Hello lovely people 😃🫶🏻 Happy International Nurses day! What a fantastic celebratory day this is! 🤓🌟 I love being a student nurse! Being a nurse in general is awesome, but I do love being a neurodivergent student nurse. However we are often underestimated in our abilities and what we can bring! I am very open [...]
My Final student nurse placement: Neuro-surgery!
Hello hello! I should have written this blog at the end of August when I finished, but it’s been mad busy since I finished my very last placement! I am 3 months into being a newly registered nurse and soon to graduate but wanted to share the experience of my final placement. It was an [...]
The underdog – Deed not breed.
This blog post has been a long time coming but a recent experience has encouraged me to write. A few weeks ago while purchasing ice cream I was asked by another customer if my my dog “was even legal”. I was honestly gob smacked! It was the most bizarre experience as the couple were quite [...]
Stage 3 Nursing Module
Hello! This was a very interesting module! It is hard to believe this is my very last nursing module! In this module we covered all things adult nursing. This included adult complexities such as: stroke, diabetes, sepsis, chronic kidney disease, dementia, breast cancer, epilepsy oxygen therapy, tracheostomy care, antimicrobial stewardship and DNACP and anticipatory care [...]
A Placement in A and E
Hello! It has been a while! So this placement took place last year... (winter to be specific) so as you can imagine this was a very busy time to have a placement in A and E especially as a result of strikes and strains on the ambulance crew at the time. I enjoyed what learning [...]
I am a Neurodivergent Student Nurse.
Hello hello! Happy New Year to you all! 2023 wow! To think my blog is 5 year old this month! Thank you for still reading my posts! 2022 was a toughy because I lost my beloved Star and Carina quite close together 🐾 and with this they took with them a little- a lot part [...]
Science 3 Reflection
Hello! I can't believe I am writing about my experience of Science 3 already! This nursing journey is flying in! We started our science module in September and have just completed our exam this week so it was a 7 week module in total. I am proud of my application to this module as it [...]
Benefits and Challenges to Studying Nursing.
Hello folks! The news reported yesterday that there has been a reduction in the number of applications made for nursing courses across Scottish Universities this year-700 according to First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. Eileen McKenna: Associate Director RCN Scotland explained on STV news that the RCN have lobbied for a number of years to get the [...]
Stage 2 Alternative Practice Placement 2022
Hello hello! My last 5 weeks of second year have been filled with Alternative Practice Placement programme. This program comprised of lots of opportunity to do self learning and some group work both online and on campus so it had a blended learning approach. Week 1 involved completing the practice supervisory NES units via Turas [...]
Fair Pay for Nurses: Scotland Vote!
Hello hello! Hope your all keeping well! Nurses pay has fallen below an average of 8% in the last 10 years! A mixture of poor pay and an increase of the cost of living have left many nurses on the bread line, despite the hard work that they do for others. It’s time to have [...]