nursing training?

jeffy22

I've been thinking for a while about changing career and I've always quite fancied nursing.
Has anyone advice on how to go about this.?
The thing is im moving into my own place soon, so money is going to be quite tight. Are there any grants available? Also I already have a degree from 10 years ago, would this affect me?


Any help or advice would be most welcome

Dumyat

http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/nursing.shtml

spacebhouy

depends wether you live in scotland or england....
in scotland you DO NOT pay tuition fees ..and the government give you a bursary of around £550 per month during your placements.

skint-student-nurse

www.nhsstudentgrants.co.uk will tell you what your entitled to! what uni is near you try going to their website and find out if you can do it there , some uni's have upto 4 intakes a year. HTH!

Dumyat

http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/details/Default.aspx?Id=89

jeffy22

(i live in Yorkshire)

neet87

Hello! My OH is in is final year of a nursing degree and there are a lot of mature students on his course. You have two options course wise, either doing the diploma or degree. It is worth remebering that if you find you get more funding diploma wise, if you do well some universities will let you transfer on to the degree in your final year, thus you get the benefit of more funding in your first few years and still get a degree. You would need to check this with your chosen uni though (UEA def. let you).

Courses vary quite a lot depending on university. My OH went to Liverpool for his first year- this was more of a traditional university based course with lectures and seminars. He transfered to UEA which is completly different, it is all IPL (inter proffesional learning) based- he reffers to it as 'teach yourself nursing'. Placements will also depend on your university choice, at Liverpool his placements were spread out up to 30 miles away from where he was living and transport was not provided. At the UEA all the placements are at the same university hospital. You woud be doing half your year in placements, doing either 3x 12hr shifts or 5x8hrs shifts.

Any more questions then ask! Will try to help.

spacebhouy

in west of scotland you are not allowed to do 12 hour shifts during placements....you also do the degree with no option of just the diploma...the whole nursing course has changed since August 2008...most is elearning with almost all workshops and learning done online...

freebiequennie

I am a nurse qualified 6yrs ago and got a bursary of £350 a month and i worked in my first year as a youth worker 2 eves a week, 2 nd yr didnt work as found it too much and third year did shifts in a pub around my uni days and hospital shifts (basically gave pub my nursing shifts and they gave me shifts around that)

I had a flat that £300 a month rent, didnt pay council tax as a student, water and electricity bills were £25 a month, only had a pre-pay mobile. Youth work paid me £200 a month and then pub work was anything from £40 a week to £100 a week.

I finished my training being overdrawn by £1,000 and compared to other students debt was really chuffed with myself as I never had any help. I cleared this od in 3mths as well.

so yes you can manage. I have since done a top-up degree in community nursing and am now doing my masters all funded by my current employer.

I interview with the local uni for student nurses and get lots of applicants who have done previuos degrees and little care exp and vice versa those who have done access courses to get back into education but have lots of care exp. Then you have those straight from college.

I think eventually the diploma will be phased out, I know within childrens nursing our local uni is offering more degree places now than diploma and will slowly phase out the diploma places.

many hospitals dont allow students to do 12hr shifts as its not fair on them or their mentor. In final year you would be allowed to 12hr shifts as it prepares you for when you qualify.

You will have to do shifts as a student as well as when qualified these include days,nights, weekends, your birthday, xmas, new year, early starts at 7am. (sorry if this sounds patronising but some students are shocked they have to work a weekend)

You will have to travel to placements whether you have a car or not they will expect you to use a train or bus

If you have children, childcare is your responsibility and issue not that of the university or placement.

Its hard work but worth it. good luck

Lyndylu_2

if you di a degree 10 years ago it wont have any effect but depending on what it was in you may be able to do an accelerated 2 year course.... speak to your loacal unis.

from 2011 the course is going to become degree only but many unis are changing over to degree only courses now...

in england degree students get a means tested bursary but there is currently a pilot scheme underway in the south east with the view to degree student nurses also getting the non-means tested bursary like english diploma students and degree students in the rest of the UK... here is some info on the current bursaries and rates...
http://www.studentnurse.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14

jeffy22

i was made redundant today so my dream could be coming a reality

is there anyone/ company i could talk to about training/ bursarys/ schemes?