I have only just joined the forum so maybe you are already working abroad, but if you still need help please leave a message on this thread and I can then answer it so everyone can gain from your question. I would be happy to help answers about working in the UK and Germany UK or Germany.

 

Warm regards

Catherine

I've started looking for work, but have been told by the NMC that i must complete a return to practice course. I think this is where i need help/advice.

Does anyone know where i should be looking as the 2x closest universitys i have approached (central lancashire and york) tell me: respectivley

Only do courses for level 1 nurses

Don't know if course will happen due to funding

 

Any help or advise anyone here can give me would be much appreciated.

thank you

derryk

I didn't know the OU did nursing courses - I had presumed they didn't because of the need for regular tutorials and face-to-face support from personal tutors.  But I'm wrong because they do!  I just took a look on their website and they don't allow you to self-fund so you will have to be sponsored by your employer.  

I wouldn't worry too much about your hospital finding out that you'd like to do your full training.  You'd be surprised at how encouraging they'd be...although I imagine they'd want you to work for them for a while before discussing training.  Then, of course, economics means that hospitals are quite short of money to sponsor embers of staff to train.

What is it about the OU that attracts you apart from the money?  There are various bursaries available for student nurses, depending on your age and any dependents you may have.  You will also have time to work part-time.  If things do get tough financially, you can always take a year off and work to save up money.  You will have 5 years to complete your 3 years of training from the date you start.  So in theory you could study for Year 1, take the next year out to work, complete 2nd year, take a year off and work, and then study for Year 3.  This will not do your future career prospects ANY harm so it's worth serious consideration.

Your current area of work won't have ANY negative impact upon your application.  Don't forget that the vast majority of student nurses arrive straight from school aged 18 without any experience of hospital work.  So your application will come with a major built-in advantage.

I've only made mild errors like not completing paperwork properly.  I think that's the only thing I've done wrong.  I do the drug rounds with a massive dose of neuroticism, talking everything through to myself.  One of my supervisors says that she trusts me to practice safely.  So that's good.  I've not made any big errors...I'm just working slowly and that's seriously getting on my nerves.  The thing is, I see my slow pace of work as a fault and not as a natural part of evolving into experienced nursing.  Grrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

I'd love to hear any of your stories from your first weeks on the job and compare myself to you.

Thanks