Are you just about to complete your Bachelor of Nursing degree in Australia? Then you will be eagerly seeking a place on a Graduate Nurse Program (GNP) and transitioning to practice. Unfortunately what most graduate nurses fail to realize is that there are only 5000 GNP places available across Australia every year, even though Australian universities turn out over 8000 graduate nurses for the same period.
The competition is ferocious, and in at least three Australian states, nearly 70% of all nurse graduates will still be unemployed 12 months post-graduation.
You need a strategy, and you need an edge.
In How to Get a Place on a Graduate Nurse Program in Australia, Melanie Nightingale walks you through not just the concept and structure of a GNP, but how selection decisions are made, and what attributes are common to most successful applicants. In addition to this, Melanie advises how to plan your undergraduate years strategically to improve your chances of getting a place on a GNP, how to and where to apply, what kind of odds and competition you will face, and how to present at interview in a manner that gives you a significant advantage over your competition.
Melanie Nightingale has been a nurse for over 30 years, has designed three stellar Graduate Nurse Programs in Australia and recently completed commissioned research into what makes a GNP applicant sucessful.
The competition is ferocious, and in at least three Australian states, nearly 70% of all nurse graduates will still be unemployed 12 months post-graduation.
You need a strategy, and you need an edge.
In How to Get a Place on a Graduate Nurse Program in Australia, Melanie Nightingale walks you through not just the concept and structure of a GNP, but how selection decisions are made, and what attributes are common to most successful applicants. In addition to this, Melanie advises how to plan your undergraduate years strategically to improve your chances of getting a place on a GNP, how to and where to apply, what kind of odds and competition you will face, and how to present at interview in a manner that gives you a significant advantage over your competition.
Melanie Nightingale has been a nurse for over 30 years, has designed three stellar Graduate Nurse Programs in Australia and recently completed commissioned research into what makes a GNP applicant sucessful.
