Any Enrolled nurses out there doing their training ?

age will not be a problem you should see the number of 30+ students in the first year of the Bachelor of nursing. If you dont make it in try doing some bridging courses for starting high edu. they will look very good when trying to get into tafe or uni.

hi i just wanted to say good luck i finished my en training in 1999 and am now half way through the degree at uni just wanted to wish you the best of luck and say that age should not be a problem i was in my thirties when i started and had no problems so you go girl!

Several of my co workers are Div 2 nurses working on their degree or have completed same. Go out to the uni and talk to people; they will be eager to help. If you want to go back to school though why not learn a profession where you will be treated with respect and be paid better.

Hi im a student en and next year ill be finished! Yay! Its not hard but its alot of work, you just need to make sure u keep up with the work and dont fall behind and you will be fine :P

I'm a wee bit confused. Are you:

1. already an EN and wanting to progress to an RN
2. wanting to do an EN programme

I am in my grad year after completing my RN training. I was an EN for years. Unfortunately the opportunity to get paid wasn't available, so I worked full time and studied parttime. It was worth it, as ENs are not recognised by the establishment (I'm not talking about other RNs or CNMs who know an ENs worth, I'm talking about those in lofty castles) in my state, and cannot do what they can in other parts of the country.

Is this the new programme attached to hospitals?

Let us know how you go.

I'm presuming you're asking as a 'never touched a needle, given meds, done documentation' desire to be a qualified member of healthcare team.

I'm three weeks off my first prac assignment, having started EN fulltime at TAFE in July...

I thought I was a shoe-in having had 20 years healthcare industry behind me and initially my application was rejected. However, unbeknown to me, I was placed on the waitlist and dropouts from the 'acceptances' gave me a placement afterall. {two days notice to start}

Age should not be an issue, as we have ages ranging from 17 through to fifties...

I will warn you though - it's TOUGH... and we've had at least three drop from our group. I am struggling - I'll admit it, and not afraid to say so. {Granted though, I'm a single mum of an almost three year old with no family around so support and time to study and manage my home is causing havoc there... hey, what's this?? apparently my carpet is blue, not white with printing on it}

I finished my EEN course 4 years back and then I was in my late 40's and I and proud I am now a EEN.

Hi! i graduated April this year and I had a ball! I met some fantastic people with whom I still keep in touch. One is now managing an aged care facility, one is doing community nursing, one is in Queensald working, one is in theatre and I'm in the country doing medical nursing. It is certainly a job that gives you a lot of options! It is harder to get a place in the EEN course than it is to get into uni to do your RNs but it is so worth it. I was thirty- six when I applied so no your not too old chick! LOL!! Just be yourself in the interview and relax is the best advice I can give you. I applied three times, the first time I forgot to send a cover letter(DOH!!) the second I got third but the hospital I chose only took two so the third time I said I'd go anywhere within GWAHS and got my first choice! Good luck!!

Since the original post was made in 2004, I'm guessing the poster has completed the course by now?????

If you read this, Lacie, let us know how you went. Enquiring minds would like to know!