Here’s my personally top essentials you will need on your student nurse journey at university and in your placements. I also did a vlog on these tips which you can find here: Essentials needed as a student nurse If I have missed anything out or you would like any other information or advice please feel free to … More Essentials you will need as a student nurse
19th March 2018: Today I started my very own clinic! In the morning, I had patients that needed their blood pressure review and in the afternoon, I had patients in for their asthma review. Initially I was a little nervous, as this is something I had never done before, but I felt comfortable enough to … More Week two of my GP placement
I did a vlog on my first week experience of my general practice nursing placement. Give it a watch if you like that sort of thing 🙂 Click here for GP placement vlog
Wow. Just wow. Where do I even begin with how my first day has gone?!! I arrived very early for my shift, in fact an hour and a half early. I went and grabbed some breakfast and arrived in reception for 8.30am (still 30 minutes early). The reception staff were so lovely, they gave me … More First day of GP placement today
Imagine getting this (screen shot to the left) through to your email? I had to read this email a few times before it really sank in. At first I thought it was a spam email… then after hearing a few students had got this email and the fact that it IS a very real thing, … More High Achievers Recognition Scheme
We had an amazing skills session a couple of weeks ago about how to insert a nasogastric tube (NG) into a patient (using a mannequin) and how to put up some IVI fluids. Before I started my skills session, I had observed a couple of NG tubes being inserted. During coroner court, I had heard … More Nastogastric tube and IVI fluids skills session
I opened my email to read ‘you have been nominated to sit in on the interview panels at university’….. ummm ‘what… haha! Me? Sitting in on an interview panel and providing feedback on the candidates for a role?’ For confidentiality reasons I can not go into the role this was for and names etc. But … More The privilege of being asked to be on an interview / presentation panel
I made a vlog on questions and answers for nursing. For future student nurses. If anyone has any other advice and tips please comment for someone 🙂 I’m sure I have probably missed some things out so any help is great for someone else. I will be doing another vlog about some top things needed … More Questions and asnwers for nursing
It is Christmas Eve and I am currently on a coach to my sisters house. A whole 6 hours and 45 minutes journey, it could be worse. I wish I could have a huge family Christmas. Everyone round the tree, drinking festive drinks and eating lovely food and having fun. Sadly, my family do not … More Merry Christmas
On Monday 18th decemeber 2017 at 10:00am I went to an event held by the university called: Know Your Organs. The university did not disappoint. This event was an extra few days put on and run by our lecturers; something they did not have to do but they did. To enhance our learning. They saw something … More The student nurse – Know Your Organs event
Diary of a Nurse 