Nurses plan and deliver medical and nursing care to patients with acute or chronic physical or mental illness in hospitals, at home, or in other settings.
Nurses collaborate with a group of medical professionals, including doctors, social workers, and therapists.
The following are typical job duties:
There are many routes into nursing, you could:
Get a Degree:
Obtaining a nursing degree in one of the four nursing specialties—adult nursing, paediatric nursing, learning disability nursing, or mental health nursing—is the primary path to becoming a qualified nurse. Dual field degrees are those that combine two of these fields into one term of study. Except for dual field degrees and nursing degrees in Scotland, most nursing degree programmes last three years. Courses for nursing degrees offer a combination of formal instruction and real-world experience.
Through UCAS, you can apply for full-time undergraduate nursing programmes. Application requirements vary, but you are likely to need at least two (typically three) A levels or the equivalent (for example a T-Level in Health), as well as at least five GCSEs with a minimum grade of C (equal to grade four), including English, Maths, and a science (usually biology).
Graduates in relevant fields including the life, health, biological, or social sciences may be eligible after completing a postgraduate programme that is only two years long. Your first degree's recognition procedure is called APEL (accreditation of prior experiential learning). UCAS and the NHS health careers website have more information about accelerated nursing programmes for graduates. To find out if your degree programme is appropriate for entry, you must contact the universities directly.
Nursing Degree Apprenticeships:
A few NHS organisations are currently providing nursing degree apprenticeships. They are comparable to nursing degrees in that they combine academic study with clinical experience, but they are employer-led rather than university-led. Employers release nursing degree apprentices so they can train through a succession of practise assignments and pursue degree-level academic education on a part-time basis. Since the apprenticeship is at the degree level, Level 3 qualifications (A level or equivalent) are typically necessary. On the NHS Jobs website or the government's apprenticeship search, you can browse for nursing degree apprenticeships. Candidates who have successfully completed a nursing associate apprenticeship will be able to complete a nursing degree apprenticeship faster than other applicants since the nursing associate apprenticeship will be applied toward it.
Nurse Associate Apprenticeship:
A two-year training programme called the nursing associate apprenticeship began in 2018. During the other days of the week, nursing associates engage in work-based learning in a variety of settings. To apply, you must have GSCEs in math and English in grades 9 through 4 (A to C) or an equivalent. The NHS health careers website provides more details regarding nursing associate apprenticeships.
What's it like being a student Nurse?
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The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC):
The NMC requires all nurses employed in the United Kingdom to be registered. When nursing students graduate, their universities give the NMC their contact information. The NMC then contacts them to explain how to set up an online account and submit an application for registration. Every year, nurses must renew their registration and every three years, they must revalidate their registration. Nurses must have 450 hours of registered practise over three years and at least 35 hours of continuous professional development (CPD) in order to revalidate their registration.