That\u2019s right \u2013 you can train to be a nurse with The Open University! Not many people know that \u2013 so we\u2019re trying to spread the word.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s some facts about OU student nurses:<\/p>\n
They all study and work in healthcare jobs at the same time, and some of our students are apprentices on the new Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship<\/a> programme<\/p>\n From as far away in Shetland in Scotland to our local hospital trust in Milton Keynes, OU student nurses spread the length and breadth of the country<\/p>\n 91% of our students are satisfied or more than satisfied with their course, and the the OU is ranked eighth in the UK among all universities offering nursing degrees<\/p>\n We have over 1100 student nurses studying with us \u2013 and all are supported by their employer. Organisations can invest in their workforce and \u2018grow their own\u2019 registered nurses<\/p>\n Our student nurses complete their degree over four years in a flexible way \u2013 it\u2019s work-based, but is supported by open learning – with online and tutor support<\/p>\n OU student nurses work in 169 organisations across\u00a0England, Ireland and Scotland \u2013 from big hospital trusts to nursing homes, GP services and hospices. 102 student nurses from Northern Ireland joined the degree programmes this academic year \u2013 the most we\u2019ve ever had in one intake, and our first student nurse in Wales will start their course in autumn 2018<\/p>\n More than 1500 nurses have qualified through an OU nursing degree since it began in 2002<\/p>\n Many of our students choose the OU over traditional universities offering nurse training because it better fits their needs. This may be because they need to work while they train, it is better geographically, or perhaps they need to work around their personal circumstances<\/p>\n That\u2019s right \u2013 you can train to be a nurse with The Open University! Not many people know that \u2013 so we\u2019re trying to spread the word. Here\u2019s some facts about OU student nurses: 1. They are a hardworking bunch They all study and work in healthcare jobs at the same time, and some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[856,901,1028,1556,1559,1618,1861,2138,2289],"class_list":["post-8673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-facts","tag-flexible-learning","tag-hardworking","tag-nursing-degree","tag-nursing360","tag-ou","tag-qualify","tag-student-nurse","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2. They train all over the place!<\/h2>\n
3. They highly rate our nursing training<\/h2>\n
4. There are probably more than you think<\/h2>\n
5. Our study is really flexible<\/h2>\n
6. They work in many places across the UK<\/h2>\n
7. We are helping many nurses to qualify<\/h2>\n
8. Flexible training that meets their needs<\/h2>\n
Find out more:<\/h3>\n
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