Aged Care is DESPARATE for good people. And that makes me want to encourage you down that line. But like anywhere that is desparate for good people, good people who end up there often end up used up and burnt out. But when I think of my aging family the "too hard basket" approach makes me really sad IYKWIM? (First time I've used that abbreviation)
Midwifery is a truly magical job. It can be hard, long hours, you are occasionally involved in tragedy's which are hard to put out of your mind at the end of your shift but for a large majority of your time you are dealing with healthy women, and you get to share in a truly magical moment in people's lives. I'm crying just writing this.... can anyone say emotional?
Anyway, my experience is doing Registered nursing, working as a Patient carer during that and going onto do medicine.
During my obstetric rotation I learnt from awesome midwives and would come home to my DH saying "I should have been a midwife" I am not going to be an Obstetrician, they are not there for the magic, they only get to come when things get hairy, and the timeline, intervention model and me....we don't get along. The midwives get to do all the magical stuff. They get be "with women" which is the meaning of the word midwife.
I would suggest having a general nursing degree (Which you can put on HECS) and then do Mid after which you get paid for while training. That way if aged care is your calling you could always go into it, and it makes me a versatile midwife too.
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