Her world was a mess, so she lost herself in a wonderland of madness.

 

So I appear to have neglected my blog already. Oh the shame! Truth be told, I have been away to my second home in Gran Canaria. Being back with my friends out there was amazing & I honestly had the best time. But it has put a lot into perspective for me since being back & I have realised that I when I struggle with certain aspects in life, I can go into self-destruct mode. This needs to be addressed. The title of this blog explains me to a T right now. 

I need to get back into my University work & snap out of it. I am sitting on a 3000 word essay with an imminent deadline but my get up & go seems to have got up & gone?! Not to mention a looming placement which I have done no reading up on. What’s happening to me?! I need to snap out of it! 

My heart skips-skips-skips a beat

 

PLACEMENTS ARE OUT! Today I found out that my first placement is going to be on a Cardiology Ward and to say that I am bricking it would be an understatement! In three weeks time I am going to be caring for patients who have suffered heart attacks, irregular heartbeats & who have pacemakers. I think I’m on the verge of a cardiac arrest panicking about it all! 

I honestly could not ask for a better ward to be placed on, but it has really hit home as to how real this now is. These patients are going to be stable but seriously ill & my CPR skills are less than desirable! Besides panicking, I am actually really excited about this & am itching to put my little uniform on. Student Nurse Kayleigh. I’ve wanted this since I was a little girl 🙂 

 

 

Give a girl the right shoes & she can conquer the world….

Well, lets be honest.. With these sexual beings I’m not going to be conquering anything besides the urge to throw myself in front of a bus!! These are the most sensible & ugly shoes that I ever intend to purchase in my life. They also make my feet look ridiculously small?! 

These are in fact my new shoes that I have purchased for my placement in the local hospital in 3 weeks time. 3 bloody weeks until they let me loose on the public! Scary, huh?! I recommend that anyone within my local area tries to refrain from being poorly in that time frame or you may have me forced upon you. Poor souls!

The Face Behind The Blog

So it’s just occurred to me that I have so far written this blog a faceless woman. So I decided that it’s only fair that I upload a picture so you can actually see who I am. If you have so far judged me on my blog, I do not blame you for mistaking me for either a 5 or an 87 year old, what with my apparent inability to work a computer as, so far, my blog is looking pretty poor! Hopefully I’ll get used to it & can try & jazz it up a little!!

Just a short & sweet one for now, no doubt I’ll be back later!!

The Journey Begins…

Well, where do I start?

My name is Kayleigh, I am 23 years old & I have just embarked upon a degree in Adult Nursing at a University in the UK. This is my first ever blog (please bare with me!) and I am doing it for a few reasons. One of these is to track my professional development and to practice the art that is reflection (the lecturers would be so proud reading this!). Secondly, to hopefully meet other student nurses so we are able to support each other, let off some steam and discuss general nursey bits with as my friends are already getting annoyed with me attacking them with a stethoscope as soon as they walk through the door! The third reason is to give an insight to those who are interested as to what being a nurse is really about as all I seem to see or hear is bad press.

I do feel like I need to explain the name of my blog ‘She’s Running With Needles’. Before you all start panicking, don’t worry. I am perfectly aware of Health & Safety so you needn’t avoid me on hospital wards etc. I wont be running around, needles in hand and spilling blood (I hope!). It just seems a very fitting way to explain how I am currently feeling with the pressure of the workload. I feel that with each bio-science lesson, each new skill I have to master and the never ending amount of foreign words that I hear on a daily basis, I am hurrying around trying to keep myself balanced. However, I will admit it. I am a little scared that I will fall and hurt myself. ‘It’s normal in your first year, we’ve all been there’ I hear you say. I know this and so far I am loving every second of my nurse training, despite how overwhelming it is.