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Jess is a psychiatric nurse who loves her job and is grateful for the opportunities and experiences it has given her. It’s changed her outlook on life and helped develop her appreciation of others.

Samantha Whittle is an RMN who thinks mental health nursing should still be called Psychiatric Nursing. Here’s her reason why….

“I held her hand as she told me stories. She knew she was never leaving her hospital bed and that she was dying. I feel blessed that my profession enabled me to be the one to be with her on her final night”

From practicing as a nurse, to owning her own consultancy and meeting David Cameron, we interview Sarah Dawkins to gain an insight on the journey nursing has taken her on.

Gabriela Parvu describes a typical day in her job as a Ward Nurse on a surgical ward.

We interview student nurse, April Baker. April’s a first year nursing student at Plymouth University. We find out how she’s getting on in her studies.

To gain an insight to what it's like working the dreaded night shifts, we asked nurses across our social networks what they thought of it - here are their opinions.

Fatigue. If you've worked night shifts. you've probably experienced it. This is a worry for medical staff, who need to stay alert to care for patients.

The saying goes 'there's no such thing as bad publicity', however with headlines creating negative perceptions of nursing, this isn't always the case.