Get into Nursing & Midwifery

Sarah Snow is a midwifery lecturer and admissions tutor at the University of Worcester. Her career as a nurse and midwife spans 27 years, the last decade of which has been within higher education, teaching across a range of pre and post registration midwifery and sexual health courses.

CONTENTS

Preface ix

List of contributors xi

Key facts xii

Acknowledgements xiii

Chapter 1 An Introduction to the professions 1

Why be a nurse or midwife? 2

What is it like being a nurse or midwife? 5

What skills and attributes do I need to be a nurse

or midwife? 18

Midwifery specifics 20

Nursing specifics (Jo Rouse) 24

Summary 29

Further reading 30

Chapter 2 Starting the journey 31

Entry routes 32

Examples of university courses 36

But Im still not sure 46

Summary 48

Open day checklist 50

Chapter 3 Application and selection 52

Completing the application form 53

Selection days a birds-eye view 64

How to be successful at interview (Sarah Holling) 71

Im worried that I wont get a place because I have dyslexia/

a criminal conviction a / health problem 90

Summary 97

Interview checklist 98

Selection day resources 100

Interview survival kit 101

Example interview questions 102

Chapter 4 Pre-course preparation 103

Start-up skills 104

Save money 105

Organise a back-up plan 105

Refresh study skills 106

Health and well-being 108

Emotional intelligence 109

Summary 111

Friendly pre-course reading 111

Annotated bibliography tool 113

Chapter 5 Planning for adversity: building resilience 114

Older and wiser (Martin Spurin) 115

From a students point of view 120

The successful student (Kim Russell) 124

Summary 129

References 131

Index 133