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 keep busy until then? I’m soo anxious, I NEED to pass , I’m frantically pacing around the flat doing little jobs. Ironed my uniforms ready for placement, finished drying the … More Maths Exam results are in….
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 a bit out and then get the train to the hospital. Found my ward really easily. Walking through the halls of the hospital that time in the morning is so … More First day at placement
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. I checked the bus routes etc all again, and realised I actually have to be up at 4am and on the bus at 4.30am to make it to my placement … More Placement is here!
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 one 😂 I’m hoping I never have to give a patient one of these! I’ll give you 2 guesses where they go? Haha! I liked the injection technique sessions! I’m … More Skills sessions
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 online, practice one and got 5/10! Bliming shocking! So that made me panic even more. I revised like a trouper and tried more practice ones. 7/10 ‘That’s much better’. The … More Exams – March 2017
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 have a lot of experience and knowledge to build and improve. I have worked in healthcare for around 10 years over all. I didn’t get the grades I wanted from … More In the beginning…..
Diary of a Nurse 