New nursing apprentice role announced

[Northerner]

Aspiring nurses can soon enrol on a new on-the-job apprenticeship role, the government says.

From September 2017, up to 1,000 NHS staff will be able to take up the training without having to go down the conventional university route to get a nursing degree.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says it complements the nursing associate role announced a year ago.

Both initiatives aim to offer flexible routes into nursing in England.

They might also give students an affordable way to train, since ministers plan to scrap student bursaries for nurses in September 2017.

Student nurses at university are currently entitled to bursaries of £4,500 to £5,500 if they live in London - on top of a grant of £1,000 each year during their course.

The course fees are also covered.

But the government has proposed scrapping these and introducing university fees to bring health staff in line with other students.

The NHS will still provide some financial support towards expenses such as travel costs for placements.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38146395

 

[grovesy]

This sounds abit like revisiting how nurses were trained in the past with working on wards and going into Schools of Nursing, but they were all transferred to the University.

 

[mikeyB]

Absolutely, grovesey. I remember nurses getting an extra stripe for each year completed, and boy do I remember the nursing school accommodation, always a port of call for a cheerful smile etc.

 

[trophywench]

Hee hee - some (now) married friends - she was a nurse at Aldershot Barracks and he was a squaddie. Tales of smuggling them and their mates into the Nurses Home to get things stitched up so they didn't have to report being in fights etc. And we're given to understand that Dave certainly got certain special treatment ...... LOL

 

[trophywench]

The caps and the colour of the dresses changed as they progressed. We were only commenting the other day how comparatively scruffy the nurses look now - how can having hair dangling round your face and neck be hygienic in the first place - without any of them needing to tuck it back behind their ears every few minutes? All nurses looked SMART - whatever size or shape they were, practically.

 

[grovesy]

The caps and the colour of the dresses changed as they progressed. We were only commenting the other day how comparatively scruffy the nurses look now - how can having hair dangling round your face and neck be hygienic in the first place - without any of them needing to tuck it back behind their ears every few minutes? All nurses looked SMART - whatever size or shape they were, practically.

It depended very much on the hospital.
We had the so called national uniform when I started , which was white and coloured stripes on hat denoted status of students and qualified staff wore different coloured Petersham belts to note qualification or rank. Matrons had just gone and we had Nursing Officers.Though within a few years in the then Northern region we had a survey with patients and staff, patients wanted coloured uniforms as they did not notice belts or strips on hats.

 

[Ljc]

Back in 19 71 , I was issued with dark royal blue dresses that buttoned right up to my throat to go with nice starched white aprons , white cuffs, stiff white belt and heavily starched cotton hats that we had to pleat ourselves.
And I wasn't even a nurse
By the time I left in 2008 we looked quite shabby in our look alike nurses uniforms of tunic n trousers.

 

[Northerner]

Here you go, 'Know Your Nurse' modern uniforms (Leeds Hospitals)


When I was diagnosed the matron on the Cardiac Care Unit has a very different uniform to the one shown above. It was very elaborate, with a frill around the collar, but can't find a picture of it, so perhaps she made it herself! 🙂

 

[grovesy]

It still varies around the country.

 

[Northerner]

It still varies around the country.

Yes, I remember quite a different set when I was in hospital - by the time I came to leave I'd finally started to work them out! 😱 My Mum worked as a ward clerk for 20 years - she had to wear a mint green dress 🙂

 

[grovesy]

The ward clerks when I worked corporate skirts and blouses , and also had jackets to wear as optional.

 

[Robin]

Yes, I remember quite a different set when I was in hospital - by the time I came to leave I'd finally started to work them out! 😱 My Mum worked as a ward clerk for 20 years - she had to wear a mint green dress 🙂

So basically it probably helps if you're not colour blind!

 

[Northerner]

Have to say though, didn't matter what outfit they wore, they were ALL wonderfully kind, patient and helpful throughout my stay 🙂 I've never felt so well cared for (except my Mum, of course! 🙂)