Multi-tasking taken to the extreme!

Hi everyone,

So as I get further into my nurse training and I'm coming towards the end of my first year and my workload is crazy at the moment, really pushing multi tasking to the extreme. So updating this has kind of gone to one side while I focus on:

1: 1500 word essay for my caring and compassionate foundations skills for nursing practice module (sticking to the word Count is going to be challenging)

2: 2000 word essay on professional practice

3: 20 minute group presentation on an ethical issue relating to nursing

4: medications management exam (and mock next week)

5: medications Osce

This workload is insane!

Most on this only being set 3 weeks ago and due in in the next two weeks. Whilst balancing working and trying to spend time with friends and my fiance.

STRESSED.

Oh yeah and I start my third and final placement of the year on the 18th July on the outpatients department. I definitely enjoy placement way more than theory

I'm still loving my training and after a difficult few months I am pretty proud of myself and my fellow student nurses for getting through this year so far.

I've got this last hurdle of assignments and placements to get through and then a week in Crete sipping cocktails and lying on a beach before I start second year.

It's crazy to think another few months and I'll officially be halfway through my training. I'm definitely someone who has to be kept busy that's for sure.

Basic life support skills and moving & handling

So it seems like its been forever since I did a blog post, this month has been a bit non-stop preparing for my anatomy and physiology exam (thank god that's over with). I think it went quite well just purely from the fact I walked out smiling and non planning to move far far away.. I'll find out my results in two or three weeks so we will see.

At the moment we have clinical skills week before starting placement on monday, (little bit nervous). Cinical skills week is kind of like mandatory training and basic skills we will need during out first placement. So far we had moving and handling yesterday which pretty much consisted of safe techniques, and risk assessment techniques for when moving, transferring or rolling a patient. As well as how to use equipment like slide sheets, hoists and pat slides. It's training that I have had before but its always good to have a refreshers specially when different workplaces have different preferences.






Today we did basic life support techniques, and went through how to assess a patient (A-E assessment, SAMPLE, SBAR) and emergency procedures for deteriorating patients and cardiac arrests, apart from almost giving myself a black eye with the mannequins head when practising chest thrusts I'd sat it went well if not slightly embarrassing. Emergency CPR I felt fairly okay with after having training and simulations a few times now I feel like I could be a little bit more useful in that situation even if I'm just calling for help or getting the re-suss trolley.

Tomorrow after we finish I'm going over to the ward I'm on for placement to meet my mentor and have a look around which I'm pretty excited for if I'm honest. Although I can see myself getting lost at Chorley hospital, its a bit or a maze but maybe that's because I haven't worked there before.

Oh and I've been appointed a student quality ambassador and have a welcome event next week in Liverpool. Its all going great at the moment.