And that’s final day of Masters teaching for 2025 done earlier this week. Time to crack down and submit 1 paper before the end of the year, and finish this masters module before Jan, all whilst trying to avoid catching flu amongst the early flu peak this year ! 😷

First few weeks as an NRN done. Yikes. People weren’t kidding when they said it was hard. Today another trip to Southampton for the MRes though.

Masters teaching day 2 coming up😎

Well - now my Twitter account has been hacked it looks like I’m here entirely rather than Twitter now!

first day of the masters degree tomorrow 🧑‍🎓 and first time going to the city that said masters is in !

What a great article by Millie that I can certainly relate to. The winding down of motivation as financial pressures mount, and I myself found myself more drawn to putting things into practice and lost a bit of academic oomph towards the end in the whole juggling act. Still - we got there.

Been combining my pre-employment check visits with checking out the local eats - today a rather ace (vegan) falafel wrap from Eastern Oven at Kirkgate Market en route from Jimmy’s to station. A little pricey but worth it. Photo does not do the joy it brought me justice…

Brill first day at #SOA25 - tonight means time to get ready for my ePoster tomorrow!

Getting packed and ready for #SOA25 that I’m setting off for tomorrow. Looking forward to meeting new folk and catching up with people I haven’t seen for a while!

It does seem like there is absolutely no other occasion when I am more on top of my household chores than when I have a deadline. I may have my final uni deadline tomorrow and have not submitted anything, but at least my flat is cleaner than ever and I’ve done all possible laundry.

The winners of the 2025 Student Nursing Times Awards have been announced. Find out who won what here: www.nursingtimes.net/education-an... #SNTA

Has been a lovely few days of good weather up in Yorkshire ☀️

Having some R&R at last. Last week I had all of my uni deadlines but ended up as a patient on a specialist ward for the best part of a week. Though Spring break now finally feels that it has begun - but will be back to being a patient next week to start a new (& hopefully improved) treatment regime.

En route to #RCNEd25 for the next couple of days.

Really pleased that my abstract has been accepted for #SOA25 looking at non-pharmacological interventions to manage delirium in critical care. Looking forward to my third SOA congress but first time presenting! @ics-updates.bsky.social

So pleased to have received my final placement allocation as ICU - pleased to be concluding my student nursing days in intensive care prior to entering NQN life 💙

Busy with literature review writing for my final undergraduate essay, alongside trying to write a (part-time) Masters application, plus funding application too. February is flying by…!

100th parkrun today (followed by brunch!) I had a goal of getting my 100 milestone before finishing uni and I managed it 6 months early 🥳

📢New Editorial📢 - 'The Overlooked Inequality: How Severe Mental Illness and Chronic Kidney Disease Intersect' @becky-n.bsky.social and I wrote a brief overview of the issue for Kidney News - you can read it here: doi.org/10.62716/kn....

Getting ready for first night shift of 2025… it’s been a while since my last night so a bit out of practice but I do enjoy nights.

A day house viewing in Oxford for my new job, and as well as another important task - sussing out the local coffee spots.

Finished off the year with a busy volunteer ambulance shift up in Derbyshire. 2024 was a challenging but good one, and I’m proud of myself for what I achieved over the year, with a lot of fun on the way. Here’s to an even better 2025. Wishing everyone a lovely year 💙

I keep seeing “person/ people with neurodiversity” and “neurodiverse individual” come up (e.g. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...). Why does this matter? Not only is it linguistically wrong, but it also means that autistic people are unintentionally “othered” again Neurodiversity INCLUDES US ALL

Biscuit & I are signing off for Christmas. Have a good one everyone who celebrates - whether you’re working over the festive period or not, I hope the next few days are gentle & joyful 💙 Thinking of those having a difficult one this year x

HCAs, APs, NAs in all sectors The RCN & Nursing Support Workers Committee have co-produced a survey in a bid to find out what members in support worker roles need from the RCN Help to improve RCN services for you & your peers. Deadline is 31 December. surveys.rcn.org.uk/s/SFDP8E/

First week of underway of (student) A/L and as well as rest, I’ve also managed to complete my ambulance revalidation and nearly finish data extraction of a systematic review. All of this happens during annual leave as it’s hard to fit in during full time shift patterns as this term has been busy!

Trying to make the most of annual leave - day 1 today. Baked the Christmas cake (a little late). To be honest - I’ve never liked fruit cake but love the process of baking it for my family.

3 more placement shifts - and one 🚑 shift - then Christmas break! This will be the last Christmas where I have 3 consecutive weeks off for likely a very long time as it’s my last year at uni - so I’m going to make the most of it!

York in December (whilst out running) - cold but bright today ❄️🌅

Next Wednesday! Please share with any NRN or StN colleagues/friends who may be interested #NurseSky @thercn.bsky.social

A 0 degrees, snow, sleet & all round soggy parkrun this morning but great to get out before an afternoon bank shift later 🥶🏃

Little win today - cannulated an actual person for the first time!

The RCN Newly-Registered Network are excited to invite you to our webinar on 11th Dec 'Leading Your 1st Shift in Charge' www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve... We'll be joined by early career nurses speaking on their experiences, the leadership and management forum and the Leadership Academy

so…… I got the job 🥹🤯😳

I've started a UK Nursing Starter Pack - for all your favourite accounts 😂 Let's regrow a productive and professional space! Let me know if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/PhwkYGi

Hoping to create a starter pack of students & NQ nurses but looking for more people. Please share / let me know if you want to be added 💙 go.bsky.app/2cJXxqq

Biscuit is helping me prepare for my first job interview tomorrow (Critical care RN) - providing the calming factor whilst I try and prepare.

Trying to sort a starter pack for U.K. nurses! Message or tag me to add you 😊 go.bsky.app/ALPQAHk

A quick introduction since the move here 🌌 I’m a final year student nurse up in Yorkshire. I’m often found on an ambulance (as a volunteer), or out running. I’m involved in a bit of research here and there, and hope to work in critical care when I qualify 💙🚑🧑‍🎓