Student editor blog
All posts from: June 2012
'I'm in awe of student nurses who maintain an active social life'

We have all elected to undertake the course, and obviously want to do the best that we can, but I’m sure none of us want to sacrifice our social life in the process.
'It feels strange to be the last of the nursing diplomas'

It may seem very naive of me to say this but when I started my nurse training back in September 2010, I didn’t really consider the academic process too much - I just wanted to be a nurse.
'Do doctors and nurses sometimes try to prolong life too far?'

Having had some prior experience on a care of the elderly ward, sometimes I’ve noticed parts of the medical profession trying to sustain a patient’s life at what seems to be all costs.


Nursing needs its leaders to respond to Francis





