My GP placement vlog
March 19, 2018
I did a vlog on my first week experience of my general practice nursing placement. Give it a watch if you like that sort of thing 🙂 Click here for GP placement vlog
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Day 5 in the life of my GP placement
March 16, 2018
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 up to today? Today I was working with a fantastic foundation year 2 (FY2) Doctor. I had recognised her face and then realised she was on my last placement; the … More Day 5 in the life of my GP placement
Day 4 of my GP placement
March 15, 2018
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 and a nice cup of tea. Went into clinic at 8.30am (still 30 minutes early). I thought I would set up the room for my mentor whilst I wait. I … More Day 4 of my GP placement
Third day of my GP placement
March 15, 2018
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 time I was only 40 minutes early as this clinic starts at 8.30am 🙂 Today (Wednesday) was a special asthma and COPD clinic mainly with the odd smear test and … More Third day of my GP placement
Second day of my GP placement
March 13, 2018
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 to be learning something completely new. I arrived early as usual. One hour and ten minutes to be exact. The car did not start again this morning (but I was … More Second day of my GP placement
First day of GP placement today
March 12, 2018
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 hour and a half early. I went and grabbed some breakfast and arrived in reception for 8.30am (still 30 minutes early). The reception staff were so lovely, they gave me … More First day of GP placement today
General Practice Placement
March 5, 2018
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 where I would like to be placed for my next placement. My first choice was a General Practice (GP surgery), which to my excitement I got! My first placement of … More General Practice Placement
High Achievers Recognition Scheme
February 23, 2018
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 in. At first I thought it was a spam email… then after hearing a few students had got this email and the fact that it IS a very real thing, … More High Achievers Recognition Scheme
Nastogastric tube and IVI fluids skills session
February 7, 2018
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) and how to put up some IVI fluids. Before I started my skills session, I had observed a couple of NG tubes being inserted. During coroner court, I had heard … More Nastogastric tube and IVI fluids skills session
The privilege of being asked to be on an interview / presentation panel
January 29, 2018
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 on an interview panel and providing feedback on the candidates for a role?’ For confidentiality reasons I can not go into the role this was for and names etc. But … More The privilege of being asked to be on an interview / presentation panel
Diary of a Nurse 