Liana, I just had a look at that site and it looks great. I take it you have finished the course ?? How was it, do you think it's as good as a class as such?? Have you done your 3 births yet??
I have just started my Bachelor of Nursing this year. My goal is Midwifery! I first enrolled and was accepted in 2005 but had to defer cause i found out that i was pregnant with Briley. I got a letter from JCU last year asking if i wanted to continue with my enrollment. I ofcourse said yes. At the time my partner and i were actively TTC but did'nt think it would happen for ages. Boy were we wrong!! I found out i was pregnant a week or so later!
So now i am 22 weeks pregnant, have a 10 month old daughter and am studying. Its hard work but its the path i chose to take. My goal is VERY clear in my mind and i can't wait to reach it. Uni is quite draining. More so for me cause i am pregnant but its very time consuming.
I am very lucky to have a great support network. My grandmother watches Briley most days and my mum takes her on Fridays as this is her day off. I also have Brent's aunty and my sister if i need them. My IL's are going to be moving into our granny flat in the next few weeks (very scary!!!) so MIL will probably watch Briley from then on.
Nursing has been something that i have always wanted to do but never had the nerve to apply. I am very weird with sore's and stuff like that but i am willing to get past all that to be able to help bring someones child into this world. But more than that i think about what i will be able to offer say if i came across the scene of an accident or something like that. I am not sure how i would react now if something like that were to happen in front of me now. But will the Nursing skills behind me later i like to think that i would just go into auto-pilot and just help.
I say too anyone thinking about giving Nursing a go to have a good think. If you really think that Nursing is what you want too do then do it. You might regret it later on if you don't!
I am currently a 2nd year nursing student & hope to pick up midwifery when im finished because where im from we dont have a mid course so i decided to do it later on
I love the course & those starting this year im sure you will too if you need anything just ask
Congrats to those that have gotten in, and *hope* to those who are still waiting!!
I'm going into 2nd year in just 11 days and am excited and a bit overwhelmed. I've had 5 births this year already and when I am asked what year I'm in, I have to remind myself that I'm a second year and say it proudly . I get treated very differently even now and it's a big reminder that in just 2 years, I'll be registered and Real.
Oooh I'm scared of that too, Emma. I start next week though with an intensive workshop. Drug calc test on Thursday morning! Anyhoo, I'll see you on the weekend!
thank you so much for all of your congratulations. I still think I am on a bit of a high after the offer yesterday. I went onto SATAC today as soon as the offer was up and accepted it, so it is now official. I should be able to start enrolling in subjects by Monday and then just have to work out a study plan with one of the program directors. Because all of the subjects that I completed in my nursing degree last year are subjects that the midwifery students did too I should be able to get them transferred to the midwifery degree or get credit for them. So it means I only have the specialist mid subjects and I am trying to get them all spread out over the full three years so that I can allow as much time as possible for my follow throughs and I am aiming to get myself a 3rd year undergraduate position in a hospital if possible!
I just can't wait to get into it now and to start getting my books and everything too. It is all just so thrilling and cannot wait to sink my teeth into the subjects! The best thing too, is that my best friend was accepted into UniSA post graduate midwifery this year so alot of the subjects we will be doing, we will do together which is even better. We have been best friends for about 7 years and fell pregnant and had our boys at the same time, so to be sharing this with her just means the world to me!
charli'smumma - I was studying a 3/4 load last year with my 4 kids, and although hard it has been doable. The only difference with this course will be doing the follow throughs of the pregnant women which may take a bit of juggling but will be so worth it. I found just really wanting it helped me get through the days I felt it was all too hard. Stick to what you want will get you there - you can do it!
Okay, off to do some last minute stuff before bed, thank you again for all of your kind words and I look forward to sharing this time with you all!
Hi All
I haven't posted for a while but just wanted to say to StudyingMumma - congratulations! I'm so pleased for you. I really felt for you when you got the bad news that you hadn't got a place and now it's all worked well anyway!
I've been having a terribly stressful time the last few weeks. I was accepted into the BMid external UniSA course and have spent the last few weeks trying to work out if it is going to be possible for me to do it. I withdrew from the local nursing course because I'm pregnant and they said that I couldn't defer for 12 months for the baby. I've spent the last few weeks talking to all the local hospitals in Tasmania and then talking to heaps of different staff at UniSA trying to see if I will get placements locally and whether I'll be able to complete the follow throughs in Tas. Because of little kids I can't come to Adelaide for placements. It's been a nightmare - heaps of waiting for hospitals to get back to me, getting my hopes up, then getting more bad news. It's been so hard trying to work out what to do. Today I had a bit of good news though - one of the local private hospitals will let me do my first placement there! But of course there're no guarantees that I'll be able to get further placements in Hobart or be able to do my follow throughs here. I think I've found out everything I possibly can now. So now I've just got to decide. Everytime I got bad news I tried to think "oh well, it's for the best, it would have been a lot of work and too expensive/difficult anyway" etc etc but finally now a little bit of good news and I just have to make a decision. So stressful. In my heart I'm so passionate about becoming a midwife that I think I would really regret not doing it even if there are still so many doubts about whether it will come off. Tasmania appears to be pretty backward in this area and I would be the first BMid student here ever. The course starts in a week and I would still need to book flights for the two workshops, organise childcare while I'm away, do the senior first aid certificate, get the police check done etc etc all the while with a large expanding belly and a 2.5 year old to worry about!! Sigh. I think I'll probably just decide to give it a go and try and make it work - everyone at the uni has been so supportive, friendly and flexible.
I hope everyone else about to start studying is enjoying getting ready for the new year. Good luck.
Nina
It's tough deciding what to do hey? There is a woman on my course who is from Tas. She actually moved to Adelaide to do the Bmid, of course she doesn't have children so it's much easier for her! I have a contact in Tas who has just finished her Grad Dip, and if her reaction to Bmid students is indicative of Tas's view of Bmid students, well..it doesn't sound like a very supportive environment!!
Good luck with your decision.
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. I get treated very differently even now and it's a big reminder that in just 2 years, I'll be registered and Real.
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