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Thanks ? Looking forward to getting out there.

Australia is now using EN = LPN in a full-time 18 month course to cover all the basics in wards freeing up RN's for assisting doctors on rounds,wound care etc etc. Due to Covid-19 vaccination mandate hundreds of nurses have walked away and still are leaving big holes in all facilities. Until March 2022 all elective surgery in Australia has been cancelled to combat staff shortages around the country. Many Nurses are taking less stressful positions after being over-worked 16+hr shifts and still can't keep up. Ambulances ramping for 6 hours plus and emergency calls taking upwards of 1-3hr response time due to people ringing up with symptoms of covid clogging the system.All Education facilities here are profit run for training Nurses on all levels and accepting 15 students of which 50% actually pass and either continue onto Higher Education levels not interested in working long demanding shifts for low pay. Our system has crumbled yet we have only just surpassed 1 million Omicron cases here in Australia out of a 29 million population so our system is only just as strong as the number of Nurses,Doctors available to run all departments who aren't being infected with covid-19.Burnt out or won't get vaccinated so left. I started out as an EN before becoming an RN Student so I'm doing an extra 18 months of learning to make me the best Nurse I can be as I love working in Hospitals and the more challeging the day is the better I love it.

I'm in Australia and were already at breaking point in our Health System since Delta arrived. I'm ex-military and became a student nurse now aged 47 and as USA,Canada,UK,Australia all share covid-19 discoveries and seeing how detrimental to all Nurses,Doctors etc has taken it's toll they continue to ignore any pleas for help or to change the system to ramp up extra Nurses,Assistants to combat this. RN Training can be done as a 2 part system taking your model of Hands on Practicle Learning with the theory being done via online from the Universities which would inject thousands of Students into Hospitals, Aged Care and Residential to alleviate the crisis. Paying students,Supplying the tools of the Nursing Trade free to students also would see larger number of intakes.The amount of experience a student would receive is 100% more than they we do only completing set amounts of hours to pass a particular practicle module.I learnt in 2 hours Manual BP Taking Accurately and Nurse planning within 2 weeks from RN's. I've spent on my own time 1 month purely observation in ED with special premission and I now have far greater knowledge,understanding and less hesitation once I complete my training to be able to hit the ground running faster than my other student classmates so I believe your method can be put in place without too much complication at all. Will they do this or even consider it "NO" as there are too many Lawyers and people ready to sue the Government,Hospitals and facilities at the slightest chance that someone fails in the position causing serious injury / death. Our societies have become corrupt where governments and Lawyers,Big Pharma are making money and not caring about the consequences of the people and the dire need for change are just continuing to band-aid the situation in the hope getting everyone vaccinated who can be and everyone complying to make our communities as safe as possible and ride out the pandemic just like the days of Spanish Flu as an example. I hope someone listens and adapts but until then many doctors,Nurses will either change positions to less stressful positions or leave the profession as they are now placing everyone else in harms way and not enough experienced people to help Students who do Graduate able to forget half of what you learn in University only to be replaced with actual ways and proceedures used in a real working hospital and not just in the classroom. Can't wait to graduate and get the opportunity to come to the US and learn more...

Yes I'm in Australia

I'm starting my EN Nursing degree in 2022.. Which subject would be best to start learning now and get a head start before course begins..