Nursing student studying a cert3 in aged care...isnt that a waste of money?

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I'm a nursing student who's trying to find some assistant in nursing work. And most AIN work i've looked at require the applicant to either be a holder of cert3 in aged care/disability or second year nursing student, however i failed one course last year(first year), so technically i'm not exactly a "real" second year student as a result i cannot apply for the job.

So i'm just wondering should i go get a cert3 in aged care/disability?

The course is quite expensive($15XX-$2000), and i basically know all the stuff in the course already(learn that from uni), If u were me, would you go for it?

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Do you think you would compromise the residents of a an aged care facility when caring for them if you were not 'technically' a 2 nd year student? If not then just apply as a a 2nd year student. IMHO

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Thx for the suggestion! :poto:

Can i ask one more question?

Do you think these working experience would be an advantage when i finally graduate and look for a RN job?? i mean, the work of an RN/carer in aged care facility is totally different...

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Depends is employer is looking for an experienced RN, no. You would be considered as inexperienced as another applicant with no Pca experience.

It may look favourable to an aged care graduate nurse program or aged care employer.

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I'm not sure what state you are in, but you can do the course through Oten (online version of Tafe). The course is $793 for the full year + $50 Oten fee + approximately $100 for text books.

In my first semester of nursing, I also started doing this course as a back up if I didn't get an admin job in healthcare. I paid per semester, so half of the full year fee. I ended up getting an admin job in a hospital, so didn't complete it.

When you enrolled, they send you the first 3 unit work books. As you send the completed work books back and complete the assignments, they send out the next 3. This was 4 years ago now, so things may have changed slightly.

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