[annalo123]

Hello I was just wondering how many hours a student nurse a week goes to lectures? I already know they do around 37/38 hours of practical I just want to know how many hours they have to do a week on the theory side? (1st year)
Also do you have much spare time to socialise on weekends and stuff?
anna x

[annalo123]

Also how much money do student nurses spend on petrol money (to and from placements)? anna x

[Mazza1985]

In 2006 as a first year student adult nurse I used to be in 4 and a half days a week so 30 - 35 hours!!!!

[viewtifuldp]

in lectures i'm in around 9:30-3ish most days of the week. its pretty bearable! sorry i dont drive my car for uni

[vickie89]

depends on the uni but at mine this year we did: monday and thursday 10-4, and tuesday 9:30-1pm.

in first year we were with adults at a different campus so we did monday, tuesday and thursday 10-4.

cant help with the petrol though as i dont have a car but my tutor has been pretty great at placing those of us who didnt drive as close as she could to where we live, so its only been like a 15 minute bus ride away. but some of the ones who do drive have had a journey of around 40 minutes by car for some placememnts, which you can claim back if its further away than you would have to drive to your lectures.

[zippyRN]

as a pre-registratation student expect to have pretty full weeks regardless of whether you are in Uni or on placement there isn't a huge amount of slack to get your 4600 hours in especially if you have more than 7 weeks / year programmed as leave / study leave ...

[nataliemoore]

I spent about 3/4 whole days in uni a week. You need to complete 2300 of theory in the whole three years so it's pretty intense. I had plenty of time to do well in theory & placement, work and maintain a social life, it's just about time management.

As for petrol that depends how far away your placement! Mine were about 13 miles from home so I spent about £25 a week. x