OET and academic support

It's great to see that so many people are getting ready for the Occupational English Test (OET). For OET support (listening, speaking, writing and reading), please see your CELUSA teachers. For other academic support, eg for essays, critical reviews, literature reviews and time management, come for a drop-in session at Learning Connection. Check the Learning Connection website for drop-in times. A Learning Adviser will see you for an individual consultation.

Regards,
The Blog Team

Photos

We were pleased to receive some photos of recent social activities and group photos that students have been involved in.

It is great to see you all out and about enjoying the sights of Adelaide!

If you have any photos of activities with fellow ARNTP students enjoying Adelaide, please send them through!

Another response from a student

We have been delighted to receive feedback from students about their experiences of nursing in other countries. Rupa has sent us her comments, which we have included here for you to read.

I think the way we look after a patient or client is same everywhere. In developed countries like Australia there is use of modern devices which makes nursing easier and advance but in a developing or under developed countries nurses are bound to use the same old equipments and methods. The nurses in a country like Nepal have to look after many patients so its very hard to allocate time for all the cares of patient. It makes nursing instrumental.

There will be some differences between the nursing in Nepal and Australia but the way of caring and approaching patient is the same.

Rupa Pudasaini

Please continue to send in your feedback. It is a learning experience for us all!

Response from Devu Suresh

Thanks Devu
It was very interesting to read the respoonse that you sent in regarding the difference for students between Australia and India:

Off course the nursing in Australia is very much different from India. I fond the ARNTP classess useful and I am looking forword for a bright future here.
The classes here are entairly different from those in India.Here students are given information about what to study.Therefore, students has to search and find out what is required for the class.But in India teachers used to teach and give notes for the important chapters, so we used the other informations from internet and journals very less.

Devu

First Impressions

This week you started your nursing studies. What are your first impressions? How are the classes different from what you have experienced before? Do you think that nursing in Australia will be significantly different from your home country?

Please let us know.

The Blog Team

Professional Issues in Australia

Next Tuesday we start the next phase of the program and we welcome you into Professional Issues in Australia. We hope that you enjoy learning about the Australian health care system as it will enable you to make a smooth transition into this new health care environment.

We will see you on Tuesday in BJ1-13 at 10.00am.

The ARNTP teaching team and the Blog team.

A long weekend

Australians celebrate several public holidays during the year to mark historic occasions such as Labour Day, ANZAC Day and Australia Day. This weekend we remember Australia's historic connection with England and the Commonwealth by celebrating the Queen's Birthday.

What do Australians do on long weekends? This weekend we have the Sea and Vines Festival at McLaren Vale in South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula.

Many Australians just stay home and catch up on mundane tasks like house work, gardening and window washing or catch up with friends.

What will you be doing? Our blog team suggest a tram trip to Glenelg if the weather is fine.

We hope that you take time out to enjoy the long weekend break and learn a little about how Australians spend their spare time.

Please let us know what you will be doing by posting your experiences on the blog.

Have fun.

The Blog team.