It’s nurse work if you can get it… start to climb the ladder in the NHS here
UNIVERSITY applications site Ucas came under fire this week for an advert belittling the vital role nurses play.
The now-pulled course ad suggested nurses simply “provide support to doctors and other medical staff”. But in reality, nursing is a highly skilled role, which can lead to top NHS management.
It is also the UK’s most employable degree with 94 per cent of students landing jobs within six months of finishing their course.
The Government is spending millions to fill an estimated 43,000 nursing vacancies in the UK.
And some NHS trusts are targeting nurses for extra training to help them climb the career ladder.
Among the schemes are nursing degree apprenticeships — equivalent to a full honours degree — and nursing associates training, which is the same as a foundation degree and bridges the gap between healthcare assistants and staff nurses.
THE WONDER OF TUES
TUESDAY is the most productive day of the working week.
Twenty-four per cent of staff say it is their top “get it done day”, followed by Monday then Wednesday.
Employees are also most productive between 10am and 11am, the survey of 2,000 people found.
Just five per cent said Friday was their best day for work while only two per cent were productive between 4pm and 6pm.
Cal Lee, global head of flexible office broker Workthere, which carried out the poll, said: “While overall productivity levels for UK office workers will inevitably vary from day to day, it is interesting to see the average optimum times for productivity, particularly in terms of time and a specific day.”
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