Nursing??

[Mildez]

Yeah I thing nursing is such a good career path as it can lead you into so many directions even if clinical nursing isn't for you. A friend of mine works in a school doing something completely unrelated to nursing except when she applied for the job it was suppose to be for a nurse.

And you don't need to be a midwife to be a MFHN so you can take a year of there if your not wanting to do midwifery. You can also have a job in SCN, maternity, community etc and not be a RN. Many En's or EEN's also work in these areas if your not wanting to study for several years.

Me personally part time bachelor of nursing would be the go as you can take a few extra years to do it and have a smaller load and still have more time with a young family whilst they are little. Then you will be qualified by the time they are off to school.

[feeb]

Yeah I thing nursing is such a good career path as it can lead you into so many directions even if clinical nursing isn't for you. A friend of mine works in a school doing something completely unrelated to nursing except when she applied for the job it was suppose to be for a nurse.

And you don't need to be a midwife to be a MFHN so you can take a year of there if your not wanting to do midwifery. You can also have a job in SCN, maternity, community etc and not be a RN. Many En's or EEN's also work in these areas if your not wanting to study for several years.

Me personally part time bachelor of nursing would be the go as you can take a few extra years to do it and have a smaller load and still have more time with a young family whilst they are little. Then you will be qualified by the time they are off to school.

In Vic you do need to have nursing and mid to do MCHN as I am thinking of studying it next year. And have friends studying now. And Maternity wards in melb try and avoid RN and EN on post natal wards where they can.

[Mildez]

Must be different. In NSW alot of MCHN are not midwives. A friend who is doing her MCHN who is a midwife through the university of Sydney or college of nursing (can't remember which one it is) said she was one of 4 midwives in her class of almost 30.
Where I work there are about 10 EN's, about 10 AIN'S and 26 midwives (for a maternity unit that delivers 1500 babies a year) the only place the EN's dont work is labour ward and they can't do ANC's (well they can but it wouldn't stand up in court if something happened) they do alot of mothercraft education, feeding assistance, SWISHs, feeding bubs in SCN, etc. We couldn't work without them but I do work in a place where midwives are a minority and we have a number of agency midwives that fly in/fly out basis. I do not know the set up of other places except where I work or policies in other states.
Feeb where are you looking at doing MCHN? I would like to do it to but here you need to work in the area (unless your willing to pay for it yourself which is very expensive around $6000 and it isn't offered under HELP or HECS) I have been meaning to see if I can do it by distant education and not work in the area for now if that makes sense (except for the placements).

[feeb]

I am looking at Latrobe and RMIT. Latrobe has less days at uni as mainly online. Its about $14K need to look further into as the costs are all done differntly now as HECS is different and seems very confusing. There is also the possibility of government supported place or coucnil scholorships to assist in costs.

Where I work there is about 4000 births a year, there is only a few mothercraft nurses who have worked for many years there and rest are all mw. A lot of the mid students work as ENs and will be accepted to work on ward as they r studying. They try and avoid agency en's as often we have had some who dont know anything about mums and babies and it makes workload even heavier. If there is no other agency staff available they will use for extra hands but often doesnt help much as they can only do the basic obs and not the mid part of obs etc.

[PinkPalace]

I would like to do it to but here you need to work in the area (unless your willing to pay for it yourself which is very expensive around $6000 and it isn't offered under HELP or HECS) I have been meaning to see if I can do it by distant education and not work in the area for now if that makes sense (except for the placements).

Remember you can claim it as self education on your tax
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Will be interesting how things change after july 1st when national registration happens?

[Mildez]

The easiest way here to do it is be emplyed by a community centre and they pay for you to do it provided your going to stay on after your trained. We can work as a community midwife without MCHN but usually its only when they are desperate and they like to send you of to uni to train. But I can't committe to that so its not an option for me. I wish I could do it at home and once qualified then go work in the area at a later date.

Sorry mummaofchaz for crashing your thread.

[mummaofchaz]

That's ok!
Would anyone know which uni's in Vic the Bachelor of Nursing is avail at part time?
Does it go towards getting a Div 1 or is it a Div 1 course?

[feeb]

Bachelor of nursing is Div 1.

Most unis will offer part time. Latrobe, RMIT, ACU, VUT all offer nursing