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Hopeful

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Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:08 am

Hello everyone, 

To those of you still active on NurseCentral thank you all so much for posting valuable insights about the good and bad life of a Nurse on NurseCentral. I have a few burningggg questions I hope you can answer! Please skip to the questions at the end if you don't want to hear about my life story :-)

I am completing my Biomedical Bachelor's degree at Unimelb in 2015 this year. I live with my single mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago and I've had to look after her after her radiotherapy treatment. This, in addition to working part-time, has negatively impacted my studies (67.5% WAM average :( )

My dream is to work in a healthcare setting where I can provide direct care to patients, similar to the care that my mother received from her nurses. I want to be accepted into a Master of Nursing but the entry requirements are ambiguous.

University of Melb Master of Nursing Science FAQ Page:

"This varies from year to year and is entirely dependent on the standard of the applicants for that year. As such, we do not publish a GPA requirement."

Long story short: 

1. Does anyone know how competitive entry into the Master of Nursing Sciences at University of Melbourne is? 

2. Is there minimum successful GPA/or weighted average mark (WAM) to be guaranteed an offer? 

3. Is there any other additional advice or anything else you can offer?

Thank you all so so much in advance for any comments you may have and for contributing to the store of information on this forum. 

:-)

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Jul 28, 2016, 11:16 am Last edited Jul 28, 2016, 11:16 am update #1

Hello Hopeful

It's been about a year since you posted this, and I'm wondering if you were successful in being accepted into the Master of Nursing Science at Uni of Melbourne? If so I would love to know if you're enjoying the course, is it what you expected? If not what did you decide to do, did you change career paths?

I have just applied for the Masters of Nursing Science at UoM, and curious to see what previous applicants have gained entrance with, what degree background and WAM marks - as you know the entrance requirements listed on the website don't give any indication. I have a completed degree which is not related to nursing  - B. Science with a 80 WAM

Any info to do with the entrance requirements, what you ended up doing would be so helpfulThanks in advance

- Emilia

modified: Monday 26 September 2016 4:15:12 pm - emilia123

duaneconnell

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Jul 29, 2016, 06:38 am

Sounds like you are on the right path.  Thank you for being interested in medicine; especially nursing.  It is an amazing field.  Thank you for wanting to take care of many patients and for allowing to help others as well.  Your post sounds great and very informative.  Congratulations on your accomplishments.  Please continue to make great strides and you will do great in all of your future endeavors.  Thank you.

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