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… workforce. The autonomy which comes with the role helps me to personalise my teaching and mentoring strategies … first-hand the experiences of others has stuck with me. “My other inspiration came from my old line manager. Her ambition, passion and drive always amazed me and there is a part of me that aspires to have the working …
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… runner. From Board to Ward. We leave our colleagues to visit a man in his seventies who has already had one part of … and daughter both laugh. As we leave, the daughter says to me: “We know that Harefield is a very good hospital. They’ve … runner. From Board to Ward. We leave our colleagues to visit a man in his seventies who has already had one part of …
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… it’s a lot, it’s pressure,” says another theatre nurse to me afterwards. “But every patient is different and the job is … low pay, there had to be a reason all the people around me were smiling, making jokes, enjoying their work together. … I had to agree. It’s the main thing that had struck me during the shift – how well everyone worked together. “But …
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… that makes the point, perhaps more emphatically and, for me, more personally. This is called the Wheelchair Challenge … back and out of your wheelchair, surprisingly fast. For me, the Wheelchair Challenge was just a once-in-a-lifetime … have loved to have felt that I had someone to support me – I felt very alone throughout this process.” And “It's …
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… monitored as they sleep… or try to sleep. Dr Hare tells me that many patients with sleep issues can be monitored at … symptoms. My ears prick up – could there be hints to help me too? It includes getting up at the same time each morning … resident doctor is on rotation in the department. He tells me, of all the hospitals to get experience in lung health and …
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… got on my motorbike and went home…” The patient is telling me about the time he nearly died and the time when, even in … careers. “We all really depend on each other which makes me feel valuable, an asset to the team.” I begin to see the … I’ve met is certainly grateful. “If this had happened to me 20 years ago, without all these drugs, I would basically …
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… heart surgeons, and so we became friendly enough for me to ask him – he was only too pleased to show me what he does in theatre, and the day was set. I arrived at … course needed to change into scrubs, a new experience for me in itself (top tip – don’t think that because they are …
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… Hospital has always been a very familiar place to me; I went to school locally, I did voluntary work here … it back then. This constant evolution is what has kept me here. About every three to five years there is major … for around 25 years as a ward nurse, it would be hard for me to go back to ward nursing now. Technology has changed the …
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… and the best thing of all is when the junior doctors tell me that they have had fun even though they are on call. … come up with is that I didn’t choose the heart – it chose me! From the very first lectures in anatomy, embryology and … the cardiovascular system that seemed to make sense to me – I never felt as though I had to work at it. There is a …
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… They can now only move one finger. “They have said to me, when I don’t have any quality of life anymore, I will … and triaging in terms of who would live or die.” “It set me up really well for covid because you had to think outside … They can now only move one finger. “They have said to me, when I don’t have any quality of life anymore, I will …
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