Second day of 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…
Diary of a Nurse – Claire Carmichael
Newly Qualified GP Nurse, Student academic leader, Health editor of the Birmingham City University magazine. Vice-chair for general practice nursing (@GPNSNN) and community nursing, Academy of fabulous stuff NHS ambassador and co-chair of the GPN shared decision council.
Category: student nurse
Placement day 2 tomorrow!
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…
Maths Exam results are in….
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…
First day at placement
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…
Placement is here!
First day of placement today! En route right now as we speak. I had some mini melt down last night, I was worrying too much.…
Skills sessions
These are the fun times at university. Going into the mock wards and practicing your skills ready for placement. Enema probably isn’t the most fun…
Exams – March 2017
The first thing we were told is… EXAMS! ‘Already?! What!? Ok. You’re panicking again, stop it’ Our first exam was Maths, I did my first…
In the beginning…..
SO, here I am, a student nurse at last! Life events sadly stopped me from becoming a nurse so far. But 33 years old, I…