 10:20 am
I go to UQ, I would recommend it. Some get turned off by the fact that the campus is at ipswich, but i actually prefer the smaller campus out there. It's small, the library is great - as are the librarians, you can always get a computer and a car park... the downside is the time and petrol it takes to get there, and public transport from bris to ipswich takes an age.
there are sides to it that i don't like, but i'd imagine that's the same everywhere. sometimes they stuff you around a bit by only giving you a time-table last minute, some of the clinical lecturers are better than others... sometimes the online stuff stuffs up... things like that.
I find the best part is that you start prac 4 weeks in to the course, and have prac continuously through the year. you can apply what you learn as you go, which makes it much more interesting and you get to know if it really is your thing or not. the other thing i like about it is that you're at the same hospital for the whole time (except possibly your elective).
The nurses i have talked to seem to feel that UQ produces good nurses, but i've also heard good things about nurses from ACU.
