Who starts nursing/midwifery in September?

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I am in the very final stages of my application. Just filled out my CRB form thingy, have my MMR tomorrow for the health and must sort out my accommodation! Phew! Going to uni is such a big hassle!

How is everyone else doing? I m getting excited and a bit nervous.

Hi SF - as far as I know, 7 weeks is the norm for holidays. It works out at 2 weeks Xmas, 2 weeks Easter, 3 weeks summer.

Ten grand - wow It's madly expensive isn't it? The bursary could cover up to 85% of it but I guess you already know that!

Childcare has suddenly turned into an big issue for me too - I had ds booked in at a nursery 3 afternoons a week and my mum was going to do the rest...but it looks like she's not going to be able to now. It's a long story but needless to say I am spinning - thought I'd got it all sorted and now it's all up in the air again and ds will probably have to go into full-time childcare which tbh I'm not thrilled about...grrrrr.

SS medical went well. Have you given them a ring?

I've completed the forms what a nightmare just waiting on things through the post needed for evidence for the forms.
Snafu have you managed to get the evidence you needed from solicitors?
I hate forms they are an absolute nightmare, I put them off and off until the last minute...am too worried the bursary won't come through in time or the student loan for the start of the course. Giving myself a deadline to get these forms off by next friday at the latest!!!!

SF at your prospective childcare costs. I still haven't been to see the nursery...yet again putting it off. I rang them though to check what the prices include and was shocked to find that they don't include meals except a light snack at teatime and that the prices were going up to £18 per day for ds2 and £11 per day for ds1. Considering that ds2 will only be there half a day and ds1 before and after school really gets me wound up! Have rang the childcare register again and there is till no one else apart from the childminders I didn't really like to mind the kids. The nursery it will have to be....another deadline must sort it out by next friday so can get childcare form sent off.
Childcare is an absolute nightmare

I'm not a parent but I start nursing in September (grades permitting) I'll be at Bournemouth and can't wait

good luck lilmissy

Read about childcare stuff here too. I am finding this diff too - start final year in Sept and straight into community placement and have no childcare as yet. Dont knowif i will get funding etc and trying to find a flexible childminder is diff.

Thanks Llamaduck

I've just received a letter from Middlesex University informing all of us midwifery starters that we have to have an Occupational Health check-up at the local hospital in a couple of weeks. It also said if we didn't turn up, we'd be fined £35.

Has anyone else been asked to go for a OH check-up and if so, what does it entail?

SF.

watching childcare posts with interest. I really really want to do midwifery, but can't even see how to get childcare together for an access course and to get some work experience.

but good luck to everyone who is more sorted than me!

Sweetfudge I was worried about my occ health too (for nursing). I had mine a week ago and all it was was a blood test and asked a few Q's such as do you suffer from back ache etc.

HTH

SF - I had to fill in a whole load of OccH forms and then I actually went to King's to have to test. Just the usual stuff really, asking about immunisations, previous illnesses, a blood test etc etc. Have you had your Hep B jabs?

Re: childcare - I've found a childminder! Yay! Am very happy with her and think ds will settle fine. She's very flexible which is great - another of her clients is a community care nurse so she understands the demands re shifts etc! So fingers crossed it will all work out. My solicitor's letter regarding separation is also ready to collect so with any luck I should have the blasted forms completed and sent off by Friday!

Thanks for your replies! Yes, I had hep b jabs a while ago, got tested recently and am hep b protected.

Great news about the childminder and finally getting the solicitor's letter, Snafu. Fingers crossed for you and seeing as she has a
another mum who is a community nurse, she'll likely be more flexible.

All of the ones I interviewed us far have been rather inflexible about time. To the dot, we'll have to pick them up and one childminder takes 5 weeks holiday and about 4 long weekend holidays (Friday to Monday) on top of that. Whew. And she had no alternative childminder to cover her at those times.

Ooooh, SF, meant to ask - are you posting on student midwives sanctuary? Not stalking you (honest) but thought I recognised a post the other day!

Hehehe. Yes, I am, Snafu. How's about you?

A great website.

do you know if is there a website for student nurses?, as there is for midwives.

ScrewballMuppet, I don't know of any personally. Did a search on Google and one site looked promising - it is

www.british-nursing.com/students/

It lists a number of websites for student nurses which look similar to the student midwives one.

Good luck!

Thanks!!!
Still having a nightmare with childcare. I went and visited the nursery that picks up and drops off and I hated it....the member of staff I was speaking to was complaining about the wages none of the staff smiled especially when meeting them in fact one looked me up and down as if to say @who the eck are you and what are you doing here'.
None of them were playing with the kids.....I have used nurserys over the years and i have never met staff like this..

Spoke to dh and were going to go with the childminder who is lovely but who is unable to take our ds1+2 to school only pick them up and work something out if we can, beg grandparents and anyone....dh will not be working all mornings so he will beable to take them.

My lectures as far as I'm aware begin at 9am same time as ds1+2 school begins do you think they will let me be 10-15min late? I daren't ask them they might give me the look and the lecture.....I'll work something out

Do you think it would affect the children too much to have two childminders. One who drops them off in the morning and one who picks them up?

can anyone tell me how to get into midwifery? i am 25, only have 4 gcse's (2 c's, and 2 d's) where do i start? havent got a clue

Lilsmum Get in touch with the university your wanting to go to and explain what you've put here and ask if they can send you some info.

There's also an Access course that you can take over a year full time or 18months I think for part time.
This provides you with the entry qualifications for uuniversity if you don't already have them. It's designed for older students and provides you with experience of asssignments, presentations and basically getting back to studying after being away for a while, they also help you with the university application and interview. These as far as I'm aware are all run at colleges, so have a look on your local college website and you may get some more info about it.

Ive just finished my access course and would definately reccommend it as its provided me with study skills that will definately help whilst at uni

i have 10 Gcse's all a-c passes. i am 22.have half a levels (4 as levels) would i do the diploma and then carry on a year to do a degree? help so confused

LOulabelle, depends which uni you apply to. some unis do the course as the first 2 years everyone id doing the diploma and in the 3rd and final year you can choose (dependant on grades and finances) to either carry on with the diploma which you can then top up to a degree whilst you are working if you want to or convert to the degree in the final year.
for finacial reasons i am doing the diploma for my final year and hoping to top up to a degrre within 18 months of working!!!
other unis it is a stright forward choice between diploma and degree the degree you will need the higher grades for in most unis. can you do an access course whilst you are waiting? these are normally quite good and fairly easy(!)and a good way to remind yourself of how to write essays and do maths!
which uni are you hoping to apply to?

Snafu - its a shame that you had to go to all that trouble to get a solicitors letter did they not tell you that they will accept a council tax bill showing single person allowance?