You’ve probably read this title and thought ‘oh here we go… what’s this rant about?’ However, this blog post is quite the opposite. I’m here to tell you – you’re fabulous! It was during my second year of the nursing degree that I noticed this. It was during my placement at a GP surgery with … More Dear GP nurse
This is a piece I originally wrote for Birmingham City University and Best in practice Nursing. But thought I would share here if you don’t follow those pages. As a newly qualified nurse, I was excited to be going into my dream job as a practice Nurse. My year 2020 started amazingly and I couldn’t have been … More What it’s like to be a GP Nurse in the COVID-19 Pandemic U.K
Hi all! Welcome back, if you’re new then a huge welcome to my blog. Thanks for popping in 🙂 This is my second week as a NQN general practice nurse (GPN). I thought I’d start this week diary style to keep a log of what I’ve been up to and type as I go to … More Second week as a NQN in GP
So, it’s the end of the week. Not just any week, my first week as a newly qualified nurse working in general practice (GP). What a week it has been – A busy but absolutely amazing one! I’ve loved every second of it. This is exactly where I’m supposed to be and it’s such a … More My first week as a newly qualified nurse in GP
Hi all, I have just uploaded a new vlog all about applying for GP nursing as a newly qualified nurse. This is showing my process, how I did it, and a live reaction video of finding out whether or not I got the job! Not to be missed! Take a look here: https://youtu.be/vdngy5toUt0 Hope … More Applying for General Practice Nursing
As most of you may know, I’m very passionate about primary care nursing. My previous placement within a general practice confirmed that primary care is where the rest of my career will lie. Many people still think that you need so many years experience to become a general practice nurse and this is a myth. … More The Role Of The General Practice Nurse
Hi everyone! As some of you may know, I absolutely love general practice. This was my last placement and I fell completely in love with it all. I already had high expectations before I started but this went above and beyond every single one of them. I have some amazing and exciting news for you … More General Practice Nurse – Student Nurse Network
Day 13 of the Nurse Bloggers / NHS Horizons- 30 day blogger challenge. I have gone on and on about this in previous blogs so I don’t want to bore anyone with the same information haha. So I’m going to do a little summary, actually a count down…. to my favourite placement! Here we go: … More What was my favourite placement?
What an amazing end to my last week of placement! It has been emotional and I was not looking forward to my last day at all…. Monday 30th April 2018: Today I had a great day as always. I worked alongside my mentor in the morning doing various patients: injections, hypertension, diabetes and patient results. … More My final week of general practice placement is finished
We are approaching the end of my placement 😦 Next week is my very last week here and I am gutted. I have had such an incredible experience and I do not want to leave. I have definitely found my passion. What a busy week we have had again. We had patients come in for a … More Week 7 of my GP placement
Diary of a Nurse 