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teresa72

2 Posts

Specializes in adult.

hello all:nurse:

im a first year dip student, in birmingham.

i need some help with putting together 6 :devil: care plans.

i was fine in class now i lost the plot

need to make them upout of thin air.

can any one help plz from a mad first year

Silverdragon102, BSN

1 Article; 39,477 Posts

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
hello all:nurse:

im a first year dip student, in birmingham.

i need some help with putting together 6 :devil: care plans.

i was fine in class now i lost the plot

need to make them upout of thin air.

can any one help plz from a mad first year

welcome to the site :)

although we won't do them for you we are happy to help and point you in the right direction. what have you got up to now?

Sun*shine

103 Posts

Specializes in medical.

howdy!!!

i'm 3rd year adult student. oh my gosh where did those last two years go?!

Nurse training in the UK, from what I hear, if very different to anywhere in the world, so I can imagine theres a good few differences between here and Canada. At the end of our last year we do an ellective placement, or at least we should..its being removed from some Uni's and I think mine is one of them. Ususally you spend 3 months on a ward of your choice, and like all placements you have a mentor and you need to work along side them at least 50% of the time.

I think the main concern with graduates is finding the job they want to, as opposed to finding a job at all. There are jobs popping up though, more than there have been. Its something I think I'll worry about when I graduate though I think, for now I'll just try and pass :lol2:

I'm really keen to use my nursing to travel, where in Canada are you from? What are the career perspectives like there for newely qualified nurses? :balloons:

xXXx

Sun*shine

103 Posts

Specializes in medical.

P.S. Big up to all the UK student nurses woooo!!!

lizzydawn

9 Posts

can not find any postings for 2009!

Chixie

220 Posts

Hi, ive just started my second year at the university of bedfordshire

One big question-how do i apply to be a bank HCA at my trust? (need the money)

lizzydawn

9 Posts

Hi, sorry but i have no idea lol

Hi, ive just started my second year at the university of bedfordshire

One big question-how do i apply to be a bank HCA at my trust? (need the money)

contact HR and ask them if they are recruiting and get the form.

you will need references, a CRB, screened by occu health and do your bsl/m&H

Chixie

220 Posts

Brilliant :D Ends are just not meeting at the moment so fingers crossed

oreo75

70 Posts

If you are planning to work as a HCA while doing your training try & not let the uni know you are doing this or planning to, as it's something that is looked down upon. For reference's I'd be looking to use ward managers from your placements. When I was a student, it was really looked down upon by the tutors from the university, the uni know I was working & everytime I saw my tutor it was mentioned, but without doing it I couldn't of made it to the end of the course.

I think working as a HCA is a good idea as you then know what it's like to be a hca, you will gain extra skills & knowledge & you earn money, you need to make sure you get the balance right.

Chixie

220 Posts

Thank you Oreo-my uni are very against us working but ive got no choice as its the travel to uni that is costing the fortune (£50 a week to class) :( Shame really.

Im only looking at picking up one shift (most likely saturday nights or maybe a week day when ive done my hours for the week)

Zana2

132 Posts

Find out whether your trust employes their own bank (on NHSjobs, they are listed as normal jobs as it were) or they use NHS Professionals (my trust doesn't, they want to employ their own for their own bank, 12 miles up the road they do employ NHS professionals).

Also, student financial support might be useful. Ask at Uni, they offer hardship funds, loads of paperwork to do and they calculate how much you are entitled to with a formula. It's not a loan, they just give you a procent of the difference between what you earn and what you spend. It's a once a year lump sum.

And yes, don't say anything about working on a bank, we were quite 'scared' in the first year, come the 3rd year, everybody's doing it matter of factly.

Good luck.

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