Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog post, thank you so much for taking the time to give this a read. I really hope this one is useful for you. I wanted to do this review as I feel it’s one of the top question’s student nurses ask me “What shoes / footwear do … More Nursing shoes UK Review
Hi all! So I’m over half way through my management placement now – 3 weeks left actually, wow! When did time start going so fast?! I think it’s because I’m enjoying every minute of my placement. It’s so refreshing waking up and being excited to go to placement rather than that feel of dread that … More Management Placement Doubt vs Confidence
Hi all, I have hand made some student nurse placement packs and you can find them here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/697746406/student-nurse-placement-pack These are all of my notes through the three years of university and placements (minus my management placement) and combined into a pack for you. These have helped me so much throughout my placements. I’ve passed placements … More Student Nurse Placement Packs
Hi all, I did a little Vlog on week 4 of my nursing placement. Have a look here: https://youtu.be/niUksyo0Njs This week Vlog involves; Datix incident reporting, dealing with patient families and medication errors that could happen. Have a great week everyone!
Firstly, let’s start with the patients who first get admitted to our ward. Patient’s will either get admitted straight from A&E, another ward (or hallway) or they will get admitted from the theatre after their operation. The first thing you have to do, is your thorough assessments and observations. This is the first step in … More Orthopaedic Wards – Admissions
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
Dear Diary, So I start my last placement for second year on Monday. I will be back on the wards again, it feels like forever since I have been on a ward… November 2017! Wow, this year REALLY has flown past me. I wanted to do a little blog post on this, do a blog … More Starting my last placement of second year on Monday!
Hi all, As part of second year, we are given 4 weeks to complete 150 hours of community volunteering. We have to set this up ourselves and pick where ever we wish to work as long as it’s not within the normal healthcare setting where we can have a placement. So places like; various charities … More Community scoping experience
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?
Day 11 of the blogger nurse 30 day challenge. Now, the real question here is, what don’t I eat! Haha. I’m obsessed with eating! You wouldn’t think it to look at me, I’m tall and skinny Malinky (my nan used to call me this). There was an old Scottish song that went with it too… … More What do I eat on my breaks ?
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