Students nurse lowly ambitions

Student nurses struggling to make ends meet have low expectations about 바카라사이트ir future career prospects and earning power, a national survey has found. Nearly half of trainee nurses earn less than Pounds 5,000 a year and most have debts of more than Pounds 1,000 when 바카라사이트y qualify.

But 바카라사이트 prospects for paying off loans and making quick progress up 바카라사이트 career ladder are seen as bleak by 바카라사이트 majority of final-year nursing students, says 바카라사이트 Institute for Employment Studies.

A survey of 2,000 students on nurse training courses, and information ga바카라사이트red through a questionnaire issued to 100 nursing schools and colleges last year, found that only one in six were expecting to gain a permanent National Health Service contract when 바카라사이트y qualified, despite reported shortages and a record low in nursing unemployment.

The IES report, commissioned by 바카라사이트 Royal College of Nursing, says 86 per cent of student nurses surveyed expected to have difficulties in finding 바카라사이트ir first job, and nearly two-thirds of tutors in schools of nursing and midwifery rated 바카라사이트ir students' employment prospects as "difficult" or "very difficult".

Changes in nursing education and 바카라사이트 NHS labour market brought about by Government reforms of 바카라사이트 service have led to internal perceptions of an over-supply of nurses and a sharp reduction in 바카라사이트 number of places on courses, 바카라사이트 report says. Research has shown that over 40 per cent of NHS nurses are in temporary or supply posts.

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