Macey Dangar is completing a Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Assisting in nursing work in acute care). Photo David Swift
Studying at Southern Cross Catholic College Burwood has allowed Macey Danger to pursue a career that involves caring for others while still at school.
Macey is completing a Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Assisting in nursing work in acute care), and dreams of completing a Diploma of Health at TAFE post school.
Although she is in the final leg of her Year 12 journey, Macey has already been given the chance to show her capabilities as a nurse both at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and at an Estia Health aged care home.
“In addition to our coursework, for our practical component we do placements in a hospital and a community placement,” Macey said.
She felt nursing was, undoubtedly, her calling in life. She sees patients at their absolute lowest and has the privilege of caring for them. “I love it,” she said.
“I help the patient with hygiene, feeding, dressing,” Macey added.
She said that her desire to become a nurse began during visits to her grandparents in hospital.
“I saw that and it encouraged me to want to help,” she said. “I didn’t realise till then that I was so empathetic.”
“I recommend the course, 100 percent!” – Macey Danger
Innovation and Enterprise
Southern Cross provides practical hands-on career pathways to full-time and part-time students from Years 9 to 12 in:
Business and Finance: Business Services; Information and Digital Technology; and Retail Services.
Community and Services: Baking; Beauty Services; Early Childhood Education and Care; Education Support; Hairdressing (Salon Assistant); Human Services (Allied Health); Human Services (Acute Care); and Hospitality.
Creative Industries: Community Dance, Theatre and Events; Entertainment Industry; Events; Music Industry; and Screen and Media.
Technical Trades: Automotive; Construction (Pathways); and Furniture Making.
The Innovation and Enterprise pathway at Southern Cross has a special focus on employability through a wide range of career pathways, traineeships and apprenticeships.
Students are offered the opportunity to complete their HSC along with dual nationally accredited Certificates II or III, in addition to completing the first stage of an apprenticeship or full traineeship by the end of Year 12.
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