The Student Nurse Guide Blog

I thought all this would be over by now.

Autumn is my favourite time of year. It’s a new season & a new term, a fresh start for everyone just beginning their degree. I'm sure you were all looking forward to “getting back to normal" after this year. But of course 2020...

I know you can’t go an hour without hearing the dreaded C word, & I don’t want to spend too long writing about it now, as I’m well aware there are billions of resources already available if you needed them.

But I have to write this post on it, as it’s been...

Are you living on the breadline? Over the weekend I was scrolling Facebook (number 1 favourite hobby) & came across a post from a student nurse on how they were struggling & barely making ends meet. They wrote about how they had to eat their kid’s leftovers & leave bills go...

If you don’t already have a support team or your own personal cheerleader, start recruiting them now! You may already have one but not realised that they were already working for you. It could be a family member, a friend, a mentor or a tutor, the chances are it will be more than one...

Following on from the last post & the number 1 thing to do before starting your degree, I wanted to share with you the top 20 essential items to help prepare you for uni. This list was compiled by current student nurses, & newly qualified nurses, who wanted to share what they...

Congratulations on being accepted to study nursing at university! You made it through the slog of exams and assignments to get the grades, submitted the UCAS application with the dreaded personal statement, and passed a nerve wrecking interview to finally make it onto the degree.  At this...

This blog was created to help all current student nurses, people applying onto the nursing degree and those just thinking about starting their journey to becoming a nurse.

Whether you're a mature student, a mother/father, or just left home at 18 for university, I want this blog to...