Diary of a Nurse – Claire Carmichael

Category: student nurse

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

My second 12.5hour shift went amazing! I think Sundays are the way forward haha. I was put with a great healthcare assistant in the morning…

I’ve had a lovely couple of days off. Today I did some exercises and meditation ready for a busy 12 hour day tomorrow on the…

So… I woke at 7.30am roughly, knowing my maths exam result will be available to view at 12.00pm! What am I going to do to…

So I arrived nice and early, thanks to my super girlfriend lending me the car! I wasn’t sure about parking so I had to park…