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Starting out - A place of happiness, joy and possibility

11 February 2015

Nursing Children and Young People

Opinion

I HAVE always wanted to volunteer and share the skills I have acquired during my training as a nurse. I also have a keen interest in the provision of end of life...

Student voice - The end of training but life is wide open

09 December 2014

Nursing Children and Young People

Opinion

I AM SO relieved that I have nearly finished my internship and my training. I am looking forward to the day when I can say that I am registered as a children’s and...

Student voice - Rapid response

08 July 2014

Nursing Children and Young People

Opinion

ONE THING THAT I find frightening about nursing children is that they can become unwell extremely suddenly.

Student voice - Life is precious and we must cherish it

11 March 2015

Nursing Children and Young People

Opinion

INITIALLY I WAS heartbroken when I heard about the vulnerable children who live at the Butterfly Hospice in China. Most of them not only have life-limiting or...

Starting out - Take up the challenge

10 April 2015

Nursing Children and Young People

Opinion

I AM BACK in Ireland after my seven-week voluntary experience in China, and the realisation that I am now a fully qualified nurse is only just hitting me. I am...

Tales from the city

12 November 2015

Nursing Children and Young People

Opinion

THE PAST 10 months have been eventful to say the least. I went straight from finishing my nursing internship to volunteering in a hospice for abandoned children in...

Starting out - A case that made me stronger

09 July 2015

Nursing Children and Young People

Opinion

I WILL never forget a young patient I looked after when I began my job as a staff nurse on the children’s intensive care unit (CICU). The child suffered a...

Student voice - Learning to respond to patients’ families

04 November 2014

Nursing Children and Young People

Opinion

I HAVE ENCOUNTERED many challenging situations in my children’s and general internship placements. One that stands out was when I was taking care of an adult patient...

Starting out - Stepping up to the challenge

11 December 2015

Nursing Children and Young People

Opinion

WINTER IS here and the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is as busy as ever.

Student voice: First lessons

07 February 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

Opinion

I will never forget the day that I upset a child for the first time. I was a first-year nursing student and asked by the staff nurse to take a child’s temperature....