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Registered nurse showing my journey from student to qualified and more. Vice chair Wolverhampton LGBT+ and passionate about making change for LGBTQIA communities, Co-chair GPNSNN.

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Category: Motivational

Why do I want to become a nurse?

May 1, 2018

‘Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate uselessness of anger’ (Dalai 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 and furthermore why our NHS? Hello, … More Why do I want to become a nurse?

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General Practice placement – start of week 3

March 27, 2018

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

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Second week of GP placement – Student Nurse

March 25, 2018

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

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General Practice conference experience

March 22, 2018

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

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Week two of my GP placement

March 20, 2018

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

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My GP placement vlog

March 19, 2018

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

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Third day of my GP placement

March 15, 2018

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

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First day of GP placement today

March 12, 2018

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

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General Practice Placement

March 5, 2018

One week until my third placement (first one of second year). At the end of last year (2017), I was sent an email to request where I would like to be placed for my next placement. My first choice was a General Practice (GP surgery), which to my excitement I got! My first placement of … More General Practice Placement

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High Achievers Recognition Scheme

February 23, 2018

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

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