Hey Nina,

I just wanted to say, if you can make it work to be able to see it through then go for it! If you can get the placements plus your follow throughs in Tas then grab it with both hands. The follow throughs are compulsory for both the course and the South Australian Registration Board and I assume the same for most of the other state boards. I am almost positive that you have to finish them to register as a midwife (that is what is says on the UniSA website for the course). Maybe just confirm it with the nursing board of Tasmania that the qualification will be recognised in Tas cause I know I have looked at a couple of courses interstate and have been told that their qualifications aren't automatically recognised here in SA so am not too sure if it works the other way too. (I hope that you understand what I am getting at - having a brain meltdown today )

I am insanely jealous of your offer, but I can totally understand your passion too because that is how I feel and unfortunately at the moment for me it seems like I am going to have to finish my nursing, do my Graduate Nurse Year and then try to get a post grad course (which is now 3 years at UniSA ) . This path is not exciting me right now, but unfortunately it looks like the only way I am going to be able to do it unless I reapply next year and try to improve my STAT test by resitting it. But now not so sure as to wether to just continue on with my nursing as I will only have 12 months to go and maybe it will open up more opportunities. So confused and unsure at the moment and am actually having a meeting with the head of the school at UniSA next week to get some guidance as to which way to go. I thought that I was doing the right thing by starting nursing to give myself a better chance of getting into midwifery and it turns out it doesn't make a scrap of difference because all they went on was my overall STAT score (4 marks under) and my ranking from my GPA (1 point under).

Anyway, congratulations again, and I hope that you get some firm answers from UniSA because I know how ambigious they can be and for interstate placements they should appreciate how important it is that you get the right information.

Good luck with your pregnancy! I know what you mean about forgetting about being pregnant. You should have seen me during my fourth pregnancy ! Poor Jack's photo albumn is alot thinner than the three others particularly our first!!

SARA - any news yet on offers?

Bye for now - back to read more on cardiovascular disorders!