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Notes On…”A New Decade.”

Well, it has been a long time since I last posted anything so I thought I would put finger to keyboard and get something out there.

Notes On…Preceptorship and beyond…

I felt it was time to come to you with a blog post for two reasons. The first being, it has been an awful long time since I last wrote something, and the second being that I have officially completed my year of preceptorship and I am now technically, a non-newly qualified nurse. Scary orContinue reading “Notes On…Preceptorship and beyond…”

Notes On…’A Year Later…’

So, I find myself writing one year to the day that my dad unexpectedly passed away. After falling ill five days previously, my family and I found ourselves in the horrendous situation of being sat at his bedside in ICU following life saving surgery. And after five days of very little sleep, and very littleContinue reading “Notes On…’A Year Later…’”

Notes On…’Newly Qualified, and Out There…’

The Beginning of Nursing. So, I come to you writing as a newly qualified nurse one month into the role. I thought being a student nurse was hard. I thought my preceptorship training was tough going. But neither of those paled into comparison to what it is like wearing those blues. I knew things wereContinue reading “Notes On…’Newly Qualified, and Out There…’”

Notes On…’A Year’

What a Difference a Year Makes… So, after a number of nursing related blog entries, I have decided to shake things up a little by writing about a subject I have written about A LOT. Love and relationships. Something that has been both a blessing and a curse in my life since year dot. IContinue reading “Notes On…’A Year’”

Notes On…’The End.’

The Closing of One Door, and the Tentative Opening of the Next… So, after the trilogy of blog posts I wrote about being the third-year adult nursing student, I felt it necessary to turn it into a quadrilogy, as I have now, officially, passed the finish line, and it is a milestone I wanted toContinue reading “Notes On…’The End.’”

Notes On…’Acknowledgements’

After achieving a number of milestones this week, some academic, some personal, I take time to reflect on these through the written word with the following poem. I have also decided to experiment with writing in the first person.

Notes On…’Being the 3rd Year. Collected.’

The 3rd Year Nursing Journey Thus Far… ’Being the 3rd Year’ Pt. 1′ I write for the second time this week on a completely different subject: being a 3rd year nursing student. First of all, I have to just point out that I never thought I would get to this point. There have been someContinue reading “Notes On…’Being the 3rd Year. Collected.’”

Notes On…’Being the 3rd Year Pt.3′

The Last Stage… So, I write after a bit of a long break, as a 3rd year adult student nurse who is now, five weeks away from finishing this course. A course that has made me live like a pauper for nigh on three years, made me want to pull my own hair out, madeContinue reading “Notes On…’Being the 3rd Year Pt.3′”

Notes On…’The Cord Between’

I was scrolling through my blog folder and found an unpublished one from a year ago. I thought I might share it with you. My quest for love has been an ongoing one for many years, and while I find myself in a new relationship (which is lovely by the way), I thought it wouldContinue reading “Notes On…’The Cord Between’”