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moni90
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Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:06 pm
hi guys
just wanting to know if anyone has studied through distance ed and if it is do able??? (is it hard) i have just finished my cert III in aged care and most of that was online, but i know this will be much harder.
im also tossing up between f/t and p/t study as i also need to work full time. has anyone done this or is currently doing this??
im going to be attending CQ uni in noosa 2012 (hopfully) also how many days of placment work and when is this required?
im wanting to do full time to get it done quicker.
im a bit scared as yall can prob tell but i want to make the right decision!!
i hope someone can help.
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Long_haul
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Jun 23, 2011, 10:03 pm
Hey Moni90!
I've studied through distance ed, however it wasn't uni. It really depends on what you are studying as to the difficulty level of not having lectures etc to attend in person. If you have to work f/t, I highly recommend you start off p/t study and see how you go with that. f/t study is meant to be more hours than a full time job, with study etc included.
Each uni is diff with placement- the one I am hoping to attend start placement in the 5th week of year 1 semester 1 with a day or two a week for the whole semester. But from what I have researched, it's more common to start in year 1 semester 2 and it's a block of 10 days. If you are doing distance, you will also have residential schools to attend for some subjects, where you will have to travel to the uni for a week of full on classes to teach you what you can't learn by distance and test you on it. Best of luck!
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Jun 23, 2011, 10:05 pm
That first sentence should be *however it wasn't nursing
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Jun 24, 2011, 04:59 am
Doing Uni and working FT is almost impossible. Nursing degree requires you to participate in lab sessions, sort of to introduce you to equipment and how to use them, some tutes may require attendance becos part of your involvement there contributes to your overall marks and you will need to do research for evidence based data for assignments. I did mine FT but working around 25 hrs a week but then again, my work place is 20 meters from the front of mine house...lol. It is difficult and missed a lot of lectures and tutes to juggle this. I think it would be very difficult to even do PT studies whilst working FT. I am not saying it would be impossible but it would be a very long hard journey. FT is better in that you won't loose your prespective as things are "rushing" up at you and you are keen to get it over with. I have seen PT students very quickly change to FT as they are loosing motivation. Anyways, all the best for your studies.
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Jun 24, 2011, 05:47 am
Hey, I'm a distance education student doing nursing and i also study full time. When i first started i was working about 30 hours a week and studying full time and i'm currently second year and now only work about 15 hours a week and ussually don't work at all in the lead up to exams. Personally i would fin dit hard to work full time and do a full time study load but thats just me, so far with the people i have met in my course i have met very few who work full time only a hand full and the ones that are, ussually do part time. Cheers! Jess
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Jun 24, 2011, 03:59 pm
First and second year is easy but as we all know, it tends to get progressively more demanding. Remember to save some time for yourself....can't just be working and studying all the time...lol
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moni90
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Jun 27, 2011, 03:03 pm
thanks guys i think i will be starting off part time, dose anyone also know if u can pick up extra subjects instead of doing only 2 per semester do 3 or pick the 3rd one up in semester 3??
i was also just wondering with placment is it in blocks of weeks or is it weekly for the whole time you do the course, and if its in week blocks how many days a week is it??
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Jun 28, 2011, 03:00 pm
All depends on the Uni you would need to find out off them- my uni does placements in full time blocks however freinds of mine doing nursing at other unis have done placements over a semester or term as a weekly placement, 2 days a week while others have also done the full time blocks. Also some unis give you the option, not sure if it's still the case but ACU in Melbourne used to give you the option of doing a couple of days a week or full time blocks.
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Long_haul
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Jun 28, 2011, 05:38 pm
Check with the uni. Some have summer semester so you can do an extra subject or two- this will need planning though, as it's only a few subjects on offer which you may have done during the other two semesters already. So sit down at the start of each year, plot what units there are, when they are avilable to do, note pre-req's and then work what to do each semester, so you can do the ones offered over summer too and work at getting it over with quicker. They will also usually allow part time students to do 3 subjects, or even 4 if you have a semester where you feel you can do so. Depends on uni's too, as jw said, for placements. Some spread it out over the semester, others do it in blocks. Not sure if you can ask for it to be spread out- contact the appropriate person at the uni to discuss it with :)
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moni90
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Jul 01, 2011, 09:50 pm
yea looks like im going to have to call the uni again i have called them like 3 times but i have so many questions thats why i have signed up here and you guys have been great help!!
if any of you have just started or in first year how are u finding it?? lots to work on?? i am just very interested?
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Jul 06, 2011, 11:01 am
Hi Moni :) I used to study at CQU, it's a lovely uni and there is a very supportive Facebook page for external students: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_455530910136&ap=1 I have done all my study part time so far and think you get a lot more opportunity to let it soak in. Much less stressful! That said, it is much easier to start off doing full time and to drop subjects than it is to start part time and pick them up later. If you must work full-time though, I agree with others - just not possible to study full time. You'd be shortchanging your future career. I fyou want to study in Semester 3 at CQU, make sure you look closely at the courses and prerequisites for them, and when each is available. There are also Program Advisers who can help you plan which subjects to do at what time. Unfortunately they just changed hte website, you used to be able to look up which subjects to do when all by yourself - now the info's gone or moved :( If I'd stayed at CQU I had it worked out so that I would have been doing 2 or 3 subjects at a time, and finishing the course in 4 years with the help of semester 3 subjects. I just finished my first 8 subjects ... there is lots to work on but it's all fascinating! Keep the passion and remember that all the knowledge will be useful for you in your job ... none of those essays are really wasted unless you choose to forget the lessons. Or if you really want to be little more than a care attendant anyway (not being disrespectful - just saying care work needs practical training, not essays). You'll probably feel stressed a lot and wonder if you're up to it, everyone does. Remember - if you can be a nurse, you can do the course! Cheers :)
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moni90
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Jul 06, 2011, 05:45 pm
mehwantscookies that was some great info, i have just currently got a job with queensland health as an AIN very excited and cant wait to start at uni, i have herd about semester 3 so im hoping to pick up extra subject then and finish it early, i think that the only way to go part time i just finished my other study part time and it was much easier with a little more time, but i also know its a big jump from AIN to RN in study mode?
do u know when there is orinantation normally?? as i would love to talk to past students about the distance ed side of it and res school as well as placment?
you have been ever so helpful with info, its great to hear they have some good support i have herd that from a few people. do you know if i can cross credit anything from in AIN and working in nursing to the BN??
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mehwantscookies
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Jul 07, 2011, 12:13 pm
Yay! Congrats about your job :-) For me, orientation was the week before term started ... the last week of February I think. Though that was for people who had been accepted into the course and were starting the next week. When you start you're assigned a student mentor that can help you with all those sort of questions.But I really recommend introducing yourself on the Facebook page - there's heaps of lovely ladies on there :) There's this official one for the uni too: https://www.facebook.com/CQUniversityAustralia I'm not sure about getting credit for prior learning as an AIN at CQU? I've now moved to Flinders and I know that some Care Attendants are exempt from placement, and there's an EN studying who got credit for three of hte first semester subjects - just had to do Anatomy and Physiology. But I'm not sure what CQU's credit policy is. You could get in touch with Julie Bradshaw, she is the program coordinator for nursing. I think you may also be able to ask a question on the program forum as a guest - choose Log in as Guest at http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=16763 Good luck!
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