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
Good evening all! I have just finished my final day of my first week at my wonderful general practice (GP) placement. What have I been up to today? Today I was working with a fantastic foundation year 2 (FY2) Doctor. I had recognised her face and then realised she was on my last placement; the … More Day 5 in the life of my GP placement
Every Wednesday, I will be with another nurse as my mentor does not work on this day. I arrived early at 7.50am again, but this time I was only 40 minutes early as this clinic starts at 8.30am 🙂 Today (Wednesday) was a special asthma and COPD clinic mainly with the odd smear test and … More Third day of my GP placement
As I said in my previous blog, today I was immunising babies. This is something I have never seen before so I was quite excited to be learning something completely new. I arrived early as usual. One hour and ten minutes to be exact. The car did not start again this morning (but I was … More Second day of my GP placement
Diary of a Nurse 