Cervical Screening – A General Practice Nurse Perspective

When I first qualified as a nurse, after a year consolidating my training on a surgical ward, I accepted a position on a gynaecology ward. I’m afraid I did not enjoy it at all and so, when years later I decided to become a General Practice Nurse (GPN), one of my main concerns was that…

Managing emotions at placement

Placements can be very emotionally draining, we’re often working with extremely unwell people, we may face violence and aggression, hold the hand of a person taking their last breath, tell a family impossibly difficult news and care for patients as their lives change forever. Although we are (student) nurses, we are also human, it’s natural…

Preparing for Placement

At present, clinical placements make up roughly 50% of a nursing degree. When I remember back to my first day, I was excited, anxious, scared, nervous, and a sense of disbelief in that “wow, I am actually here, real peoples’ lives. It was terrifying, but throughout my training, whilst those first day nerves remain at…

So, You’re About to Start Your Nursing Degree…

So, you’re about to start your nursing degree and most-likely full of mixed emotions, questions and anxieties – well, I was anyway. I’m just going into my second year, studying adult nursing at the University of Plymouth and as I write this, it’s exactly one year since I was made an offer! I went through…

Twitter accounts to follow

@StNurseProject and its members: @DannGooding, @MissLucyMay, @JessLSainsbury, @malestudntnurse, @Ewout1985, @debscooper131, @C_Carmichael83, @lily_parham, @PUNCrachPalmer, @MannersOfMarple, @SchofieldRosie and @Beth_StMidwife  @theRCN, @RCNStudents and your local region/branch of the RCN such as @RCNDerbyshire or @SouthEastRCN @nmcnews @NHSEngland and @NHSmillion @WeNurses and all the sister accounts: @WeParamedics, @WeCYPnurses, @WeMHNurses, @WeLDnurses, @WeHealthVisitor, @WeAHPs, @WeMidwives, @WeGPNs, @WeDocs, @WePharmacists @FabNHSStuff @NICEcomms @ptsafetyNHS -…