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cherri_05

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Thu May 19, 2011 10:05 am

Hi I am trying to figure out what to do next year as i am finishing my bachelor of nursing at the end of this year and i was just wondering if you could do a graduate year AFTER doing a post grad course. I want to do a post grad midwifery course but i also want to do the grad year as a midwife afterwards. Any help is much appreciated :)

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Jun 07, 2011, 02:27 pm

cherri_05, imho gaining some work experience might help you better decide what to do next. No harm pursuing further studies but generally it tends to work out better for those undecided as yet to gain that experience. It will certainly add value and motivation for you if you subsequently decide to pursue further studies. I have seen many who did midwifery but eventually came back out to do general ward or other specialties. Not that they dislike mid-wifery, it was just because they wanted to gain broader knowledge base. Good luck.

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May 03, 2013, 01:50 pm

This reply is two years late, hopefully this will help others.
A few years back I was considering enrolling into an Honours course and my nursing facilitator advised me to complete a new graduate program first then do the Honours. Considering I was a UTAS student I did find out you can enrol a year later after you graduate.
I don't know the terms and conditions for other states and territories. However in the state of NSW (and correct me if this changes) if you apply in NSW for a graduate program; you must have graduated from uni within a specific time period, usually within the financial year. For example you want to apply for 2014, you would have needed to graduate within the 2013-2014 financial year. You do need to recheck the entry requirements for the program for this year, as you do for any year.
Best to go with the new graduate program – as to be eligible to apply for a Diploma in Midwifery program you would have to be registered with APHRA as a Registered Nurse (so you might as well get a new grad program) plus when you are enrolled as a student Midwife you would be paid as a Registered Nurse, the midwifery program is five days a week in total (four days at hospital, one day at uni) over a year to a year and a half depending on the hospital/area health service. And do not forget the NSW Health postgraduate scholarships to pay for studying midwifery!!!

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