Placements and children

Hi, im a mum of 2 children , 2 and 10 months. I do not have childcare that could take my children any earlier than 8am as there are no childcare options for me any earlier than that. On top of the cost of childcare weekly for both children. Its coming out at over 1,400. My question is does the university take in the fact that you have children when organising placement. My partner works from 5am everday apart from weekends and sometimes even nights. Im worried about my ability to be able to do the placement unless they are flexible with it.

@Emily_B can you add anything else to this.... thanks.

Unfortunately childcare is solely your responsibility for arranging for when you are either on placements or university.

You can ask your placement ward sister ( if you are on hospital placement) if you can perhaps change a couple of your shifts to help you..... But you won't get to change everyone.

You normally do Nightshift, Day shifts and weekends working as nursing is a 24/7 job.

Hi, im a mum of 2 children , 2 and 10 months. I do not have childcare that could take my children any earlier than 8am as there are no childcare options for me any earlier than that. On top of the cost of childcare weekly for both children. Its coming out at over 1,400. My question is does the university take in the fact that you have children when organising placement. My partner works from 5am everday apart from weekends and sometimes even nights. Im worried about my ability to be able to do the placement unless they are flexible with it.

Once qualified, you can always get a job that suits you and your family hours wise.
As for while you're a student... you need to get experience of the full range of shifts, including doing long days and nights (yes, doing shifts that are 730am-830pm day shifts/8pm-8am nights that I do, or the 7am-730pm/7pm-730am shifts that other places do). Placements can't sign you off if you don't have the experience and therefore the competence to do things that you've missed because you've never done them (such as giving/taking handover and then starting planning patient care from the very start of shift).
Universities can only take so much into account when allocating placements (where they've got a couple of hundred students to place) and placements can only do so many swaps with shifts to accommodate your childcare needs.

Hi, im a mum of 2 children , 2 and 10 months. I do not have childcare that could take my children any earlier than 8am as there are no childcare options for me any earlier than that. On top of the cost of childcare weekly for both children. Its coming out at over 1,400. My question is does the university take in the fact that you have children when organising placement. My partner works from 5am everday apart from weekends and sometimes even nights. Im worried about my ability to be able to do the placement unless they are flexible with it.