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hey! In Grace, I'm also a children's nurse, I started in September at Nottingham and go on placement in January. il be on children's surgical wards :smile:

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Original post by graceey_bear

hey! In Grace, I'm also a children's nurse, I started in September at Nottingham and go on placement in January. il be on children's surgical wards :smile:

Hello Grace, lovely to meet a fellow children's nurse! Sounds exciting! How are you finding Nottingham? I think surgical is a great place to start, because it's very general and you will see a variety of things.

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Original post by Alice_95

Hello Grace, lovely to meet a fellow children's nurse! Sounds exciting! How are you finding Nottingham? I think surgical is a great place to start, because it's very general and you will see a variety of things.

it's brilliant thanks! my lecturers are so good! :smile:

love clinical!! we've been playing on the sim dolls! our first year is mostly theory so that we do lots of clinical in yr 2 &3, the boring bits gone first :tongue:

have you signs up to your union yet? I went with RCN :tongue:

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KingGoonIan

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2nd year of Adult Nursing at Surrey. Am loving my current placement on ITU because it's 1 to 1 nursing so you have the opportunity to learn a lot and its my longest placement this year at 11 weeks. When you start a new placement always demonstrate you're enthusiastic by asking questions etc otherwise mentors may not bother trying to teach you.

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KingGoonIan

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Original post by Katiej3970

Hey everyone, i'm asking this question on behalf of my friend who has just sent her ucas off to study Adult Nursing. When do placements start? Is it in the first or second year?

Thanks

Both; you get placements every year it counts for half your grade each year at my Uni.

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Original post by KingGoonIan

2nd year of Adult Nursing at Surrey. Am loving my current placement on ITU because it's 1 to 1 nursing so you have the opportunity to learn a lot and its my longest placement this year at 11 weeks. When you start a new placement always demonstrate you're enthusiastic by asking questions etc otherwise mentors may not bother trying to teach you.

Hello.

1st year of adult nursing, starting placement in Jan - Can't wait! How are you finding hours, is there a certain amount of hours per week you need to do etc..

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Original post by KingGoonIan

Both; you get placements every year it counts for half your grade each year at my Uni.

Thank you for your reply :smile:

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Original post by graceey_bear

it's brilliant thanks! my lecturers are so good! :smile:

love clinical!! we've been playing on the sim dolls! our first year is mostly theory so that we do lots of clinical in yr 2 &3, the boring bits gone first :tongue:

have you signs up to your union yet? I went with RCN :tongue:

Ah that's great!! Ah ok, I like the simulation stuff too. I signed up the the RCN too :biggrin:

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Original post by KingGoonIan

2nd year of Adult Nursing at Surrey. Am loving my current placement on ITU because it's 1 to 1 nursing so you have the opportunity to learn a lot and its my longest placement this year at 11 weeks. When you start a new placement always demonstrate you're enthusiastic by asking questions etc otherwise mentors may not bother trying to teach you.

Hello, nice to meet you. That sounds wonderful, all the best with the placement :smile:

Thank you for the advice!

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Original post by Alice_95

Ah that's great!! Ah ok, I like the simulation stuff too. I signed up the the RCN too :biggrin:

it's all been very go go go! lectures started at 9am throughout freshers etc, :tongue:

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Original post by graceey_bear

it's all been very go go go! lectures started at 9am throughout freshers etc, :tongue:

Oh yes same!!! I was meant to have a lecture this morning but it was cancelled due to the weather.

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Original post by Alice_95

Oh yes same!!! I was meant to have a lecture this morning but it was cancelled due to the weather.

I'm in 9-5 today, it's a killer walking in the rain & wind!

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Original post by graceey_bear

I'm in 9-5 today, it's a killer walking in the rain & wind!

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Gosh of course! I'll be popping in later for my ward badge and placement folder, and doing some skill practice. All the best on a wet and windy day :biggrin:

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Original post by Alice_95

Gosh of course! I'll be popping in later for my ward badge and placement folder, and doing some skill practice. All the best on a wet and windy day :biggrin:

I've got my badge it's hideous haha, and ooh tell me about it! I don't think many people realise how full in the course actually is!x

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Original post by KingGoonIan

2nd year of Adult Nursing at Surrey. Am loving my current placement on ITU because it's 1 to 1 nursing so you have the opportunity to learn a lot and its my longest placement this year at 11 weeks. When you start a new placement always demonstrate you're enthusiastic by asking questions etc otherwise mentors may not bother trying to teach you.

ITU is fabolous, all sorts of machines and 1-1 care!
I'm a healthcare assistant at ITU :biggrin:

but I work bank shifts now.

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