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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Nursing students call for paid placements - Shane Reti responds
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:14
	Publish Date:		2022-11-14 04:37:00
	Description:		Third year nursing students are pleading to be paid during their hospital placements with many feeling broken and abused by the system before they are even fully trained. On Checkpoint on Friday Health Minister Andrew Little conceded they probably should get some financial support in the last year of their study and the issue's under discussion. Third year AUT trainee nurses have described travelling long distances to unpaid hospital placements, that are up to 40 hours a week, having to cover the cost of petrol, uniforms and food, while studying and holding down paid work too. At least 40 percent of AUT nursing students do not graduate. National's health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti talks to Lisa Owen.
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