Hi, my daughter is considering a vocational medical career. She’s not keen for full-on medicine (and shes not taken higher maths which is required here in Scotland).
However, she’s hoping to end up with A’s and B’s that will get her on a good science type degree.
She’s currently looking at nursing honours degree but all I hear are horror stories of NHS stress and workload and nurses leaving in droves! Looking at the NHS healthcare careers, there’s lots of lesser known medical roles that need at least a 2.1 honours. Physician/ critical care/ cardio/ clinical perfusion etc, they all need a further masters MSci beyond the initial 2.1 degree.
My query is whether an honours nursing degree would fulfill the requirements to go for these further degrees?
As her parent, I’m conscious of a career with prospects and leading to a decent salary. Anyone any experience of these medical jobs?
( she’s aware of the physiotherapist/ radiographer type jobs. She’s not interested in lab/research so that means the likes of immunology/microbiology etc are out. She wants a hands-on, dealing with patients role, currently works in care home on weekend).
Fees/funding not a problem due to late grandparents legacy to her.
Any advice or experience gratefully received.
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Doryandnemo · 03/02/2019 18:33
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