OSCE Completed!
Thank god it’s over. OSCE – objective structured clinical examination. I didn’t realise how stressed I was about OSCE exams until the day of it.…
Diary of a Nurse
Hello, my name is Claire Carmichael: Newly Qualified GP Nurse, Co-Vice chair of General practice nursing (@GPNSNN). Academy of fabulous stuff NHS ambassador and part of the GPN shared decision council #TeamCNO.
Category: student nurse
Placement 1.1 passed yay!!
Overall view of my first placement is good. A great first experience and insight to the hospital wards. My mentor was a band 5 staff…
Assignment results are in!
So I’ve finally got round to blogging my results! I sat waiting patiently Friday for them to come through at midday…. 11.55, 56, 57, *whatsapp…
Tissue Viability
Since being on this placement, we’ve had 2 training sessions on Tissue viability. An area I really love. It’s about preventing pressure areas / ulcers.…
Half way point.
So I’m half way trough my first placement! I have 4 more weeks left to go. Today on my shift I got to do a…
Recovered
Finally recovered from my nights shifts! The second night shift was pretty similar to the first. Busy to start with but once patients had settled…
My first night shift experience
On the day, I woke up around 5.30am so that I could hopefully sleep later before my shift. I spent all morning thinking about this…
How will I survive it? SOS!
This probably sounds really pathetic and stupid of me, but how will I cope on a night shift?! It’s finally came around, I have to…
Practice Placement Documents
So, along with the maths exam, an assignment and revising for my physiology exam we have a practice placement document to fill out whilst we…
2 weeks has past!
The past 2 weeks has gone by so fast. It’s April already, where has this year gone?! The last couple of shifts of my placement…