May 03, 2008, 12:14 am
A diploma is an Enrolled Nurse qualification, newly upgraded from certificate level.
A degree is a Registered Nurse qualification.
To find out more check out a uni website, as each university will have different entry requirements. Also, you could try www.anmc.org.au . This is the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council website.
If you plan to do nursing, you will have to get experience in different areas, not just oncology, so during your training you will get exposure to this. As you have probably read elsewhere, it is also advisable to do a graduate year afterwards.
Hope this helps. I imagine though that if you have the qualifications for getting into a paramedic course, then you should have no problems accessing a nursing course (the former is a degree course too?)
Best of luck...
