{"id":23226,"date":"2023-05-07T15:35:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T14:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/?p=23226"},"modified":"2023-05-05T08:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:45:09","slug":"what-its-like-to-study-the-registered-nurse-degree-apprenticeship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2023\/05\/07\/what-its-like-to-study-the-registered-nurse-degree-apprenticeship\/","title":{"rendered":"What it’s like to study the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a guest blog by Tina Smith, who is studying the Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeship (RNDA)<\/a>, on the BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing Apprenticeship route at Bournemouth University.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have always wanted to be a nurse since a young age and follow in my grandmother\u2019s footsteps. I left school and took the career pathway into the care industry. I have many years of experience working in a variety of care environments including schools and residential care homes, and I have supported both children and adults in these settings. My ultimate goal was still to be a nurse, but I just couldn\u2019t find the right way in, that suited my circumstances.<\/p>\n

\"Tina<\/a>

Tina Smith<\/p><\/div>\n

I was working as a healthcare assistant in a residential home in 2019 and I found out about the apprenticeship route into nursing at BU. I went along to the open evening at Poole Hospital in February 2020 and gathered more information, I decided that this opportunity would be best for me as I could work and get paid as well as study. I applied for a position and then COVID hit. Everything seemed to come to a halt until I was lucky enough to be selected for an interview in September 2020 which took place online and at the end of November 2020, I officially achieved a place on the RNDA course. I was delighted, to say the least!<\/p>\n

The Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship has been a great experience. In my time as an apprentice, I have gained a wealth of experience which has laid the foundations for my future career as a nurse. The hands-on practical element of my apprenticeship has equipped me with many skills which are very valuable and are the fundamentals of nursing practice. I have gained experience working within a team, communicating with colleagues, patients and families, and developing practical skills such as taking patient observations, venepuncture and cannulation.<\/p>\n

\"Tina<\/a>

Tina Smith<\/p><\/div>\n

As an apprentice I get to learn all year round and every day is a learning opportunity, whether this be on my home base, on placement or at university. I am expected to work on my home base for 30 hours a week and then study at university one day a week, the same amount of study and assignment submission is expected of an apprentice as that of a student studying the \u2018traditional\u2019 nursing route. The apprenticeship is hard work, and it takes organisation and skill to meet deadlines and maintain a good work-life balance.<\/p>\n

My favourite part of my role is communicating with the patients. This is one of my strengths and I have built up a good rapport with many patients, some who have required lots of patience and understanding. I know that patients may be very frightened and worried, so a friendly face and some banter can alleviate this. I always say to myself, how would I feel if I was in this position and what if it was my loved one that was being cared for?<\/p>\n

I feel that I am a good ambassador for the RNDA Programme as I am currently a PAL (Peer Assisted Learning) leader<\/a> and support new apprentices by sharing my experiences and offering advice and tips that I have learnt during my apprenticeship. I am also a SUBU representative this year for my group. The RNDA has allowed me to fulfil my ambition of becoming a nurse and I feel very privileged to have gained a place on the course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a guest blog by Tina Smith, who is studying the Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeship (RNDA), on the BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing Apprenticeship route at Bournemouth University. I have always wanted to be a nurse since a young age and follow in my grandmother\u2019s footsteps. I left school and took the career pathway into… Read more » about What it’s like to study the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":23228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3376,496,503,2777,12],"tags":[3363,3362,3373,1779,146,1636,3361],"class_list":["post-23226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apprenticeships","category-ug-courses","category-health-social-care","category-mature-students","category-student-blogs","tag-bsc-hons-adult-nursing-apprenticeship","tag-bsc-nursing-apprenticeships","tag-care-industry","tag-career-change","tag-mature-student","tag-pal-leader","tag-registered-nursing-degree-apprenticeships"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23226"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23271,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23226\/revisions\/23271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}