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How Do I Become a Nurse?

November 3, 2007 in Help Wanted by thesecretlifeofamanicdepressive | 8 comments

Hello! Can you give me some advice where to start if I want a career in nursing? Point being that I do want to become a nurse, and have done for some time, but have no idea where to start.

I can’t decide if I want to work in traditional medicine or as a mental health nurse. Here’s my vital statistics:

I am 22 years old
I write this blog: http://thesecretlifeofmanicdepressive.wordpress.com
I live in London
I am currently unemployed and trying to claim Income Support
I have bipolar 1 disorder and am taking medication. I’m under the care of the Community Mental Health team. Does this bar me from being a nurse?
I have 7 GCSEs (I dropped out of college due to mental illness). They’re good GCSEs, all As and A*s.

Do they let skint, mentally ill, unemployed college drop outs become nurses? Can I claim benefits and receive funding? Do you know anywhere to study and how I would go about applying?

Thanks in advance for your help.