Hey

McKneff

To be honest, I think you are only presuming how much your mums income, yes you say you are confident but in all honesty, unless you have seen your mothers bank statements for the month, you cannot be absolutely sure, neither can you be absolutely sure of her out goings. Bills etc.

Unless she/or you with her permission comes on with an SOA then you are not going to get meaningful advice re budgets etc.

You have very fixed opinions for an 18 year old, I guarantee when youve had a good 10/15 years life experience you attitudes will change, indeed they will have to.

As for your aspiriation, I applaud you, but what you want, no matter how hard you try, is not necessarily what you get, especially if you have little mouths to feed and a roof to put over your head. I know at least 2 dust bin men with degrees, not that that is wrong, I admire them too, think what we would be like without them, at the other end of the spectrum, my son left school with 1 GCSE, went to night school fora second one so that he would have at least English and Maths, he is now working in IT and earning in excess of £50K. No college, no university, just a passion for computers.

I do wish you well in your endeavours and hope you have taken some points on this thread in the spirit in which they are intended.

Ettenna

sloppy wrote: »

Thanks for your help aunty, your post was really well constructed. It was a good read and very informative.

....In a nursing degree the student works alot of hours, they basically do the grunt work on wards and without them the wards generally can't function due to low staffing. Nursing degrees are strange in the fact you work maybe 30 hours a week as well as having to attend university and study. Nursing degrees get very small holidays too. It's not like she didn't do anything to get that bursary.

I am currently doing an Adult Nursing degree. Students are generally not at Uni and on placement at the same time. While in uni you are usually not in every day, every day. After the first placement doing bank work is possible. While on placement 37.5 hours is expected. In a hospital this is done in 3 days, with an extra shift every 4 weeks. In community it's 5 days/week. Students shouldn't be used to do "grunt work" or be HCA's. If they are then the student needs to be proactive and report it!! A student is supernumerary and cannot be counted in staffing levels. Holidays are 7 weeks a year. Obviously this is irrelevant now as your mum has completed her degree. She should be earning £21k+ if she's working full time. You could take on a job of some sort, as could your brother.

kerrypn

Dunroamin wrote: »

Your mother must be working very much part time hours if this is her income including including CB, CTC and WTC.

Nursing starting salary at point of qualifying is 21k a year and thats outside london, so i think this figure is too low too dun.

Sloppy-Students do not do the grunt work. They are expected to learn on all levels of care delivery but are ultimately there to learn. I know this having worked in a hospital for 5 years and about to start my Bsc in nursing in september