Can anyone help personal statement for nursing.

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Children’s. I’m not getting into whethervits a good idea or not because I do think if you really want to do something it should be encouraged. She’s set to get three B’s and has applied to RG (not that it matters for nursing?) she is totally stressing that there’s no nhs experience on her personal statement. The tutor told her that she can relate working at Macdonalds to nursing and said no one expects 17 year olds to have hospital experience. She does lots of baby sittting and has visited my ward NNU to look around but has said that it’s one personal statement and it has to hit the nail on the head. Any ideas what they are looking for?

I'm a paediatric nurse. I also had absolutely no experience at 17. But I think they just want people to be themselves.
It's the best job in the world. It's somewhat removed from the pressures of adult nursing so not as stressful.

Concentrate as working as part of a team. In a fast paced environment. (I think I'd find McDonalds far more stressful than a hospital ward!)

She will have plenty of transferable skills learnt from working at macdonalds. Working in stressful situations, problem solving, people skills ect. Does she work late shifts? Or early mornings? Obviously nurses work shifts so she could say she understands this and knows she can cope with the hours. There will be plenty of other things too I'm sure. Could she volunteer in a home for the elderly. Nursing experience doesn't have to be within the NHS.

That’s what the guy said I just wished we’d recorded his talk! I don’t really think she would benefit from more than a day at my place there’s nothing we would let them do. One of the tutors told the group to take cake to get their foot in the door. I was fuming!

It’s children’s nursing so I don’t think she needs to work in care of the elderly, again there’s a lot of hoops to jump.

According to our infection control team they can tell a former fast food employee from a mile away becasue their hand hygiene and cleanliness is second to none. Maybe mention good understanding and implementation of policies and procedures related to cleanliness and hygiene.

I know she wants to be a children's nurse but nursing voulenteering in a care home is much more relevant than macdonalds. I'm in the process of applying for nursing so I've done a lot of research into personal statements and work experience.

Sorry about0 the jumbled replies, the app is playing up and I can't see what I'm typing!

Don't discount elderly care. The fundamentals of nursing are the same regardless of the age of the patient.

Some experience in caring for the elderly would be better than no experience of caring for anyone.

It’s the time frame isn’t it and whether she can ditch her only source of income for the foreseeable. I’m just curious to know how her job experience can be used in her personal statement.

And also she’s under 18

Look at the values of the hospital's that she is potentially going to work in and link those in with transferable skills from her job in McDonald's.

It’s one statement for five hospitals I think

Everything’s changed. I wouldn’t get a look in now.

She doesn't have to ditch her job - but could she find time to do some volunteering or even a bit of shadowing as well? When I was applying for medicine I volunteered helping do patient mealtimes at the local hospice. I did one evening a fortnight and only took up about two hours, but it was something to talk about at interview and in my personal statement and showed an interest in caring/ working with people.

Alternatively if she wants a more relevant job she could look at home care? I worked for a while as a carer for adults with learning disabilities and as far as I recall the recruitment process was relatively quick - needed a DBS but I think it only took a few weeks from application to starting work. My friend who is a nurse was also a home carer before starting her uni course.

Also talking about the team-work/ pressure aspects of her current job and her experience babysitting is still a lot more than a lot of 17 year-olds could manage!

I was told in my interview (at a really good uni for nursing) when I was only 17 that the bit that stood out to them was volunteering I had done for my duke of Edinburgh award. I had volunteered at my local rainbows group and it demonstrated my experience of working with and caring for children. Can she do anything like that even for a few weeks just to be able to talk about? Most rainbows/brownie groups are crying out for help!

It all takes time to go through the process she’s trying,

Some really good replies about how your daughter can relate her McDonald's skills to her nursing application. My daughter did her Children's nursing degree at Kings. Her first practical/essay was on hand washing. A huge amount of time (and not to mention stress ) was spent on this subject. I am fairly certain, as someone above has already said McDonald's has got this covered!

Did she like kings? Did she live in?

Working in a fast food restaurant has absolutely given her transferable skills. Team working, communication skills, hand hygiene, meeting people from all walks of life, dealing with complaints, resolving conflict.
The list is endless.
My DD has a similar job and is a paeds nurse student. Her statement reflected the above points and she got a place at all 3 unis she applied to.
No one really expects school leavers to have hospital experience (and I speak as a former lecturer who has interviewed many prospective nurses) ,
Good luck to your DD

King's is a great place to study nursing and she has never regretted her decision to go there. She was in halls for the first year and then in a rented flat. It took her a year to settle in to London life though (we live in rural West Sussex) but she now can't imagine living anywhere else. Accommodation is obviously very expensive in London and we spent a lot of money supporting her through her degree. She has been qualified just over a year ago and is an intensive care nurse in one of the leading London hospitals. She is very, very happy!

It’s on the list!