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Diploma in nursing would you do it?

Advantages: Wonderful job so rewarding
Disadvantages: alot of vomit

...start their upcoming diploma in nursing course the following March. My story kinds begins in the fact that one morning I woke up and thought to myself what have I achieve in my life so far and to be honest I could not come up with one decent thing I had achieved, I was 19 and on a road to nowhere, yes I had a job and I was supporting myself but I wanted a career I wanted to do something with the GCSE's I had worked so hard to get. So one day I looked ...
...heart was really in the nursing but I was getting on with my work, attending lectures and passing things like I was expected. Placements were daunting, I had never worked in a hospital before and the thought of dealing with peoples vomit and faeces made me feel ill but I knew that in the long run I would be where I wanted to be in life and I would have achieved my goals so I continued to battle on even when all the time I just wanted to give up I ...

kirstymartin1984 12.03.2008 · Read full review
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Pre-registration Nursing

Advantages: Rewarding, thought provoking occupation
Disadvantages: Can be very emotional and stressful at times.

...University of Sheffield School of Nursing and Midwifery, which is part of the faculty of medicine. The course will award me with an Advanced Diploma in Nursing Studies, 120 CATS points at levels 1 & 2 and 60 at level 3, which can be easily topped up to a BMed Sci degree after registering as a nurse and beginning post-qualification employment. I am not sure whether most people realise this, because I didn't know until I began the course, that student ...
...not a massive amount but better than getting in debt like most university courses. Another bonus is that the tuition fees are paid by the National Health Service, so it won't cost you anything to give it a go. I should stress that I am not one of those people that has always wanted to be a nurse, in fact, before I began the course I can honestly say I NEVER wanted to be a nurse, it was just something I drifted into when I found myself unemployed, ...

sweetheart 30.07.2000 · Read full review
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