Category: Nursing
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Jobs and nursing…
I’ve started looking at jobs. Yes, I know I’m about to finish my second year and it’s a tiny bit early but as previously mentioned – nursing is a big…
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Reflection – the ability Learning Disability nurses have to shape their own learning
Counting down placement hours can be a really daunting thing as a nursing student; however I’ve just counted down 15 in one of my favourite ways so far – Positive…
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Nursing at York: The Placement / Theory / Life Balance
I’ve written before that nursing is a full-time course with long hours and 45 weeks of the year, so let’s talk about balance. I think now I’m half way through…
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Wait, so you’re an elderly nurse? But you look so young!
“No, LD, a Learning Disability nurse!” A couple of colleagues and I, all Learning Disability student nurses, went to a recent conference with Health Education England (HEE). We met fellow…
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Nursing is incredible
For this blog to work, I’ve got to be honest. You’ve seen the media – NHS nurses are overworked, underpaid and stressed. Student funding has been cut across the country…
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My five favourite beauty spots on campus!
So this is my final blog and I thought I would end on a spring note! The university, as you may know, is set on wonderful parkland around Europe’s largest…
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Is there a life outside a nursing degree?
As you may have seen the undergraduate nursing degree course is very full-on, with an equal divide between placement and theory hours. However it is important to have a work-life…
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My life as a nursing student!
It’s a cold day in December, my alarm goes off at 05.30 and I rush to catch the bus ready for another day on placement. The sky is still dark…
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Welcome to Nursing at York!
First of all, I am really pleased that you are considering Nursing at the University of York. Now, to decide where to actually go to study? …It’s not a very…