GP Nurse, Claire Carmichael, gives an overview of what you can expect in your first role as a General Practice Nurse, what will be expected of you and why it’s such a fulfilling career choice.
Topics covered in this article
What Is Expected Of GP Nurses?
What Extra Training Is Required Of GP Nurses?
An Overview Of GP Training Courses
How The Hours Can Vary As A GP Nurse
What To Realistically Expect In Your Practice
What To Expect From Your Patients
What It’s Like To Be A GP Nurse
Introduction
Hi everyone, my name's Claire Carmichael, I'm a newly qualified General Practice Nurse and I'm here today to tell you what to expect if you want to go into General Practice Nursing.
So first things first, I'm just going to quickly do a brief overview of every single thing, well not everything, this list is not limited to, by no means at all, but I'm just going to go through a quick list of things that you would do in your role as a General Practice Nurse.
Just so you can get an overview firstly, if you don't know that sort of thing.
Just so you can sort of see the amount of variation in GP nursing.
And for this one, I'm going back to basics.
I'm actually getting a part script for this because there's so much stuff that a GP Nurse does, I physically just, I don't want to miss anything on this vlog.
Other clinics might be different because GP clinics do their own thing in a way.
One GP might do minor injuries and minor surgery and that sort of thing, whereas, other bonds might not do that sort of thing.
So yes, this list is not limited to, and it might change between practices, disclaimer, first of all.
About this contributor
Registered Nurse
I am a Registered Nurse with over 12 years healthcare experience including: elderly care, orthopaedics, sexual health / family planning, qualified GP nurse, transgender healthcare and now in my new role as an assistant lecturer (as of Nov 2022). I believe that nursing gets a lot of bad press, so I create blogs and vlogs to help anyone considering their nursing career and to create positivity surrounding our profession as I'm so passionate about nursing.
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