Hello!
Being a bit cheeky here and posting for traffic as I don’t actually think I would be U to do this, but it’s more a case of when should I do this...
I need to get some more practical experience of nursing before I apply, so that’s one issue. I don’t know the best way to go about this, so hoping someone may be able to help with that. Options would (I think) be applying for local care roles, HCA roles or volunteering.
The other issue is that I have very young children and no family support, though I do have a very supportive husband, who does a lot with our dcs. I currently work weekends and he works weekdays, so we do a switch and he has dcs while I work and vice versa. The problem would be if we both needed to work at the same time as, right now we wouldn’t have help with childcare. It would need to be nursery or childminder, maybe a nanny. I don’t know how flexible these options would be if I had to do strange shifts, as I expect I would.
Dcs are now (dc1) 3yrs 9mo and (dc2) 8mo. Should I wait till they’re both at school and just carry on with what we’re already doing till then? I’m concerned I’ll miss the boat for access to a second student loan, as I already have a degree (humanities) and a student loan. Currently, I can take out a second loan for nursing, but who knows what will change in the future.
Any wise words? It’s something I’d love to pursue, but not sure if it’s really viable.
I am definitely hoping to retrain and I’d love to be a nurse, but maybe I should be looking at another option to fit round dcs... We will have some ‘spare’ cash soon, so paying to retrain is another option. Though funding a whole new degree might be pushing it.
I don’t have many options for Lasters either as I have a 2:2 from first degree.