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sheenie

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Sun May 18, 2014 3:05 pm

Hi guys,

 

So a bit of a background. I used to work as a RA in a lab at UQ and was about to start a Phd at the Royal Brisbane. The only reason i was going to do it was to get into the clinical side of things. Took a bit of a break to work in the Fitness Industry and now am contemplating doing nursing as a way to get into the clinical side of things.

 

So my question is realistically, how hard is it? and if this is the path I want to go down, is being a EN enough or do I need a full degree?

 

Thanks guys!

DonaldThompson

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Jun 17, 2014, 05:46 pm

I think you need to get full degree of the course. As you have worked in a fitness care zone, it is not going to be very tough to you, but yes there are so much responsibilities and caring needed by this profession. 

ratty

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Jun 18, 2014, 03:06 pm

Hi sheenie,

with your work as an RA and your almost-start of a PhD you are clearly smart enough! QUT and UQ have graduate entry, where you only have to do 2 years to graduate as an RN (or 18 months I think, at UQ, if you do summer school). I was like you, deciding whether to do RN or EN, and went for RN because there seems to be a wider range of places and specialties to work in, the pay will be a little bit higher, and the cost for the courses (if you do it in 2 yrs) is roughly the same. I'm starting grad entry at QUT next month, so will let you know how tough it is if you like  :)

cheers,

ratty.

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