Welcome to the University of Surrey’s Child Nursing Blog! We are really excited you are here and can’t wait for you to read some of the amazing posts we have in store for you. From reflections to top tips, we hope this blog will help you through your nursing journey and provide some insight into […]
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The last three years has definitely been a challenging journey, but learning to manage my expectations, handling constant changes and pushing myself out of my comfort zone recently has been an unexpected challenge. As I’m writing this, I should be starting my second week of my final, sign off placement before starting my NQN job […]
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#hellomynameis Shannon, I’m a first-year student who unfortunately had their first year cut short due to the current pandemic. It feels so surreal that when I return to uni I’ll be a second year. Nevertheless, first year has been a whirlwind and I am here to talk about the feelings I had throughout this year. And boy, there were a lot of them! So, let’s just get started. To start with […]
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#hellomynameisBenji and I’m a first year children’s nursing student at Surrey. I thought I would write to encourage prospective students who are thinking of applying to do nursing at Surrey, and to give my rather unconventional testimony of my journey through the process, and some stuff about what its like for me now that I’ve […]
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Hello my name is Zoe and I’m a Teaching Fellow in Child Health Nursing at the University of Surrey. I joined the University in October 2019 and I have been nursing for 16 years having graduated in 2004! I have had various roles and I thought it was a good time of year to share […]
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Having spent time on a mental health ward for a seven-week placement I had an insight into what inpatient care was like for our young people. There was 24-hour care, staff wherever and whenever they needed, bright colourful walls, freshly made meals from ingredients they bought the same day, games, TV’s and all the comfort […]
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