medical social work or nursing - career change help

[Novella]

I'm a nurse, I went straight to uni from high school. At my uni I had 2 contact days a week then up to 3 days a week in a placement. I worked at woolworths doing nightfill and ordering and worked around 30 hours a week but that was before I had children and my workplace was very flexible

A lof of graduate nurse positions are only offers full time which can make for a difficult twelve months. I currently work a set roster so I do Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and every second weekend. I still have to do night stuff but I Only do it on weekends due to child care. I lose two weeks annual leave a year so 4 Instead of 6 weeks but being able to have regular shifts is worth it for me. It really depends on your work place and your uni

Good luck with your career change

[HotI]

Have you thought about genetic counselling? It is a postgrad clinical masters

[Lisa B]

otI - do you know what the employment opportunities are like for genetic counsellors?

Sararose - studying nursing sounds very demanding, with a child I think it would be hard to work and study. Your roster sounds good though

[Traveller]

I'm a student nurse/midwife. So far the uni work and hospital placements are working fine around the kids and there are so many areas to specialise in that if you are focussed there will be lots of career opportunities. I usually attend uni 3 days a week but I need two more days for study so my kids are in daycare fulltime. Placement is 5 days a week but next year it will be 3 days a week all trimester long so it depends on the uni.