Healthcare and Social Care - Nurse
Healthcare and Social Care - Nurse
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Nurses care for adults who are sick, injured or have physical disabilities.
- Take temperatures, blood pressures and pulse rates
- Give drugs and injections, treat wounds and set up drips
- Monitor the progress of patients and update records
- Handover information to colleagues at the end of a shift
- Work with doctors and other healthcare professionals to decide what care to give
- Give advice to patients and their relatives
As a Nurse, you could work in an NHS or private hospital, at a health centre, at a hospice, at an adult care home, at a client's home or in a prison.
Your working environment may be physically and emotionally demanding and you may need to wear a uniform and PPE.
Nurses tend to work between 37 to 42 hours a week. You could work evenings, weekends and bank holidays, working day or night shifts.
Starting: £27,055
Experienced: £40,588
You can get into this job through a university course or an apprenticeship.
You can also train to be a nurse in the armed forces. You'll usually need 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English, Maths and science or 2 or 3 A levels, including a science, or a level 3 diploma or access to higher education in health, science or nursing.
You might be able to do a degree apprenticeship in nursing if you work in a healthcare setting like a hospital. The degree apprenticeship takes around 4 years and is a mix of academic study and on-the-job training. You'll need the support of your employer to do a degree apprenticeship.
You'll find it helpful to get some experience before you apply for nurse training.