00:02Trained to save lives but stuck waiting to graduate.
00:07A woman who wants to be known as Madison, just one of many students who say they've been let down.
00:14We're all very fed up and anything happens now we're just like yeah that's about right.
00:18The university recently paused new enrolments after admitting it had oversubscribed its Bachelor of Nursing.
00:25But multiple current students have told the ABC they're also being impacted.
00:31My first placement was cut short by two days. I was then short 16 hours and every attempt that I've
00:37made to make up those hours has been met with oh you can't, the facility won't allow it.
00:43WA's Peak Nursing Union predicts hundreds of students could be affected amid fears of a shortfall.
00:49There will be a shortage of about a thousand in 29-30.
00:54It's just going to impact the communities, it's going to impact WA public hospitals, it's going to impact private hospitals,
01:01it's going to impact everybody.
01:02A state government spokesperson denies frontline services will be impacted but concedes the disruption at Notre Dame is concerning.
01:11The spokesperson says WA Health is collaborating with TAIPS and universities to promote a sustainable pipeline of graduates.
01:20The ABC put questions to the University of Notre Dame about delayed graduations and ongoing placement issues but the university
01:29directed us to a statement published two months ago saying it had nothing further to add.
01:35The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency is now looking into the situation.
01:41While Madison is on track to graduate, she still worries about the future.
01:47It's very frustrating to see that mismatch of knowing that everywhere is short staffed and knowing that there's that desperation
01:55for nurses.
01:56So this seems like among them, we're helping to stay distance with some of their little changes in relationships to
01:56some of them.
01:56Jerry Soundell Program
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