access to nursing- any advice?

Fire_Fox

katiesmummy wrote: »

thank you all for your replies.

i have put ds name down for the college nursery so fingers crossed he will be offered a place.

i am soooo excited- have wanted to do this for years!:j

My piece if advice is to get hold of the core texts now and start reading and taking notes. If you can afford to subscribe to any newsletters or magazines/ journals appropriate for a student nurse (you may be able to blag student prices with your offer letter). I have just done two years of a foundation degree and found the actual content a walk in the park, but I've spent several years previously reading and reading because I am fascinated by biology.

speedy_gonzalez

Hi I'm not a nurse or a student nurse but I do work in a school of nursing. With regard to the books I'd try and get the following if you can't get hold of a reading list.
Royal Marsden Hospital manual of clinical nursing procedures. There's a student edition of this as well.
Anatomy & physiology book
Nursing practice and procedures book
Nursing dictionary
Make sure you get recent editions and check they are UK published. Not so important for the anatomy & physiology one.
Any other books you should be able to get from your college library and you may be able to access e-books as part of your course as well.
PS Just remembered the the Royal Marsden Manual may also be online. It depends on whether your college has subscribed to it. I think the online version is quite expensive though so they may not.

costaerer

hiya, my husband has just finished access to radiography but plenty of people on his course were doing nursing so it is the same syllabus. i was utterly amazed at the lack of work needed to pass this course. yes, he spent quite a few hours before the deadlines of his coursework doing them but definately definately no more than say, 2 hrs a night, thats at a push!! and thats not every week thats more like towards when the coursework has to be handed it!!

caroline83

Hi Katiesmummy,

I started the access to nursing course when my twins were 2. I don't know what subjects you have to undertake now but when I did it it was sociology,psychology,human biology and i chose to take a maths gcse as well. You should have the option of going part time? well i chose to do the course over 3 years so one subject a year. At first i did this begrudgingly as i just wanted to get stuck in and get it over but i'm glad i did go p/t because it was hard work with young toddlers and i don't think i could have done it all in one year. The college i went to also had a access to learning fund which depending on your income, gave part or full childcare grants.
Anyway, i passed and now im at uni full time which is managable now my children are 7 and at school.
talk to your college about going part time, it would take some pressure off you! good luck whatever you decide to do

caroline83

lol-didn't realise the original post was in 2008! oh well, hope the original poster is doing well with her course

costaerer

hahaha.....