Im 37 years old and im thinking about a career in nursing, the reason why im thinking about it is that my children are a lot older and im ready to do something for my self for a change!!!
I have no qualifications but im willing to gain them how do i go about it
2007-02-04 00:12:15 · 5 answers · asked by Future Sailor 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
If you go along to your local college they will help you discover just what educational requirements you need. I think you can do an access course which will entitle you to get into nursing training. I think most nursing courses are degree bases these days.
Don't worry about your lack of qualifications many places would rather employ older people as they know they will work hard and have had time to decide just what they want
2007-02-04 00:31:57 · answer #1 · answered by unicorn867 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi , i qualified in october as rgn, you do need 5 gcse's a-c or equvilant also have to sit a maths exam at interview stage, you can do an access course at your local college a lot of more mature students do it this way. it is really hard work and unless your seconded the bursary is awful around 5500 a year! you do 3 years of full time placement hours juggled with essays and exams you ll prob end up havin to get a part time job and have not much time for a life. it is worth it once you qualify and the moneys not bad its just hard work getting there, if you really want to do it then get onto the access course and maybe get a part time job in a nursing home or hospital as a care assistant to gain some experience that will help in your uni application. hope this helps and good luck!
2007-02-04 01:00:18 · answer #2 · answered by NEIL E 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I went to the local Red Cross and took up Nursing Assistant
certified CENA I work 10 years in a nursing home it is less responsibility legaly and less of life and death charge with medicine and technical done by a nurse...brings more responsibility more money more charting... Less of the cleaning and hands on as that is my job and I can get in trouble if I do not do that properly 15years to life...So do not harm
I feel the local community college will help you be a LPN in less than 2 years and a RN goes to a university for additional 2 years and does more the more school the more money the more responsibility to fast pace life and death bloody situations...
Good Luck with the children and the husband because school does not care about your personal situations...It is all or nothing...
'all about the patients...the precautions for you is the personal protection from aids and germs...they may tell you and may not tell you..Special precautions...Universial Precautions to treat everyone like they have something...
wash your hands
2007-02-04 00:28:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
hi that a good idear u can go in as a care asstant and after a few months try to get surconded..u dont need any qualifications for this.but don't go in to learning dis as the trained nurses are being faded out...but to be honest its all paper work now..
2007-02-04 00:19:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try working as care assistant first, it's gonna get you some experience.
2007-02-04 05:12:41 · answer #5 · answered by La 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋