My mum is a nurse & midwife - she works at St Vs private, so hopefully she can help me getting some placements, and my friend just finished Div2, and said she knows some places that are good. I'm having my bubba at St V's! Maybe your Mum will look after me! I did two rotations with that hospital on the Mercy campus and LOVED it. It is my number 1 recommendation for placement!
So, what i have understood from everything is basically it works the same as Melb uni - 4 subjects per sem as a fulltime load. Of this, in 2nd and 3rd year, one the subjects includes placements for varying lengths, which i have to organise myself ?? or will the uni fix it up for me, and i just have to get another one if i can't go to their. There are (from I can gather from the new system) 3 placements. One in 2nd year of 6 weeks duration and two in 3rd year both of 8 weeks duration. The school requests that you nominate three venues in order of preference and they will do their best to get you in. My personal experience living in VIC and doing it with that Uni is that you should contact hospitals as soon as you know the dates and talk to the undergrad co-ordinator asking if they can accomodate you. If they say yes, advise the school right away and hassel them to finalise your spot (so it doesn't get given to another student). The school sends all the contracts to the hospital and organises your facilitator (a university employed person who contacts you during your placement and assists you with any issues. You also supply this person with your reflective journal.
Also, do you do it like fulltime for a week, or like every Monday for semester? I assume you mean the placement? Placement is FULL TIME NURSING HOURS Mon-Fri (in third year you might do a 7 day roster) for the duration of the placement (i.e. 6 weeks or 8 weeks)
And before each placement, i have to go to Adelaide for a few days. Correct
Its just that i'm an orthodox Jew, so i can't do anything on Fri nights - Sat nights, and i only eat Kosher food (of which i can't get any in Adelaide), so i'm just a bit worried about going. Workshop hours are 9-5 but I've never actually been there that long - normally out by 4-4.30 at the latest! Like I said before, you can often chose your workshop dates (as there are a lot of people to accomodate) and you can select a day that suits you. I have never done a workshop on a Friday and they certainly don't do them at night! I am sure that there will be somewhere in SA where you can get Kosher food from. Or you could bring it with you (except fresh fruit and Veg because of border laws). I always stay somewhere that is self contained so I can prepare my own meals.
But basically i would only have 4 placements for all of uni, and hence 4 workshops to go to?? I'm pretty sure they have cut it down to 3 placements
Do you have to organise your own firstaid/CPR course?? Yes and you have to supply the Field Placement Office with a copy before you can go on placement. St John Ambulance offer a discount for students. You can also do it through Red Cross and the Metropolitan Ambulance Service here in Vic.
How exactly do i apply for SATAC? What info do i need? I can't actually remember! I lived in SA when I applied and school (I went back and redid yr 12) gave me the book I needed. Best thing is to visit the SATAC website
Can you wear a skirt & long sleeved top during nursing (for religious reasons?) Yes. You can wear a skirt or pants on the bottom. You will have to wear the Uniform shirt but I have seen a couple of students wear long sleeved tops under the uniform top. It is not an issue.
Is there a maximum time you have to complete it? Can you like do 1 subject a semester, or is the minimum 2? Can you do subjects over the summer? You can definatly do Summer School. They only offer certain subjects over summer but they do offer some. At the moment there is a rule that you must complete all Nursing Context (practical) subjects within three years of completing NC2. This might change with the new system but you would need to seek clarification from the Uni. My advice would be to do all the theory subjects and then the practical ones if you want to spread it right out. You can do as little as one subject a semester. I know a couple of people who have done that regularly.
About the 4 year combined nursing/mid - at the end of it, would i be qualified as a Div 1 nurse & a midwife? The bachelor of Nursing is the Vic equivelant of a Div 1. If you do the combined degree you will be a Div 1 AND a midwife.
What is different about that course? Is it better just to do this one and then see how I go about changing? The difference (I think) is that the mid component is about the specifics of mid such as child development. If you don't enrol in the double degree you would have to apply for the mid component which is not only super competitive but also will take longer to complete.
Is it hard to get it? Get what?
Do i pay HECS (or whatever it now is??), and what other fees are involved? You apply for HECS (or whatever they call it now!) and just defer payments. At the moment I also have to pay Student Union fees although I think they are no longer compulsory? It's about $20 a subject with a max of $80 per semester or something.
OK, i see from the list of subjects on the link you gave monstermunch, that there are 3 stages - i assume this is year 1,2 & 3 (depending on how you spread it out) Yes, they now call "years" stages.
Of this there are 3 subjects per semester (what do they mean study period - are there 6 semesters??) - one being a double subject. Different subjects have different unit loads. So some are the same as doing two subjects at once! Study periods are something I am sure they invented to confuse us poor students! Basically, the year is divided into study periods. I think it's Study Periods 2 & 3 are Semester 1 and 5 & 6 are Semester 2. If you go to the Uni homepage and enter study period into the search section it should come up with how it's split.
But when i click on the link it tells me a little about each subject - but doesn't really tell me which one of them have placements etc Bugger. Once you enrol at the Uni you can access the subject home pages and it will tell you which ones have placements. Or you can contact the school and they will tell you.
Also, on the main page about applying it keeps on mentioning SACE - what is that? SACE = South Australian Certificate of Education. SA equivelant of VCE. (Your yr 12 exams)
Do i have to sit a UMAT or something like that?? Nope. UMAT and GAMSAT are for dentistry, physiotherapy and medicine.
Hope that helps. Let me know if there is anything else.
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