Get into UK nursing school for dummies, a Wiley brand

著者

• Evered, Andrew

書誌事項

Get into UK nursing school for dummies, a Wiley brand

by Andrew Evered

（--For dummies）

Wiley, 2013

• : pbk

タイトル別名

Get into UK nursing school for dummies

注記

"Making everything easier!"--P. [1] of cover

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The need for nurses is always great, but so is the competition to secure a place in a pre-registration programme at university. If you're considering a career in nursing, Get into UK Nursing School For Dummies can provide you with the vital edge you need to succeed at getting into nursing school. This compact book provides you with expert advice at each step along the way, including: Career assessment - is nursing for you? Choosing a field to specialize in - adult, children's, mental health or learning disability nursing. Long term planning - A-levels, extracurricular activities, volunteer work, and work experience - that can make you a more attractive candidate Considerations for mature/non-traditional students. Personal statement - Plenty of insight and examples to help you create a winning and - truly personal - personal statement Research - Put together a plan that ensures you find a university that's right for you. Test preparation - Brush up on your literacy and numeracy skills. The interview - Common questions and how to tackle them whether you're in a one-on-one and group interview. From "How do I get started?" to "When can I expect to be offered a place?" Get into Nursing School For Dummies answers the questions you have with the information you need.

目次

Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You're Not to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book is Organised 3 Part I: Getting Started with a Career in Nursing 4 Part II: Focusing on Your Personal Development 4 Part III: Preparing to Apply 4 Part IV: Perfecting Your Application 4 Part V: Attending Selection Days And Beyond 5 Part VI: The Part of Tens 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: Getting Started with a Career in Nursing 7 Chapter 1: Getting to Know Nursing 9 Defining the Nursing Profession 9 Understanding the Role of the Nursing and Midwifery Council 12 Outlining the Role of the Nurse 14 Examining Who Goes into Nursing 16 Seeing Where Nurses Work 17 The National Health Service 18 The independent sector 19 The armed forces 20 Voluntary services 20 Nursing overseas 21 Training to Become a Nurse 21 Chapter 2: Exploring Your Options: Nursing Fields 25 Looking at the Nursing Field Ratios 25 Adult Nursing 26 Recognising the scope of adult nursing 26 Understanding the role of the adult nurse 27 Seeing where adult nurses work 28 Looking at key tasks 29 Children's Nursing 29 Understanding the role of the children's nurse 30 Seeing where children's nurses work 31 Looking at key tasks 32 Mental Health Nursing 32 Defining mental health 32 Understanding the role of the mental health nurse 34 Seeing where mental health nurses work 34 Looking at key tasks 35 Learning Disabilities Nursing 36 Defining learning disabilities 36 Understanding the role of the learning disabilities nurse 37 Seeing where learning disabilities nurses work 38 Looking at key tasks 38 Separating Nursing Fields from Other Professions 39 Midwifery versus children's nursing 39 Social work versus learning disabilities nursing 40 Care work versus nursing 41 Part II: Focusing on Your Personal Development 43 Chapter 3: Weighing Academic Qualifications 45 Charting Your Academic Path 46 Still at school 46 Applicants with life experience 47 Why Currency Counts: Assessing Your Study Skills 48 Back to Basics: GCSEs 50 Getting the Points 51 Aiming for A-levels (Advanced General Certificate of Education) 52 Choosing your subjects 53 Getting the grades 54 Getting Down to Business with BTECs 55 Choosing your subjects 55 Getting the grades 56 Scottish Qualifications 56 Talking About Access 57 Choosing your subjects 58 Getting the grades 58 Is Access suitable for me? 59 Certificates, Foundation and University Degrees 60 Tasting the Fruit of Experience: APEL 62 Using Foreign Qualifications 63 Chapter 4: Professional Requirements: How Do You Rate? 65 Reviewing Your Fitness to Practise 66 Monitoring Your Professional Behaviour 67 'Ello, 'Ello: Examining Your Criminal Record 67 Infractions you can live with 69 Convictions incompatible with nursing 69 Taking Health and Wellbeing into Consideration 70 Health issues and adjustments 71 Situations that present a challenge 72 Dealing with Disability 72 Making every effort 73 When adjustments just can't be made 74 Chapter 5: Proving Your People Skills 77 Understanding Nursing Behaviours and Values 77 Health boards 78 NMC 79 Considering Caring Characteristics 79 Assessing your attitude 79 Exploring your behaviour 80 Showing Compassion 81 Proving Your Commitment 82 Communicating Effectively 84 Email etiquette 85 Telephone manner 86 Body language 87 Chapter 6: Gaining Care Experience 89 Understanding the Role of Care Experience 89 Putting a Plan Together 90 Working within the NHS 92 Weighing up the pros and cons 92 Getting your foot in the door 93 Turning to the Private Sector 96 Weighing up the pros and cons 96 Getting your foot in the door 97 Volunteering for a Charity 99 Weighing up the pros and cons 99 Getting your foot in the door 100 Building Personal Experiences 101 Part III: Preparing to Apply 103 Chapter 7: Understanding the Nursing Programme 105 Overviewing the Programme 105 Understanding the NMC requirements 106 Surveying the academic teaching methods 108 Considering patterns of work 109 Focusing on Academic Study 112 Seeing the breadth of subjects covered 112 Taking academic assessments 113 Getting to Grips with Clinical Study 114 Covering the Essential Skills Clusters 114 Assessing you in practice 115 Understanding the Roles of Staff Members 116 The academic tutor 116 The personal tutor 116 The nurse mentor 117 Chapter 8: Exploring Universities 119 Probing Programme Particulars 120 Checking that the university offers the right course 120 Looking at length of study 120 Noting start and finish dates 122 Tallying study hours 123 Working in clinical practice 124 Checking out the day-to-day structure 125 Looking at Location 125 Being close to home, or far away? 125 Finding the type of campus to suit you 126 Getting there and back again 126 Considering Bed and Board 127 Exploring Extra-Curricular Activities 128 Scoping social activities 128 Overseas opportunities 129 Perusing Student Information Websites 129 The National Student Survey (NSS) 130 Key information sets on Unistats 130 Discussion boards and forums 131 Considering the Competition 131 Knowing what you're up against 132 Choosing a geographical area 133 Chapter 9: Making the Most of Open Days and Visits 135 Planning Prior to Your Visit 136 On the Day: Meeting Staff and Students 137 Knowing who's who 137 Making a good impression 139 Evaluating the University 140 Taking Advantage of Other Visits and Tours 141 Summer schools and taster courses 141 Campus tours 141 Applicant visit days 142 Chapter 10: Money Matters 143 Tallying the Costs of Your Education 143 Academic fees 144 The cost of applying to university 145 Clinical expenses 146 Housing considerations 148 Living expenses 150 Getting Financial Support 151 Help with entry qualification costs 151 Grants, loans and bursaries 152 Scholarships 155 Tax allowances 156 Hardship funds 156 Part IV: Perfecting Your Application 159 Chapter 11: Following the UCAS Process 161 Understanding UCAS 161 Mapping Out the Application Process 162 When to apply: The dates you need to know 163 How to apply: Organising your application 164 Managing Rejections 165 Using UCAS Extra: Having the extra choice 165 Going into clearing: Seeking those unfilled places 166 Receiving Offers 167 Chapter 12: Writing Your Personal Statement 169 Understanding the Rules 170 Looking at What You Include 171 Selecting information 171 Sharing your own ideas only 172 Being truthful 172 Using experiences to show key skills and qualities 173 Thinking about How You Write 175 Keeping the audience in mind 176 Structuring carefully 176 Making the most of every word 177 Proofreading to weed out mistakes 178 Avoiding Pitfalls 179 Chapter 13: Finding Solid References 181 Deciding Who to Ask For a Reference 181 Your academic tutor 182 Your employer 183 Your care colleague 184 Your family, friends and acquaintances 185 Looking at the Content of a Reference 185 Taking Responsibility for the References 186 Keeping an eye on deadlines 187 Discussing references with referees 187 Part V: Attending Selection Days . . .And Beyond 189 Chapter 14: Attending the Selection Day 191 Understanding the Basics of Selection Days 192 Running through a typical day 192 Identifying the selection team 193 Scoring candidates 194 Getting Ready for Selection Days 195 Confirming your attendance 195 Collecting documents and paperwork 196 Planning your outfit 197 Making travel arrangements 198 Keeping contact details current 199 Coping on the Day 199 Weighing up the competition 199 Controlling the signals you send out 200 Heading home at the end of the day 202 Chapter 15: Preparing for Assessments 203 Finding Out About Tests 204 Exploring Numeracy Tests 205 What to expect 205 How to prepare 206 Getting to Grips with Literacy Tests 207 What to expect 207 How to prepare 209 Doing Practical Assessments 209 What to expect 209 How to prepare 210 Chapter 16: Excelling in the Interview 213 Following the Three Stages of the Interview 214 Warming up 214 Questions and answers 215 Winding down 215 Getting Smart about Interview Etiquette 216 Getting Experience of Interviews 217 Rehearsing Your Answers 218 Understanding the types of question 219 Looking at typical questions 221 Questioning the Selectors 224 Chapter 17: Getting Your Results and Making Decisions 227 Handling Successful Offers 228 Looking at the offers 228 Making your decision 228 Considering adjustment 230 Asking for a deferral 231 Changing your mind 233 Waiting for the course to start 233 Dealing with Disappointment 234 Rooting out the reason for the rejection 235 Looking at your options 236 Re-applying 237 Part VI: The Part of Tens 239 Chapter 18: Ten Tips for a Successful Application 241 Plan Your Time Early 241 Develop a Research Strategy 241 Talk to Other Candidates 242 Gain Expert Advice 242 Create a Good Impression 243 Remain Motivated 243 Gain Interview Experience 243 Keep in Touch 243 Get Some Life Experience 244 Put Your Documents in Order 244 Chapter 19: Ten Common Pitfalls to Navigate 245 Ignoring Entry Criteria 245 Leaving Errors in Your Application Form 246 Applying to Multiple Nursing Fields 247 Failing to Keep Contact Details Up-to-date 247 Being Complacent about the Competition 248 Confusing Your Experiences 248 Ignoring Instructions and Requests 249 Being Too Creative 249 Demonstrating Poor Communication and Social Skills 249 Lacking Integrity 250 Index 251

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB17405019
• ISBN:
  • 9781118560389
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Chichester, U.K.
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 262 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 610.73071141
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Nursing schools -- Great Britain -- Admission
  • LCSH : Nursing -- Vocational guidance -- Great Britain
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA22893377