shelle001

Everyone studies different ways :). I have heard that whole of mind learning when it comes to diagrams makes it easier (I memorised the diagrams in my first test - Victoria, Australia) so didn't need to use it. Whole of mind learning of diagrams means that you increase the size to whatever you feel would be necessary, stick/pin them up around the room, colour and label them. Then you don't study them as such, you just as regularly as you want do a quick visual scan of them. Over time, they will be locked into your memory. As for text stuff, I just revise, revise, revise. Not only to learn by rote, but to learn. (btw I got 81% in my first test, Either A- or B equivalent, so well done to you with your A :smiley_aa ) 'shelle.

You might be ineligible to work in an adult ER, but is there anything precluding you (besides possible distance) from working in the ER of the nearest paediatric hospital? 'shelle

Concurrently employed .............. are you about to try to enrol for a traineeship course minus the traineeship? Sorry if that's not the case , but that's what it sounds like.

For the Aussie nurses on board. Is "urgent care" available as a work option in Australia? As i've said in other section posts :), i'm currently studying Div 2. My eventual plan is to study Div 1 and then Emergency. I believe that urgent care, in the way it's been described above, would be a great stepping stone to Emergency. cheers, 'shelle.

Sorry, but as we live in different states, I can only give you generic information which would most likely be the same in both Victoria and NSW. For NSW specific information, you'll need to ask people and organisations in NSW. 'shelle.

Or you could try for a traineeship. Traineeships might take 2 years to complete instead of the standard one year, but you earn (not a huge wage, but something nonetheless) as you learn. Also you could try to apply for Austudy. If you had become an Australian citizen i'd say you'd most likely be right getting Austudy (again a low income but better then nothing), but as you're not, I cant tell you what assistance you'd be eligible for. Low income cards and Austudy are obtained, in Victoria, from Centrelink ....... in NSW i'm not sure where.

As far as i'm aware, HECS doesn't happen with TAFE courses, only Uni courses. However, you can try to apply for a student loan, or obtain a low income health care card. Being that you're an immigrant, I can't tell you exactly what route you'll be eligible to take to cut costs down. Best bet would be to ask the course providers. However, if you can go the low income card route, in Victoria at least, it will chop down the course cost from around $900 to $117 (plus around $500 to $600 in books and equipment on top of that). 'shelle.

Others can correct me if i'm wrong, but I believe that being an Endorsed Enrolled Nurse simply means that you've also been taught the medication module/course. A "standard" enrolled nurse isn't taught that, but can do it as a later update.

Level 2 first aid is usually around 3 days. Medical terminology takes around 6 evenings to complete, but that can be one evening a week for six weeks. However the aged care/community care or whatever Cert III course duration depends on how the TAFE chooses to run it. Not sure if you realise, judging from your reply to my original reply, but I mean it might help to do the Cert 3 in Aged Care, OR the Cert 3 in Community Care, OR Cert 3 in something else related. Seems, by your reply, that you think i'm meaning that it would help to do all related cert 3's. cheers again , 'shelle

Pink_margarita, Because it's a TAFE course, as a mature aged student, there isn't anything (at the moment) that you have to do to get into the Cert IV course. However, I believe that if you attempt the course next year, and maybe (not sure if it's the case for mid year) mid year this year, you will need to have a level 2 first aid certificate and a medical terminology course certificate before you begin - in Victoria at least. Right now, you can complete those certificates while you're doing the course, soon they'll be pre-requisites. If you did well when you did your electronics certificate, that will help in attempts to convince them that you will be able to complete the course. If you didn't do so well, but passed, then maybe getting a cert 3 (in aged care, community care, anything related) will help, as it helped me get in. Good luck with your application. 'shelle.

Yeah, that further 2 years is full-time study. However, I believe that full-time in uni can be (depending on uni of course ) 16 to 18 contact hours per week so still gives you some chance to work.

It might not be exactly what you want to do (if you're moreso after hospital work), but one option (the way I got into Div 2 studies) is to do the Cert 3 in Aged Care, do well in that, and get into the Cert IV course with those results helping you out. Cheers, 'shelle. (a Victorian Div 2 student)