At university we had an onwards and upwards event, which runs over a few days. Today was fire walking day!! How exciting 😀 I’m not sure who’s original idea this was…. I remember last time round I nominated the guys in our group to do this but nothing came of it. This time round we … More UK Firewalk – Onwards and Upwards Event
6 Months gone! Half of my first year is complete! 🎉 And to reward us, our university put on a morning event ‘Staying Successful’ a motivational morning to say well done and keep it up! We had a motivational speaker called David Keeling who’s part comedian too. We were all hoping for Peter Kay when … More Staying successful
Big night out? Partying all weekend? Having a social life…. not quite! My weekend is all university work and reading mixed in with my bank shifts. In case I haven’t mentioned it before, I have to work as well as placements and university to pay my bills. This isn’t a grumble… it sounds it haha! … More The weekend of a student nurse.
What. A. Week. On one hand I’m so glad to be back and see our group. It has felt like forever since I’ve seen everyone. Really good to catch up and see how everyone has got on during their placements and OSCE. On the other hand… a surprise 2 hour exam coming in September to … More First week back at university
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. I have been revising so hard with physiology, practiced my practical skills for it. I’ve used everything available to me to remember it all and perfect it. The night before … More OSCE Completed!
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 nurse who had been working the wards for years so her knowledge was amazing. In fact all of the staff working on the ward I was on were so knowledgable … More Placement 1.1 passed yay!!
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 notification* university group ‘Our results were in early!’ Whoooo! So nervously I logged into my university account to check if I passed or failed. I’d worked soooo hard on this … More Assignment results are in!
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. And if there are any patients with them, it’s about how to manage the sore area and prevent it getting any worse. Stopping it in its tracks. First, it’s risk … More Tissue Viability
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 pathway experience through the operating theatres yay!! Exciting stuff!! Prob not for some but I love it 😀 I went down with a patient from the ward and they did … More Half way point.
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 down there wasn’t much to do. I did my physiology revision and my practice placement book which was good. After my second night shift, I got home and tried to … More Recovered
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