Hi, so my questions may be considered to be somewhat obscure by some but are important to me.

I will start by first giving a little background so that people may better answer my questions. I am currently a Band 5 staff nurse that works in A&E (I have worked there for a year). I have a BSc (hons) in Bioscience (2.2 - mostly due to me having approximately 30% attendance) and a MA Degree (Distinction - I had 100% attendance) in Adult Nursing. I feel that I want to have more control over the care of my patients and be able to better assist them. I have seen roles such as ANPs but they don't seem to fully fill the role of a doctor which I feel would be the only logical next step?

Now my questions are two fold;
-How likely would I be to be accepted at a university to study post graduate medicine (assuming a decent BMAT/UKCAT score), if unlikely are there improvements I could make to increase my likeliness?
-Financially I would struggle going back to study medicine and would like to continue working as a nurse part time while I study. Is anybody aware of any rules or regulations etc that prohibits me from undertaking such an endeavour?

Hi, so my questions may be considered to be somewhat obscure by some but are important to me.

I will start by first giving a little background so that people may better answer my questions. I am currently a Band 5 staff nurse that works in A&E (I have worked there for a year). I have a BSc (hons) in Bioscience (2.2 - mostly due to me having approximately 30% attendance) and a MA Degree (Distinction - I had 100% attendance) in Adult Nursing. I feel that I want to have more control over the care of my patients and be able to better assist them. I have seen roles such as ANPs but they don't seem to fully fill the role of a doctor which I feel would be the only logical next step?

Now my questions are two fold;
-How likely would I be to be accepted at a university to study post graduate medicine (assuming a decent BMAT/UKCAT score), if unlikely are there improvements I could make to increase my likeliness?
-Financially I would struggle going back to study medicine and would like to continue working as a nurse part time while I study. Is anybody aware of any rules or regulations etc that prohibits me from undertaking such an endeavour?

From my research I have observed afew unis that state on their websites they would consider applicants with my qualifications, but how competitive would my application be when compared with others? Would me being a practising nurse within the NHS not have any weighting in my application or would I be in equal standing with any applicant?

It sounds like you aren’t planning on the GAMSAT, in which case I’d strongly suggest considering it for Nottingham and Swansea.alification’

How are your a levels? You may have to consider looking at some five year courses but I understand you may not be able to fund that.

GAMSAT just slipped my mind when I was writing this :P I haven't actually ruled it out. In regards to my A-Levels they were quite bad and I only just got into study my Bachelors degree. I had a really bad study ethic at highschool and college then at uni circumstances out of my control caused my attendance to fall to 30% again resulting in a disappointing result but during my masters I was able to focus and my grades reflected this

Unfortunately your choices are quite limited. As Royal Oak mentions, Nottingham is a viable option as well as Warwick and Swansea. It sounds like you aren’t planning on the GAMSAT, in which case I’d strongly suggest considering it for Nottingham and Swansea.You will need to get higher than 2:1 applicants for Nottingham. For Warwick you’ll need two types of experience totalling 70 hours. (One will need to be hands on care). You also need over average in the UKCAT verbal reasoning.

Kings might be an option but I think there might be a rule about practising two years as a nurse if you have a nursing qualification. Apologies I’m not sure what your nursing qualification counts as but Newcastle also say ‘practising healthcare professional with a post-registration qualification’

How are your a levels? You may have to consider looking at some five year courses but I understand you may not be able to fund that.

I do believe there’s a rule that you can’t work as a nurse part time, I have no idea of the reason why but I’ve heard this on the grape vine.

Looking at the MSC document, would SGUL be a possible option? Or is it just a MSc, MPhil, PhD they accept in lieu of a 2:1+?

Looking at the MSC document, would SGUL be a possible option? Or is it just a MSc, MPhil, PhD they accept in lieu of a 2:1+?

From what I have seen St.George's London, Newcastle, Nottingham, Warwick and Swansea MIGHT consider me based off of their website entry requirements. I am unsure though if I need to strengthen my application before applying and if I do what would suggestions be?

From what I have seen St.George's London, Newcastle, Nottingham, Warwick and Swansea MIGHT consider me based off of their website entry requirements. I am unsure though if I need to strengthen my application before applying and if I do what would suggestions be?

As detailed above, GAMSAT and UCAT are key here. You are going to need a pretty high score in both. You also need to make sure you meet Warwick's WE criteria, as I don't think all of that can come from your Nursing.
Otherwise I'm not sure there is much you can do as A levels and BSc are what they are and there is nothing you can do to easily change those (unless you fance A level resits!). You have the experts on this thread above who have worked their way through it. GEM is not my area of expertise. I'm afraid

I have also worked as a Health Care Assistant in an elderly home for nursing, dementia and residential patients for 3 Years while doing part of my Bachelor's Degree and during my Master's Degree, that should cover it between that and nursing?