Nursing at Edinburgh Napier University

Hi all

I have recently been invited for an interview for Child Health Nursing at Napier University. It took me by surprise as I called them up through clearing expecting little in the way of results. I am extremely nervous about the interview because after reading the emails regarding it, it seems very demanding and tough going.
I'm really looking for some advice from anyone who has went through the interview before or even someone who will be at the interview via clearing!
I have a LOT of studying to do as Psychology was my first course of choice and I didn't realise how demanding the interview would be!
I naively thought it'd be a standard one on one interview and a personal statement but now I have discovered it is that and more!
I have to do an intense group interview and submit an essay! I'd appreciate any advice and help so much!
Thank you in advance, Holly

Hiya, I don't know how much help I could be but I am going to be studying midwifery here and my interview sounds similar. One major piece of advice I could give you is to read all your emails received from the uni and write a mock essay on the title giving before you go so you know what you are going to write. I did this and it was very beneficial. Perhaps look in the news for any recent reports on nursing in Scotland to show your interest. Show them that you have the correct qualities and skills that will help you succeed in a career within this field. Be confident and speak out within the group interview. Also you can refer to what others have said- this shows that you are a good listener- and add your own views. I hope I have been of some help! Good luck x

Yea I have place at Napier for child health The essay I had was "The importance of communication in Nursing." they are only looking for a page to a page and a half. My mum and I wrote out notes before hand and I took them along with me and basically referred to them as we could write the essay anywhere and at anytime we wanted. The interview will have up to 15 people in it you will each have a picture and a bit of paper with 3 people watching you. In my group we had about 3 minutes to write notes about the positives and negatives of the situation and the role of the nurse before we spoke back to the group. My picture was a little girl in bed with someone's hand placing a flannel on her head. I said positives like she looks quite warm, someone is looking after her and negatives like she might be scared, she might be ill etc. The role of the nurse would be to comfort her, involve/ keep the the parents/family informed. When someone else is speaking make sure you are sitting up and smiling and nodding because the people will be grading your verbal communication skills as well as your non verbal communication skills! Good luck! x

Hi all

I have recently been invited for an interview for Child Health Nursing at Napier University. It took me by surprise as I called them up through clearing expecting little in the way of results. I am extremely nervous about the interview because after reading the emails regarding it, it seems very demanding and tough going.
I'm really looking for some advice from anyone who has went through the interview before or even someone who will be at the interview via clearing!
I have a LOT of studying to do as Psychology was my first course of choice and I didn't realise how demanding the interview would be!
I naively thought it'd be a standard one on one interview and a personal statement but now I have discovered it is that and more!
I have to do an intense group interview and submit an essay! I'd appreciate any advice and help so much!

Thank you in advance, Holly

Hey, I also had an interview back in march for child nursing and its basically just like everyone else has described! It's not as intense as I expected, don't worry! Just make sure you do some research before for your essay and take some notes as you can refer to them! For the group interview just relax and come across interested in what others are saying! I'm sure you'll be fine :-D

Thanks for the advice, it's soo appreciated, I feel well prepped now! my mum was a mental health nurse and is going to help me with the notes for the essay, she said it's a really good topic so I'm feeling good about it. So nice to hear from that (hopefully) I'll be in the same course as x

I'm glad you're feeling less worried now! That's good that your mums able to help you prepare for the essay .Good luck with your interview, hope it goes well! x


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Thank you, a lot of the mystery has been taken away now! By the way, for our essay does it need to be child health specific or importance of communication in nursing in general? x

The essay question is just 'the importance of communication in nursing' so I just wrote about why it's important in nursing in general but then I did a small paragraph at the end about why it's important specifically in child nursing! x


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Ah cool thanks! Going to get started on investigating the topic so I'm clued up I really hope I get a place!! Bit worried because in the email it said we'd find out via UCAS Track but they haven't actually given me any details to enter into the site so I'm not sure how that will work x

Maybe just ask at the interview how you can get details to log into ucas track? When is your interview!? x


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I emailed George Petrie this morning to confirm I was coming & asked him about UCAS so hopefully I can sort it out soon! Interview is on the 22nd!! Eeek x

That's good then, at least you've still got some time to prepare for it! x


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He says not to worry about it at this stage so I'm sure it's fine! Yeah, thank goodness :P x

Well good luck with the interview when it comes, just let me know if you have any other questions about it x


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I don't suppose any one has a rough idea of how many students will be on the course?

When I had my interview we got told there were around 60 places on the child nursing course


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