dear all senior nurses,

i do need your advise & infos about the nursing path, which not go straight for BSN..

plan to go to nursing school next year in this way :

finishing my 2 years nursing college in syd or melb, to get my EN (or EEN) title.

afterward i would get my BSN by distance learning

my question are :

1). probably i'll be 39 when i graduate, on this recent condition,

is it possible for me to be sponsor by any hospitals or clinics..??

2). how is my chance to work as a PCA or AIN with my EN or EEN title,

any advise & info would be highly appreciated.. :bowingpur

you can study to be en or een - i know that in qld this course is only 18mths. however, if you are not an australian citizen, permanent resident or nz citizen, you will not be eligible to study distance learning (open universities australia), will not be able to work fulltime or be sponsored. australian immigration will only recognise registered nurses.

if, once you complete your een, you will then qualify to go into second year of a bsn degree but you will probably be allowed to work up to 20 hours a week (fulltime during university holidays). about mid last year, australian immigration introduced a visa which allows a degree graduate 18months work visa to enable the graduate to obtain australian work experience (pls visit www.immi.gov.au ).

when you are a registered nurse and have a valid australian nursing registration, you will not have too much hassles accessing nursing agencies who would be only too willing to help you find a job.

ip:twocents:

dear IP,

many thanks for your response & very sorry for my late reply, i really thought there will be no hope for me at all..to be honest, i'm not asked for a PR though, a 457 subclass visa would be enough for me..

so, after my EEn, i could take my BSN in a year..? totally would take 3 yrs..?

afterward i can go to some agencies for job placement..?

very sorry for asking more questions, i need to be sure before jump out all for this..

any advise & info would be highly appreciated.. :bowingpur

EEN (18 months) qualification will only get you into 2nd yr of a 3 yr BSN. So you have two years of study to complete. If you are registered as EEN, then you can work as EEN during your two yr studies (up to 20 hrs per week during semesters and full time during holidays). So, if you do your EEN then BSN, you would have studied a total of 3 and a half yrs. If you go directly into a BSN course then you would have studied a total of 3 yrs.

Once you have your RN registration, you have the option to either go through and agency to get you work or you can apply direct to the hospital themselves.

Usually the place where you have worked as EEN is a good start to look for a RN job.

IP

dear IP,

ohh...so if i go direct for BSN i could save 6 months ya..

let say, if i delay school & would graduate when i 40 yrs old, there's still chance for me to get a job there, considering this worldwide economic condition..?

pls advise...

very sorry on too many question yaaaa...

thanks in advance & rgds,

baby rei