Fallen behind updating this a little bit so lets see if I can start getting back into the swing of things. I finished my first placement on a relatively busy surgical unit on the 8th January, I loved it and had a really good experience for my first placement which makes me a little nervous for my next one which is only 6 weeks away. I'm not sure where I'm going yet although I'm itching to find out. The only stress I had attached to this placement was mistakenly thinking that both me and my mentor had completed all necessary parts of my PAD document only to realise we missed a page and had a last minute dash back to the hospital and to get it handed in on time. I made and was pretty impressed with myself even though I'm sure there was steam coming out of my ears.I PASSED though :)
I also got 68% on my developing graduate skills assignment
And got 87% overall on my anatomy and physiology module.
The next day I was treated to a few days away in London which was pure bliss for me and really recharged my batteries... and stuffed my face. And then we had two weeks off which weirdly felt like too long for me, I think i just got used to being supper busy with placement and before that exams and assignments that I didn't quite know what to do with myself, so i booked my driving theory test and once that's passed I'll hopefully be able to have a few more driving lessons and book my test. If one thing was a pain for my when it came to placement it was relying on public transport.. I was never late getting there but unfortunately the same cannot be said getting home, driving would make my life a lot simpler.
Now we are back at Uni and starting off a new module which I'm hoping will be interesting, really missed all my fellow student nurses so its been great catching up. Still shocked at how quickly times flying by.. we are back out on placement in march and by then we will be halfway through the first year. so I'm making myself little priorities list to see if I can stay organised.
- Revise driving theory
- find time to do more background reading (new module will need it)
- Help with plans to promote SQA role within the trust
- Stop eating so much rubbish (placement was far too close to McDonald's & KFC)
