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Epilepsy Nurse

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27-Nov-2009 8:36 am

Katie Hatcher

Katie Hatcher

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Ive been looking into the route of coming a Epilepsy specialist nurse. I found you can get a grant towards a Professional Diploma in Epilepsy Care. But first i need to get my degree in Nursing. Im starting a access course soon and i need to apply for UCAS soon. I have a idea were i want to study but i just want to know which branch to do. To be a epilepsy specialist nurse do i need to study Adult nursing or learning disabilites nursing?

Im also going to see if i can get some work experince in that field as well.


Thank you.

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james mellor

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11-Mar-2010 10:53 am

it is something that i have considered myself, i am currently studying learning disability nursing. my university are very helpful in the respect that they let you have some say on what kind of placements you go on. i'm sure if you let them know that you have a passion for a certain subject then they would assist you to push on with it. obviously epilepsy occurs in a large percentage of people with LD but also occurs with others. i'm sure that if you did either you would be able to do what you want with it.

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20-Jan-2012 8:03 pm

There are a LOT more people in the country with epilepsy than there are with learning difficulties. Yes - people with learning difficulties often also have epilepsy but many LD people don't, and the majority of epileptics do not have any other problems (myself included).

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