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I'm rethinking doing nursing at uni next year (2025) But I still wanna do it. However, I have been told things (bad) that are kinda putting me off it like it's a job you do in your later life and not early. I do kinda picking it for all of my course choices. Does anyone have any advice?

Reply 1

jsshisj

I'm rethinking doing nursing at university next year (2025), but I still want to do it. However, I have been told things (bad) that are kind of putting me off it, like it's a job you do in your later life and not early. I did pretty much it for all of my course choices. Does anyone have any advice?

Reply 2

normaw

Volunteer Section Leader, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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by jsshisj

While all healthcare degrees attract mature students, lots of students start nursing degrees at 18/19 and enter the NHS when they graduate. For example:

https://www.ucas.com/corporate/news-and-key-documents/news/pandemic-inspires-future-nurses-welcome-increase-school-and-college-leavers-looking-enter-profession

(Note - I've merged your threads as TSR doesn't allow multiple threads on the same subject.)

Reply 3

Tracey_W

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by jsshisj

Hiya

If all of the current and future and even previous students nursing staff listened to people talking about nursing being bad then I don't think that the UK would have a NHS.

All the nursing courses are very hard work but at the end of the day it's worth it because you will be a registered nurse and ready to go and help people get better.

I would reckon that you apply for nursing degree for 2025 intake and hopefully you will get a offer to go and be a student nurse.

I have currently two young students midwives working under me who are 17 and will be only just turned 20 when they qualify in 2027. So it is generally a lot of young people who'll be starting nursing degrees in the coming few years. And also a 3rd year who's just turned 50 who'll qualify in summer o

Yes you are currently getting a lot of older people who are taking a career change and becoming nurses. If you get into university next year you'll probably find people in there 50's, 40's and early 30's as well as the 17 - 25 age group.

I was older when I went to university for nursing degree but that's because I wasn't picked in my previous attempts due to course being full up.

I'm now a registered midwife ( band 7 senior charge midwife)