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Lower your expectations.
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Everything you learnt at medical school goes out the window because you rarely use it
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Don't know what to do: ABCDE.
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Still don't know what to do: trust guidelines, have a quick Google, ask someone else.
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Don’t take everything to heart. People get stressed and take it out on you
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Take care of yourself. Do what you can.
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Prepare to work hard. You’ll miss lunch, you’ll work when you’re sick and you have to give some stuff up.
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There are so many embarrassing moments and mistakes ahead.
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Don’t expect a lot of praise.
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There’ll probably be not so great placements.
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Be prepared to laugh and cry.
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Don’t do things just because you feel pressured.
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Don’t be afraid to say no.
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Book annual leave EARLY. Don’t just rely on emailing the coordinator to warn them, a lot of the time that doesn’t work.
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You’ll be under a lot of stress. Expect a lot of pressure to do several things at once
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Nurses can be super useful and also unhelpful
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Document everything.
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ASK. Ask. Ask.
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Question everything. If someone asks you to do something, ask why. Apparently ‘because my consultant wants it’ isn’t a good enough reason.
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