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Jen

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  • Joined: Apr 2006
  • Location: Perth
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Apr 08, 2006, 02:14 pm

Just out of interest, how much clinical prac do the other universities get?

We have 13weeks a year starting from year 1:

Year 1 - Sem1 Aged care Sem2 Maternal/Paeds/Communty

Year 2 - Sem1 Medical Sem2 Surgical/Theatre

Year 3 - Sem1 Mental Sem 2 ICU/ER/Option

Its pretty good.

nursemorgan

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  • Joined: Jul 2005
  • Location: adelaide
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Apr 10, 2006, 08:26 pm

Hi Jen

At UNISA we get:

yr 1 sem 2: 3 weeks basic nursing care (mainly in nursing homes or 'general'/ smaller country hospitals)

yr 2 sem 1 and 2 3 weeks per semester in acute care only

yr 3 sem 1 NC5 specilisation 3 weeks

yr 3 sem 2 practicum 6 weeks

there will be a "new" course syllabis starting next yr though so may change

cheers

Morgan

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