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nursing after a psychology degree and working in a nursery, so far it\u2019s been the best decision I ever made.<\/p>\nHi, I\u2019m Lucy a second-year adult student nurse. I\u2019m 32 and came to do nursing after a psychology degree and working in a nursery, so far it\u2019s been the best decision I ever made.<\/p>\n
I decided to go into nursing because I\u2019ve been a life-long patient. I wanted to give something back and I wanted to use my experiences to improve patient experience. My psychology background also made me really interested in public \u00a0and preventative health.<\/p>\n
I live in Birmingham and was always going to choose a local university for this degree (the last one was in Bangor, Wales), it just made sense with the other circumstances with my life. I chose UoB specifically because of the chance to try out child, adult, and mental health fields in first year, initially I had thought I wanted to do child nursing but after my adult placement I decided to do that instead. Now you have to choose when you start (an NMC requirement with the new standards) but you still get a placement in each field in the first year.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m into nursing twitter and tweet daily (@lucy_uo), for anyone thinking about nursing I really recommend you have a look, you\u2019ll see everything nursing has to offer, and it\u2019s a great place to ask for advice. I\u2019m also a Royal College of Nursing (RCN) student ambassador which means I link up students with what the RCN can do for them and encourage them to get involved in events and campaigns.<\/p>\n
Outside of nursing I am a Netflix addict. We don\u2019t have a TV at home but we do have a Netflix account that I binge watch shows on. I\u2019ve recently been watching The Crown and Atypical, and now I\u2019ve started Derry Girls. I also recently watched ER which is very different to watch with nurses eyes rather than teenage eyes!<\/p>\n
I play Pokemon Go with my partner and friends, there are plenty of Pokestops and gyms around campus, but I mainly play in the city centre.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a big reader as well. I run a bookblog (although I don\u2019t update it as much as I used to), and I\u2019m part of a feminist bookgroup. The best book I\u2019ve read recently is \u2018Girl, Woman, Other\u2019, and I\u2019ve been really into non-fiction lately, I\u2019ve read so many medical memoirs that I sometimes wonder if I actually want downtime from work!<\/p>\n
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