Hi Suga,
The GPA for Mid at UniSA this year was 5.83. It is slightly higher than last years.
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Hi Suga,
The GPA for Mid at UniSA this year was 5.83. It is slightly higher than last years.
Hello all,
I just thought I would pop in and actually post something rather than lurking.
I decided a couple of years ago that I want to be a nurse - I work in an office job and have done since leaving school, and I hate it. No interest in it and no job satisfaction for me... SO, I've applied for Nursing at uni a couple of times, but I must be so dodgy because I never get in!! I totally bottomed out in my HSC, so much so that I have considered doing my HSC again, but I am a bit too chiken for that.. I havent studied anything even remotely nursing related so maybe thats why.
Some of you mention the STAT test... Does it increase your chance of getting into uni if you do well on STAT but did really bad in year 12, or will it sort of just even it out and make not much difference? Does anyone know if they still use your yr 12 scores after 6 years of being out of school??
I REALLY want to apply for nursing at uni again, hopefully next year. Theres a really great nursing and midwifery program at one of the unis near me, but its very competitive to get in. My specific interst is midwifery but I dont think I will be able to get into it without doing at least some of a nursing degree beforehand since you need a much higher TER for it.
ok thats all. I'll just go back to lurking now I think.
:)
Hi Karina
I'm pretty sure you would be considered a mature age student now as you have been out of the system so to speak for 6 years or so. Which means you can do a STAT test (in South Australia, not sure what the other states call their version), the results of the STAT test will be what the Uni/SATAC ( in SA) use to work out whether you are granted a place or not.
Good luck with everything, I really hope you get in :)
Hi girls!
Just found this thread and thought i would post.
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!
Monstermunch thanks for your advice. I am going to do STAT later in the year and then apply for Midwifery and Nursing and see if I get into either.
Sara, well done on getting into Nursing! I am like you - i never had the nerve to do it, but now i am so much more mature and keen than I ever was, and I regret not trying more to get in. Good luck with your studies :)
Hey - I'm a first year BMid student at UniSA and am so far thinking "yay I'm on my way" and "omg what have I gotten myself into" in roughly equal amounts ;). I look forward to getting to know you all!
Hi! My name's Stacey and I'm a 1st yr midwifery student at Flinders Uni in SA. Still feeling very overwhelmed but everyone in my course is so passionate and we have a lot of fun together. I certainly feel like midwifery is my 'calling'!
Hi StaceyStudent, I'm also studying Mid at Flinders. Are you doing it over three years? I'm an RN so I am doing the shortened degree externally, although I am going to be doing it over 2.5 years as I'm doing just the bear minimum this year as I'm doing my Grad Nurse Program and moving house etc so I have enough on my plate as it is. I'm finding it weird studying with Flinders after being with UniSa for so long, I'm finding the anatomy course very strange, no lecture notes just me and my text book. I feel as though I'm not learning anything at the moment as I'm just trying to look through the book to fill in the blanks for the study guide questions, starting to panic a bit as exams are just around the corner! it would be great to keep in touch to encourage each other when we are feeling overwhelmed. Anyway good luck with course, enjoy every moment of being a student as time will fly by!
Hi monstermunch! Yeah, I'm doing the 3 yr course internally, it's all still very new to me! I absolutely HATE the anatomy and chemistry part of the course, I'm so hopeless at it. I know I need a background knowledge of it but still.... I hate it! We get lecture notes. Do you get access to streaming of lectures on FLO? That would be stressful doing it externally. I would have thought you'd have all the anatomy knowledge from being an RN already? Are you finding your midwifery subjects interesting? I love the midwifery stuff as opposed to the anatomy stuff! Don't worry, I think most of the girls in the course are freaking out about the anatomy exam! We're going to have to get together for a big study group I think! Do you have the anatomy book with the CD's, as they're a great help. Let me know how you're going!
Stacey xx
PS have you found any follow-throughs yet? I think that's the hardest part of the course, I've only got one so far! Her baby's due in 3 wks, I'm praying she remembers to call me as that will be my first live birth!
I'm only studying the anatomy course this semester as I have a lot on what with work and moving house etc. I don't start doing any of the follow throughs until next year. The only text book I have for the anatomy course is the one written by Blackburn I think her name is, Maternal, foetal and noenatal anatomy. I don't have access to any of the lecture notes, do you have them on PDF, if so would you be able to email them to me ( I know, very cheeky:p ). The anatomy that I covered through studying nursing was only based on the adult so most of the course is all new to me unfortunately.
Good luck with your follow through. I'm a bit worried about that aspect of the course to be honest, it must be very hard going up to complete strangers and asking them if you can go to their birth etc.
Oh, ok. We're doing adult anatomy as we're all direct-entry with no assumed biology knowledge, so we have the Martini textbook. I think we're doing maternal anatomy next semester. I have alot of lecture notes but they're all adult anatomy, probably not of much use to you! Have you tried contacting the Uni for more support? My course co-ordinators are Jen Byrne and Linda Sweet, they are really nice, you may have heard of them? I'm sure the tutors at Flinders will try and help you if you feel you aren't getting enough support. Hopefully! I know how stressful and overwhelming Uni is, so please don't feel like you are alone. Yes, "recruiting" follow-throughs are daunting, I'm a shy person so am feeling very overwhelmed with it all. I guess we just have to use the support networks available to us- the uni co-ordinator's don't want us to fail after all, they are there to help if you feel you aren't getting enough support. Good luck hun.
Hi again, StaceyStudent. This is my third degree that I've studied externally now so I'm used to studying this way, I'm just disappointed with the way this course has been written, for example in my study guide I have to fill in blanks, do multiple choice questions and answer true/false questions based on a number of readings, however the readings don't always match up. I suppose it's just a question of getting used to a different Uni's way of doing things :doh: Can't believe exams are only a month away can you, very scary. Good luck with your exams, I'm sure you will do fine.
Let me know how your placements go, I'm very jealous, I won't be doing any placements until next year:rolleyes: :dance:
Wow third degree! Is that because it's taken time before you've realised what you want to do? Or do you just like studying? Lol. That sucks about things being different from the other Uni, hopefully things will get easier for you soon. :hug: Luckily I only have one exam, for the anatomy topic, I am hoping on just passing it! Good luck with your exams too! I'm doing my placement in July as a block placement, I'm actually really nervous as I'm direct-entry and this will be my very first time working in a hospital! I just want to get practice at basic things, like taking vital signs, bed-making and blood pressure. Can't wait till 2nd and 3rd yr when all our placements are on the maternal wards! We actually just got told that Women's & Children's hospital are probably going to start hiring 3rd yr midwifery students- experience and pay all at once! Maybe you would be able to do that as well? :dance:
Stacey xx
Hi Stacey and Monstermunch!,
I'm at Flinders 1st year as well. Love the course - can't get enough of it! I've got my 10 follow throughs for the year which is a huge relief (actually 11 but I'm expecting one to drop out). I have studied externally previously - human bioscience as well - so I can relate to your pain, Monstermunch! Luckily I was able to RPL that for this year.
Now, back to my comms assignment!
See you Monday, Stacey! :-)
Sam.
ooooh Sam I'm so jealous! I've only got 1 follow-through, I'm really worried about that aspect of the course, I just don't see how it could be possible to fit in antenatal appointments for 2nd and 3rd yrs, what with uni, study and clinicals!
That sounds great, I did a similar thing when I was in my third year studying nursing, it was definitely a great help and has made the transition from student to qualified a lot easier.:
I'm also worried about the follow through aspect of the course. SamanthaP, how on earth did you get 11 women to agree to you being at their birth etc?
I have just pretty much bombarded antenatal clinics! :) I have one (who is an aquaintance) who doesn't want me at the birth but the rest were ok with it. There is no real rush to get follow-thrus but I have little tackers so I didn't want to be having to go out to births and appt's over the xmas holidays. I also have tried to get the bulk of them over August/September before the assignment/study workload for semester 2 gets too overwhelming. That is my plan for this year but the thought of next year combining clinical/study/ft's scares the pants off me!!
Just thought i'd make my way back in here and let you all know that i have enrolled into a bachelor of nursing course. Since i don't have a UAI i had to do a STAT test, which i did just this Saturday gone. It was 70 multiple questions which took just under 2 hours. I think i did alright. I find out if i have been accepted into the course on 25th June(the day before my birthday) So im really hoping i got in. If i do get in i'll do the course and then be a nurse for a while and then do the Midwifery course so i can be a midwife. I would have just done the Midwifery course but there isn't one near me at all, which is a pain, but at least there is still a away i can do it. Wish me luck!
Good luck, let us know how you get on!
Well done Tegan! Hope you get in. pity they dont have the midwifery degree at your local uni.. but you can do the postgrad course for one year after doing the nursing degree cant you?
I am doing the Stat test later this year so I can apply for uni for next year. With the Stat test, is there a written one too where you have to write an essay or is there only multiple choice questions to do?
Karina, it depends on the uni in which you are going to apply for. With mine i only had to do the multipule choice one but there are others that you have to do both the written and multiple choice.
ahhhhh ok than. Thanks Tegan. I hope I only have to do the multiple choice one for the uni I want. I'm crap at essays.
Look up on the uac site. It should tell you which uni's do what tests.
Hey Tegan that is fantastic!!! Goodluck hon, I'm sure you'll get in! Are you doing Internal or External? Are you going to start off PT, or go straight to FT?
Re the STAT test: I *think* (dont quote me) one of the reasons for having to do the written test might depend on whether you did completed year 12 English? Or maybe if English is your 2nd language?
As for me.... I am going out on my first nursing Prac in a couple week, to the Royal Brisbane!! Soo nervous, but excited too!! :)
Ambah, i'll probably go straight into FT. what do you mean by internal/external? Goodluck with your Prac! That's the one thing i'm really looking forward to if i get in.
With the STAT test i'm not really sure why some do both and some do one. I mean i never even did year 12 and i still only did the multiple choice one, so who knows.
Tegan - Internal is where you attend uni, and go to lectures/tutorials etc. External is where you study by correspondence.
You might find the workload of 4 subjects (FT) a bit of a shock, especially when raising 2 little ones as well, but I wish you ALL the best! They give you a couple of months to pull out of any subjects you want (without academic penalty) if you find it is getting a bit much.
I started off PT with two subjects, but for the past 2 semesters I have been doing 3 subjects (which is still classed as FT by Centrelink etc).
Goodluck hun! :D
Good luck with your clinicals Ambah - remember to ask as many questions as you need to and don't be afraid to ask to be included in as many proceedures etc as possible. The more you learn on clinicals the better!
I'm starting clinicals too in a few wks, I'm quite scared but others in my course have said it's been really good, it's just best to get in there and ask lots of Q's, ask to do things and stay positive, and it's really good being able to sit down and talk to patients, sometimes it can make someone's day when the nurses are too busy for it.
PS Tegan, I know of a few women who have young children (under 3) who are studying FT, I'm in awe of them but it shows that if you really want to do something, you'll do it no matter what!You'll find that Universities have so many support programs in place, and they'll do anything to help you and make sure you're coping ok. :hug:
Good luck with your clinicals girls. I'm sure you'll do great.
Sweet.. I just checked with the uni I want to go to (UTS) and I only need to do the multiple choice STAT.
Theres a Nursing expo on in Sydney on sunday, so I might go to that and pick some brains there and get some booklets/brochures etc. hehe
Hi everyone
I have decided to apply to do a Bachelor of Nursing next year (through QUT here in Bris) I am going to go for full time, as I want to study at the campus that is close to home (caboolture) and they only offer the course in full time mode. I have already checked out the class timetables- you can access them online - so I have an idea of the amount of contact hours, which are going to be ok. I will have to attend uni every day (mon-fri) but only for a few hours each time, so that is definitely do-able. I am fairly confident of getting in, as I got a good OP when I finished school (10 years ago nearly OMG), and I have a Bachelor of Arts also. So in terms of actually going to uni, that doesn't worry me.
I guess part of me is thinking I must be mad to want to study full time with 3 kids! But at the same time I do really want to give it a go. Jump in at the deep end. Who else is studying full time with kids?
Ambah - you go to QUT, what's it like? I will be at a different campus, but the subjects are all the same - how's the workload?
Hey Bon, good on you for applying!!
Make sure you ask them about Graduate entry - you can shave a whole year (1st year) off the course if you have completed a Bachelor course within the last 10 years. (at least this is how I understand it!)
I will be honest and say that for me personally, fulltime load is quite stressful, and I only have one kid! But if you are very dedicated you should be able to get through ok. Also bear in mind for Fulltime you don't have to do 4 subjects... 3 subjects is still classed as fulltime - that is what I do atm, I don't think I could cope with 4!
The subjects are pretty good though - some are fairly easy, and you don't need to spend anywhere near the recommended time on them each week, but others can be a fair bit more involved...
Anyway, let me me know if you have any more questions! :)
Thanks for that Ambah. I did look at the Graduate Entry course - but the workload is crazy! You have to do 5 subjects per semester, your clinicals have to be done in semester break and there is no option for part time. Plus I would have to go to Gardens Point and/or Kelvin Grove every day, all day. So the hours don't suit either. It seems like they are just trying to cram 3 years work into 2. Also part of me thinks that an Arts degree isn't the best background for studying nursing. In the graduate course they cut out some subjects that seem to me to be quite important - like bioscience. When it comes to previous knowledge, I am in the same boat as someone straight out of school, so I figure it's better for me to start at the beginning and get the full degree.
I will definitely let you know when I have more questions :)
Wow Bon, I didn't realise it was that fullon - that IS crazy! And you definitely don't want to miss Bioscience 1... as it lays all of the foundations for the other Biosciences. Yeah I can definitely see why you would want to do the course from the beginning instead. I just had my 2 weeks prac, and there were a few poor Grad entry students who had another 2 weeks of prac on top of the first prac... so thats one month of fulltime prac - during the holidays. No way!!! LOL
How did you find the prac? That part makes me feel nervous - going to a real hospital and being part of everything. Did you have someone assigned to you to follow around?
My mum is a nurse, when she trained it was in the 70s at the Mater Hospital with the nuns. They did all their learning on the job - what an experience that would have been!
Well i didn't get into uni unfortunatly. They said that i didn't have a higher enough qualification, meaning year 12, yet they said in the beginning that i didn't need it! So not very happy about that. But next year i am going to apply for an enrolled nursing course at TAFE. Apparently they give you a job straight away and pay you full time.
in the meantime i'm going to do the birth attendent course at Sydney. It's 1 day a week and it's right near a train station so easy to get to.
Oh sorry you didn't get in Tegan - but if you do an enrolled nursing course, once you are finished you will probably be eligible for entry into the second year of the Bachelor of Nursing, if you still wanted to do it.
Tegan - I'm so sorry you didn't get in. Good on you for doing enrolled nursing though! Some hospitals (and lots of Aged Care Facilities) offer sponsership for enrolled nurses - so you can get paid and learn at the same time ;) Maybe contact a few places in your area (or look on their websites) and see what they say?
Bon - good on you for deciding to apply! In regards to clinicals - you build up as you progress through your degree and will ALWAYS be assigned a supervisor (preceptor). You should never be asked or expected to do anything out of your qualifications (i.e. your first rotation you shouldn't be expected to give IM injections as you won't have the training). Generally, you start in a more observational/care giving role and build up to things like taking Obs, giving meds under supervision etc. Hope that makes sense!
MG
Aww sorry you didn't get in Tegan, but that is great that you are going to do the birth attendant course, and enrolled nursing!
You know once you complete the enrolled nursing course, they will let you straight into uni, and I think it takes 1 year off the Bachelor of nursing.
Bon - I just finished my first prac, and it was pretty full on! My mistake though was being pg.... I had horrible morning sickness during prac, so it really put a dampner on it for me. What MG said is right, they will never ask you to do anything that you haven't learnt. If you feel uncomfortable about one of your skills it is very easy to say so, and someone will help you.
I actually was thrown in the deepend on my prac though (or thats how I felt!) - first day, first morning on the wards, I was assigned to my buddy RN, and she said straight away to me, 'Ok, you can go and do all of Obs in this room whilst I go next door'. I nearly freaked, as its a huge difference doing them on sick patients compared to fellow students in the lab. But anyway, I jumped in there and did it, and I was amazed at how much better I felt for just getting in and doing it, rather than stressing about it for ages.
hello i'm a 1st year nursing student I noticed on qtac (as I was bored and looking at the different courses one day) that the qld uni of tech was offering as of next year a double degree nurs/midwif which goes for 4years I thought this was a great idea as so many of the students in my class are wanting to do midwifery but are unsure about the whole length of working before doing the midwifery degree I think some1 said it was 6m???
anyway could b a good choice if that was the way you wanted to go
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oooh - excited to see there are other people on BB who are studying nursing/midwifery.
I started my BN this year - I am studying externally through CQU and just part time. When I finish, I am eventually going to do the postgrad midwifery course. It will take me about 15 years by the time I get through what with planning to have more babies in the mean time but I am really loving it!!
I am studying anatomy and physiology ATM and it is so interesting!
Mumof5 - I think the time youhave to work depends on which postgrad course you want to enrol in. I have seen some master of midwifery courses that require 2 years FT work experience (or equivalent) The nursing/midwifery dual degree sounds great. If I lived in brisbane, I would be considering that.