Ten Steps to Becoming a Nurse

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There are many routes to becoming a nurse but all of them require you to take the same basic level of nursing qualification. Should you take a nursing degree or diploma? How hard are the courses? What levels of funding are you entitled to? Find out what it takes to become a nurse, how to choose a nursing school and survive ... Full Story

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    Should I Become a Specialist or a Generalist?

    Should I Become a Specialist or a Generalist?
    If you're assessing your long term career option, one question you'll have to consider is whether to choose the path of a generalist or a specialist. It's not an easy question to answer because of the changing nature of roles within large organisations and the increasing pressure put on all employees. You need to decide which presents the most rewarding and ...
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    Everything You Need to Know About the ProNurse Forums

    Everything You Need to Know About the ProNurse Forums
    Welcome to the ProNurse site! You’ll find it a friendly and supporting place for nurses, student nurses and anyone who wants to be a nurse. There are very few rules, just please show the same sort of consideration to other members as you would to patients! Having a discussion with opposing views is great, an argument can be interesting, just remember ...
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    What Does Mental Health Nursing Actually Involve?

    What Does Mental Health Nursing Actually Involve?
    Is mental health nursing suitable for me? Mental health nursing covers a huge range of conditions including psychological and personality disorders, psychoses and neuroses. There is often a stigma attached to mental illness that a mental health nurse needs to be able see through. It is often claimed that one in three of us suffer from a mental health problem of ...
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    What Qualifications do I Need to Become a Midwife?

    What Qualifications do I Need to Become a Midwife?
    Minimum qualifications to start a midwifery degree Just like in nursing, there are no minimum academic requirements to enter a midwifery course. This admirable dose of common sense allows for the fact that life experience such as caring for your children goes part of the way towards preparing people to be a midwife. This doesn’t mean that the standards have dropped ...
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    How do I train to be a Midwife?

    How do I train to be a Midwife?
    The midwifery training format is similar to that for a nurse that is covered in detail in our 10 Steps to Become a Nurse series of articles. However, there are some important differences. • There is only a degree course for midwifery, there is no longer a diploma course • If you have already qualified as a nurse you can take ...
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