‘Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate uselessness of anger’ (Dalia Lama). With the current stresses and strains on our National Health Service (NHS), the bad press and the shortage of staff why would anyone want to go into this profession? Hello, my name is Claire Carmichael, … More Why do I want to become a nurse?
I have set myself a challenge! For the next 30 days I want to do 30 minutes of exercise, from home, without the use of any gym products, or bought tools to help with fitness. This is for a couple of reasons: People make excuses not to exercise, I wanted to step into those shoes … More Student nurse – NHS 30 day challenge
Wednesday 18th April 2018 Today I attended my second session of the High Achievers Recognition Scheme (HARS) at Birmingham City University and what another fantastic session this was! Aims of today’s session: Provide a definition of both leadership and management. Explaining the importance in the world of work. Be able to describe 5 behaviours related … More HARS seminar series – Leadership
Seriously, if the days could just slow down for a moment please! Thank you. It’s almost April?! Can you believe that? We are a quarter way through 2018 already. Not to scare anyone or anything haha. Monday 26th March 2018. Yesterday I had another fantastic day out on placement! We saw a variety of patients … More General Practice placement – start of week 3
Here is my second week of GP placement in a Vlog. I’ve had another amazing week! It has been non stop, I’ve included my GP conference, HARS scholarship interview and careers interview. Click here for my GP Placement vlog
Wednesday 21st of March 2018. A while back I was invited to go to a GP conference. I debated it for a while as it was during my placement and I did not want to miss anything on my placement. Until I sat and thought about it logically and how related to my placement this … More General Practice conference experience
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
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
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
Diary of a Nurse 