You’re making a LOT of assumptions and seem incredibly immature and naive.
That money is to cover living costs which u will have extra too as a result of doing this course.
I’m an ex nurse and I can assure you that you’ll be shocked how much it costs you to undertake your training.
Who told you that you wouldn’t need to buy books for starters?! Most unis don’t have enough books to go around all students certainly the core books you’ll be better having your own as you’ll be using them a lot and may even want to highlight parts and add notes etc books and resources for these courses are not cheap because obviously they’re of no interest to the general public and so don’t sell loads. 2nd hand is an option but some you’re better buying new as research and information is constantly changing, depends on the content.
You’re ASSUMING your parents won’t want a contribution to what it costs to keep you - do you think a home, heating, hot water, food, toiletries, cleaning products all come out of thin air?
Even IF your parents are able and WILLING to support you financially by not needing you to pay keep do you really expect them to pay for your clothes, shoes (you will get through more than usual training for this job - comfy good quality shoes are ESSENTIAL), food & drink outside the house, taxis, stationery, tech if needed, personal expenditure (nights out, make up), your phone bill...
“with the car and all expernses i would still have £500 to spend on clothes” seriously would love to see how you work that out! And £500 is not necessarily going to be enough for clothes & SHOES - take it from one who knows your stuff gets wrecked! You need to look professional so can’t go too cheap but you will get vomited, shit and bled on with a regular basis, biological messes like that can be murder to get out of clothes and you won’t always succeed, in community placements peoples homes are not always hygienic because they might well be struggling with such things, they have pets making mess... in addition you get grabbed or patients reach for you when they’re feeling unsteady or stuff gets caught on lifting equipment etc and torn or stretched.
IF you get a car you need to ensure you have the right insurance if you’re going to be using on placements - and bear in mind some community placements can well be in the tougher parts of your area so a car more likely to get vandalised or stolen.
I think for starters you need to sit down with your parents and find out for sure what their expectations are regarding your living at home as an adult in education, not a child any more. I’d also highly recommend you get a true understanding of what things like clothes, shoes, transport, books & equipment are going to cost you, I’m sure there are now forums online where nursing students discuss how it is to do the training, they’ll be able to inform you.
Sit and do a list of costs probably with your parents help as they’re currently covering your costs of what your phone, clothes etc cost already now and factor that in.
You need to be organised because once you’re in the zone of training you’ll have much less time and energy to do this stuff.
I wouldn't be spending £140 on food at month probably at most 40 what are you basing that on?!
£140 pcm is only £4.67 per day over a 30 day month! That’s nothing! I’m out of the loop on current hospital canteen costs BUT even when I was training and working in nhs Over 20 years ago initially a tea/coffee was min 75p, a sandwich meal deal £2 and a full proper meal £3 ish and that was when it was well subsidised too! When you’ve just done 12-14 hours on your feet without so much as a tea break trust me you’ll likely head to nearest place to refuel - and canteens aren’t even open 24/7 now in most places so you’ll be paying commercial prices.
Ask your mum how much a day you are for food now!
How much are school lunches now? A quick google suggests £2.50-3 a day - even IF you took that as a baseline and only working 22 days that month - thats still £55-66 a month just for a basic lunch
Quite honestly this worries me as you seem to still have a lot of growing up to do and 2 things especially necessary to be a good nurse is maturity and common sense.
Are you finishing school next summer? I think you need to spend that time not only studying but also getting some life experience - have you never worked? Maybe look at getting a part time/holiday job - that’ll also give you some extra funds as well as some life experience. Maybe do some voluntary work, would be very good to get some work experience either paid or not in a caring role.
I’m not sure how it works now but certainly when I applied it was beneficial to have some experience in a caring role.
And just for yourself you can’t really know if it’s what you definitely want to do unless you’ve got some experience in the area.
There's a lot to consider.