Nursing Training

cazarol

My daughter is age 20 and currently working as a home carer. She would like to look into training to be a nurse. I'm wondering if anyone can point us in the right direction of how to get more info. She has found info which says she needs to go to university and do a nursing degree, I am a bit out of this type of thing but thought there might be some kind of on the job training?
If anyone can help us that would be great

Hmm71

http://www.rcn.org.uk/nursing/becomenurse

I don't think you can do on-the-job training any more but hopefully the link above will work and give you the detail your daughter needs.

amyloofoo

The degree / diploma is on-the-job training as there are a number of mandatory placements and she would be offered an NHS bursary. Universities / HE colleges are the only places to apply (although a limited number of trusts offer training alongside the Open University) and they all have their own entry requirements. Some universities offer access courses for those who don't have the best grades, and the fact that she already has care experience is a big plus in her favour. Best wishes to your daughter in her future career, it's a hell of a hard job - but the most rewarding thing you can do IMO.

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It is "on the job training", but combined with academic training - approx half the time she will spend in a practice setting (hospital ward, district nursing, GP practice, care home etc), and the other half will be spent at Uni learning the theory.

There are several route in depending on her current situation/existing qualifications - if she has the right grades of the right subjects from GCSE and A-Level she could apply directly, otherwise she could attend college to do an access course.

Best place to start would be to contact the Uni she would like to go to and ask them for the admission criteria, it will vary slightly between Uni's.

Also, well done for her getting some experience in a care setting before she applies - it will not only give her a taste of what working in a care setting will be like, but also will be an added benefit on her Nursing application.

Good luck to her, and I hope it goes well.

cazarol

Thank you all for the quick replies. We have just sent an enquiry via the contact us button on the RCN website. Her grades were not the best for this line of work. She got A star grades in IT, a C in Maths but below a C in English and Science. She is also doing various on the job courses through the Care Company she works for,
She is going to get in touch with the nearest University to us tomorrow to get a feel for what the requirements would be. I think she is also concerned about financing the course (which is understandable) so we need to find out about costs etc.
Once again, Many Thanks

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cazarol wrote: »

Thank you all for the quick replies. We have just sent an enquiry via the contact us button on the RCN website. Her grades were not the best for this line of work. She got A star grades in IT, a C in Maths but below a C in English and Science. She is also doing various on the job courses through the Care Company she works for,
She is going to get in touch with the nearest University to us tomorrow to get a feel for what the requirements would be. I think she is also concerned about financing the course (which is understandable) so we need to find out about costs etc.
Once again, Many Thanks

She will get an NHS bursary - and if she is still going to be living at home, is more than adequate (if she's eligible for all of it).

She will also most likely be able to join the nurse bank (at the hospital attached to the Uni she's studying at) as a care assistant/nursing auxiliary - this would be ad hoc shifts that she can do around her placements/study that would bring in a bit extra cash wise (and also good for a reference for her first nursing post)

The Uni she speaks to should also be able to provide more info

Take a look at this link from the NHS careers page re financial support for those pursuing nursing: http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/explore-by-career/nursing/training-to-be-a-nurse/financial-support-for-pre-registration-nursing-students/

PS depending on the Uni and the experience she already has, and the courses that she is already taking as part of her current work - it MIGHT be that the Uni would accept these in place of other qualifications. She needs to talk to someone at the Uni she's contacting tomorrow to see if what she has would be sufficient or whether she would need to do an access course or otherwise before getting accepted on to a course