[The Life of Shaun #590] Nurse Shaun

That's it - as of today, I am officially a Registered Nurse at the Nursing and Midwifery Council.  I finished my placement hours last week, had my hours and documentation validated, received my 'invitation' to register today, and was quickly added to the register once I paid my registration fee (£120/year, if you can believe it, to which will be soon added my £197 Royal College of Nursing fee [union fee - I'm officially blue collar now]).

I will be working at a specialist cancer hospital on a small NHS ward, with only eight beds, which specialises in palliative care and complex needs.  I'm really happy with the placement as this is the area I am most interested in, and I've enjoyed my shifts on small wards - it's hard to feel like you're getting lost in the fray in such a diminutive setting.

I am taking a little break before I start, though.  Sushil and I leave on Friday for ten days in Mexico, then I will spend a week in LA, and a week off here before my first nursing shift on 05 Dec.  I'm very, very glad to be done with my HCA placement shifts and looking forward to gaining some independence as my skills get signed off.  But I'm also feeling a bit of trepidation; this has been a big life change and I'm about to find out for real if I like it.  I still don't regret my decision to retrain, but after two years in the field, I have some reservations - I just have to get in it to see whether the good outweighs those or not.

But that's for future Shaun to worry about.  I have a whole lot of tacos, tequila and friendtime between now and then.

Cheers,

Shaun

Shaun H. Coley ~ Holloway ~ Islington ~ London N7 ~ UK ~ shaunism.blogspot.co.uk

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