Any Midwives who trained in mid to late 80's
Mar 30th 2011 | 11:33 pm
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Any Midwives who trained in mid to late 80's
I'll try and keep this short ..........
Qualified as RGN 1986 (3 years)
RGN for 1 year then....
Qualified as RM 1989 (18 months)
In those days there was no such thing (in Scotland anyhow) as a degree in nursing,it was called a Certificate !
Got myself registered with QNC without issues in 2008 as General nurse only pending receipt from Scotland of Midwifery training transcripts(it only took 6 months
).Applied for Midwifery endorsement mid 2009 and after 9 months of utter crap communication and one committee hearing or another,my qualification was rejected in April 2010 due to a lack of theoretical content wtf.Anyhow I plodded on and decided not to pursue this further at that stage due to the pending disbandment of QNC.Now reading between the lines,those AHPRA people are making even more of a dogs dinner of applications than before.This makes me reluctant to submit again for fear of further rejection boo hoo.
I have now been in OZ for 4 months and although I have not been all -out job hunting,I am beginning to get the impression that I am unemployable and am feeling a tad rejected in my middle-age years
It seems that I am a nomad because my experience is all in midwifery but here I am only registered as a general nurse thus far.Having no recent experience in any other field,my options are limited somewhat.At the moment I am thinking that maybe I could look for some short training courses to upskill a bit but on the Sunshine Coast,the options are limited.
Anyone else from the 80's feeling rejected ?
Qualified as RGN 1986 (3 years)
RGN for 1 year then....
Qualified as RM 1989 (18 months)
In those days there was no such thing (in Scotland anyhow) as a degree in nursing,it was called a Certificate !
Got myself registered with QNC without issues in 2008 as General nurse only pending receipt from Scotland of Midwifery training transcripts(it only took 6 months
).Applied for Midwifery endorsement mid 2009 and after 9 months of utter crap communication and one committee hearing or another,my qualification was rejected in April 2010 due to a lack of theoretical content wtf.Anyhow I plodded on and decided not to pursue this further at that stage due to the pending disbandment of QNC.Now reading between the lines,those AHPRA people are making even more of a dogs dinner of applications than before.This makes me reluctant to submit again for fear of further rejection boo hoo.I have now been in OZ for 4 months and although I have not been all -out job hunting,I am beginning to get the impression that I am unemployable and am feeling a tad rejected in my middle-age years
It seems that I am a nomad because my experience is all in midwifery but here I am only registered as a general nurse thus far.Having no recent experience in any other field,my options are limited somewhat.At the moment I am thinking that maybe I could look for some short training courses to upskill a bit but on the Sunshine Coast,the options are limited.
Anyone else from the 80's feeling rejected ?
Last edited by shirlw; Mar 30th 2011 at 11:35 pm. Reason: added info
