Educational and Career Plans: Nursing and Air Hostage Nursing

This report details a comprehensive career plan focused on a nursing profession. The primary goal is to become a registered nurse, with a clear educational pathway starting with a foundation program at Flinders University, followed by a Bachelor's degree in nursing at the Australian Catholic University. The report outlines the necessary units and expected learning outcomes, including anatomy, physiology, and behavioral sciences. A backup plan is also presented, which involves becoming an air hostage nurse, requiring advanced flight nurse practice at the University of Queensland. The report details the educational requirements, credit scores, and specific units needed for both career paths, including physical laws and physiological changes. References are provided to support the information presented, offering a thorough overview of the career planning process.

Educational Pathway
of Dream careerMy dream career
Back-up career
plan
Back-up plan
educational pathway
My
career
paths

My dream career
 My dream career is nursing
 Nurses care for individuals from different ethnic backgrounds,
sexual orientations, religions and ages (Masters, 2018).
 Nurses save lives of people.
 They advocate for health and well-being of everyone
 Offer emotional support to individuals
 Nursing is a career with integrity (Lu, H., Zhao, & While, 2019).

Educational Pathway of Dream
career
 I will start by registering for nursing foundation studies program
at Flinders University so as to secure a chance for a degree
program.
 Bachelor degree in nursing at the Australian Catholic University
at Ballarat. 3 years full-time student
 2 year registered nurse
 Expected learning units include anatomy, physiology,
psychology, nutrition, chemistry (Baldwin, Bentley, Langtree, &
Mills, 2014).
 Microbiology, chemistry and behavioral sciences are also units
expected to be learnt.

Back-up career plan
 I would like to be an air hostage nurse if I do not pursue nursing.
 Advanced Flight Nurse practice at the University of Queensland
located in St. Lucia for 1-2 years
 This is to enable me provide and high standard care to air
travelers
 Provide and assist with emergency medical care to air travelers
 Transferring patients from aircrafts to receiving medical facilities
(Hatchett, 2013).
 Securing patients before flights take off.

Educational requirements and
units
 Nursing foundation studies program
High distinction of 7 GPA and a credit score of650 and above
The nursing theories associated with health, illness and nursing care experience.
 Bachelor degree in nursing
GPA of 5.85, 360 credit points of 24 units on completion of Bachelor degree in
nursing or an equivalent of 6 units of 20 points on the award of bachelor honors.
Conducting research in nursing
 Advanced Flight Nurse practice
Achieve at least 12 credit scores and earn at least 50% in all the units
Some of the required units are physical laws, conditions and injuries of special
interest for air transport, specific physiological and pathophysiological changes
(Hatchett, 2013).

References
Baldwin, A., Bentley, K., Langtree, T., & Mills, J. (2014). Achieving
graduate outcomes in undergraduate nursing education: following
the Yellow Brick Road. Nurse education in practice, 14(1), 9-11.
Hatchett, R. (Ed.). (2013). Nurse-led clinics: Practical issues. Routledge.
Lu, H., Zhao, Y., & While, A. (2019). Job satisfaction among hospital
nurses: a literature review. International journal of nursing studies.
Masters, K. (2018). Role development in professional nursing practice.
Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Rafferty, A. M., Xyrichis, A., & Caldwell, C. (2015). Post-graduate
education and career pathways in nursing: a policy brief. National
Nursing research Unit, KingГs College London.