Day 5 in the life of my GP placement
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…
Diary of a Nurse – Claire Carmichael
Newly Qualified GP Nurse, Student academic leader, student information officer for the RCN, Health editor of the Birmingham City University magazine. Ambassador for general practice nursing (@GPNSNN) and community nursing, Academy of fabulous stuff NHS ambassador and NHS change agent.
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Day 4 of my GP placement
Another day, another new task for me! I arrived at my usual time, and sat in my spot at the cafe for my second breakfast…
Third day 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…
Second 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…
First day of GP placement today
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…
General Practice Placement
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…
High Achievers Recognition Scheme
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…
Nastogastric tube and IVI fluids skills session
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)…
The privilege of being asked to be on an interview / presentation panel
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…
Nurse Positivity – in Prague
Here is my full week of nurse positivity with my few days in Prague! Prague was such a beautiful City, I had an amazing time…