u/CureforCurie

Hello everyone, hope you’re all well!

I feel I have no direction at the moment, I’m already an AIN but I feel uni isn’t for me and I feel I’ve failed all my subjects and it’s not worth the extra time and debt.

Here are some questions I have about doing my EN’s at TAFE:

1. Is doing your Diploma of Nursing at TAFE competency based?

2. Do you have to do much study to become an EN, and how hard would you describe the work?

3. As an EN, can you specialise in certain areas like Maternity or Paediatrics?

4. Is it worth it and pay alright?

Hello everyone!

I’m currently 18 and I graduated last year and have started working as an AIN this year Thanks to my EVET course I did in high school. I’m currently at uni for midwifery, but honestly it wasn’t like how it was for my vet course where it’s not competency based with pass or fail, but rather grade based.

I was wondering if doing a diploma of nursing at TAFE is competency based and whether it’s hard or easy? My EVET course was rather easy, and the way they taught us was competency based, where you could resubmit your work, and we went through the work as a class. Is it like this and is there work to do outside of TAFE?

I enjoyed getting my AINs and was hoping if I do decide to get my EN’s, it would be like this. Thank you!