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Nurses care for adults who are sick, injured or have physical disabilities.
You can get into this career through:
You can do a degree in adult nursing approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council. Some degree courses let you study another area of nursing alongside adult nursing. You may be able to join the second year of a nursing degree if you already have a degree in:
Full-time courses usually take 3 years. You can train for a career as a nurse in the armed forces. You'll usually need:
You may be able to do a degree apprenticeship in nursing if you work in a healthcare setting like a hospital. The apprenticeship takes around 4 years and is a mix of academic study and on-the-job training. You must be supported by your employer to take this route. You'll usually need 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) and A-Levels, or equivalent.
Volunteering
You'll find it helpful to get some paid or voluntary experience in social care or healthcare work before you apply for nurse training. You'll need to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
You'll need:
In this role you will:
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. You may need to wear a uniform.
With experience, you could specialise in a particular field such as intensive care or operating theatre work, or become a nursing sister, ward manager or team leader. You could train as a midwife, neonatal nurse, health visitor, or district or practice nurse. You could also move into management, as a matron or director of nursing.
With a postgraduate qualification, you could become an advanced nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist, then a nurse consultant. There are opportunities to go into teaching and research.
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Physiotherapy assistants help physiotherapists work with patients to restore or improve movement.
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