End of placement, end of fun!

Last night I finished my first ever placement and I am feeling really sad! I loved it so much. LOVED IT!!! I realise that sounds pretty sad to love your job but I really did, and I’m not ashamed to admit it!
I wish I could write every little detail but it would take forever! I’ve learnt SO much. I thought I was learning stuff in the classroom at Uni, but honestly, in the placement I have learnt about 1000 times more and things you’ve read about really come together in practice. My mentor was absolutely fantastic, and I am so lucky for that. She was encouraging and helpful, explained everything and let me do more things than I was expecting!

Some parts have been so hard, such as when you get patients on the child protection list in, or when you have a kids with cancer, it’s so sad and I really do have to try not to think about things too much or I’d be a wreck! I think one thing I’ve learnt is that I am far more controlled with my emotions than I thought I’d be, and when I’m working with a family which have done something bad, I can still treat them like people, and hide what I may be feeling. I guess, or at least I hope, that’s part of being a good nurse.

Now for the best bits, and that has to be the kids! I couldn’t help getting attached to quite a few! I wanted to bring some of them home, and if I had a day off I’d wonder how they were getting on! The best bit is when you leave someone for the night, who is pretty ill and then you come in the morning and they’re bouncing around, it never ceases to amaze me! How resilient are kids, ey? I was worried before I went on placement that I’d be rubbish with children but I surprised myself by feeling completely at ease and really understanding them. It’s a relief really! Ohhhh I don’t want to go back to Uni, I want to stay on my ward forever! My mentor even said she’d give me a job there! Woo! How much I would love that! I have til January 2011 til I qualify and I know I’m wishing my life away but I want to be qualified now, have a proper job and still be loving it!

I think I’d better get going, or I’ll just turn into some super crazy hyper active loon! I’m just so so so so so happy! Hope everyone is fab, I see I’m gathering a canny few followers – thanks for your comment on the last blog Mandy I have only just noticed it! Hope Uni is going fab for you, not long to go til placement!

Much Love!

PS If you hadn’t already gathered I passed my placement! Woo hoo!!! :o)