Thursday 11th April 2019 at 13:00pm was the moment I sat my final BIG exam of nursing – Nursing Practice 4 exam and our lovely case study patient Betty (not a real patient). This exam was 2.5 hours long, paper written (and A LOT of writing at that!) We had 7 sections to complete for … More Third Year Nursing – Final Exam!
Hi all, I thought I’d do a little video on my exam day. This was our last exam for year 2! How exciting. All we have left now is 8 weeks of placement and that’s us done for second year! Third year starts in January for me and I cannot wait. I must be one … More Last exam of second year nursing – How did it go?
9th August 2018 Dear diary, This morning I arrived at university, nice and early. We had the exciting yet nerve wrecking news that we will receive our poster presentation results today! A day early. Panic mode set it, at full throttle! I had been so nervous all week for these results. Not only this, today … More Live results for poster presentation
21st May 2018 Dear diary, Today was my first day back at university for the second half of second year! How exciting! I did not sleep very well last night, I tossed and turned a lot and I am not sure if this was due to being super excited or nervous for the new tasks … More New module launch – Professional values, evidence based practice
The past few months I have been so busy, mainly with revision for this exam. Wednesday 11th April 2018: It is 7.30am and I have arrived outside university. That’s right, a whole two hours early for this exam! I have said this before, I have some form of OCD about being early for everything in … More Exam is done. How did it go?
The past year has gone by so so fast! On the 16th January 2018 (3 days and counting) I have my induction for second year! Eeee! I am so so excited. I have missed being at university so much, I have missed the lectures, I have missed my friends, I have missed grabbing lunch together … More Starting second year of nursing
I have discovered that, the most nerve wrecking time is the day of my results! I tossed and turned all night, I woke early keen for my results, even earlier than my 4.30am alarm ready for placement. I have spent the past weeks, excited about these results, and felt very confident that I had passed. … More Results day – Friday the 13th….
Very late post here! It’s been a very busy week for me, but that’s a separate blog. Firstly, exam, it’s over with and I’m not sure if I’m glad it’s over and done now or if I’m a little sad in my heart about it. I’ve really enjoyed this module a lot! Favourite so … More Exam week
YES!!!! I passed!!! I have to share the amazing news, I didn’t just pass but I got an amazing result. 87% overall mark. I got 91% for clinical skills and 83% for my physiology paper. So proud and happy right now. What a result. My main downfall on my clinical skills was the pulse reading. … More Results are in!!
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.
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