Day 95: International Nurses’ Day 2022

Today’s the 202nd anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth and International Nurses’ Day.  I’m proud to be a nurse and always will be.  I highly recommend the nursing profession to anyone at any stage of their working life.

Skills and knowledge I’ve learnt over the years of being a nurse have been applicable in both the many work roles and in my personal life.  I have learnt resilience, leadership, compassion, empathy, technical skills, how to adapt to a wide range of people and situations, valuing diversity, supporting others, professionalism, and autonomy.

There aren’t many professions that will teach you all this!

Day 60: Testing Times

I tested positive for Covid on my Tuesday pre-work LFD Test.  I feel a terrible guilt for being ill; is this the nurse in me, middle-child syndrome, knowing there are many much worse off, or parental ‘inner voice’ telling me to just get on with it?!

I assure you I cannot just get on with it and if I tried; I would be doing a disservice to my employer and colleagues.  I also know the macrophages fighting the infection in my body send out cytokines. These cytokines can affect the parts of your brain that deal with emotions and reasoning.