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What my first birth was like as a student midwife

What my first birth was like as a student midwife

Student midwife, Louisa, reflects on her first experience of a birth, and highlights the procedures and emotions that it can involve.
Career Pathways
Theatre nurses at work

How I became a Theatre Nurse, what I do and why I love this job

I’m a 24-year-old Theatre Nurse working at the Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust. I specialise in general and emergency. Here’s my story - about how I became a Theatre Nurse and what I do.
Career Pathways
Tips for nurses when not working and in Coronavirus lockdown

Tips for nurses when not working and in Coronavirus lockdown

Chloe, Registered Mental Health Nurse, has been thinking about activities nurses can do when not at work during the Coronavirus lockdown measures.
Wellbeing
Your guide to the 10 Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs)

Your guide to the 10 Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs)

In view of the Coronavirus crisis here's a reminder of the 10 Standard Infection Control Precautions - the essential standards of infection prevention.
Career Development
How Covid-19 is changing my life as an ICU nurse in a London hospital

How Covid-19 is changing my life as an ICU nurse in a London hospital

An ICU nurse working in intensive care across two busy London hospitals reflects on the scale of impact that the Coronavirus pandemic has had on her working and personal life.
Opinion
How Coronavirus has affected me as a General Practice Nurse

How Coronavirus has affected me as a General Practice Nurse

Claire, a GP Nurse, describes in detail what it's like working in General Practice and what she's doing in and out of work to guard against the virus.
Opinion
The reality of working in mental health during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The reality of working in mental health during the Covid-19 Pandemic

A Mental Health Nurse considers her own situation and that of her patients within the context of the Coronavirus crisis and shares her concern that there is not enough PPE available to protect nurses
Wellbeing
Here's how the Coronavirus outbreak has changed my learning disabilities nursing job

Here's how the Coronavirus outbreak has changed my learning disabilities nursing job

I work in a care home for people with learning disabilities and here's how the Coronavirus outbreak has changed my job.
Wellbeing
A student nurse confronts the reality of Coronavirus

A student nurse confronts the reality of Coronavirus

Elaine, a 3rd year student nurse, took to her shifts this week and experienced the impact of Coronavirus in all its forms. This is, as she points out, meant to be the year of the nurse…
Opinion
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