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From scared student to qualified midwife baby-catcher extaordinaire (hopefully)....

it's not a job you can be shy in, is it?

Posted 27-Jun-2008 at 17:41 by ksilk
Updated 27-Jun-2008 at 20:42 by ksilk (typos)

I've had a week and a half off as have been cracking on with the dreaded portfolio- in which i am drowning in references, NMC proficiencies, case studies, reflective models, diagrams of second degree tears. But, i think i might possibly, maybe, be almost there.

Had to work a couple...

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2 weeks til 2nd year!!

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What if.......?

Posted 20-Jun-2008 at 20:18 by ksilk

.....I don't get everything signed off for my portfolio on the last 2 shifts with my mentor before the thing is due in?

.....I don't finish the written work for it in time, or, worse, I manage to get it in on time but it's absolute rubbish and i fail?

.....I meet my best...

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today...

Posted 12-Jun-2008 at 22:12 by ksilk
Updated 12-Jun-2008 at 22:30 by ksilk

Today, not loving postnatal so much.

My mentor was, as usual, running the ward, meaning she had no time for me let alone the 9 women we were caring for. It was extremely busy, one of those days that you feel so awful because you have only spent 5 minutes with each woman, and one of those...

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Random ramblings on postnatal, breastfeeding, and being almost there......

Posted 11-Jun-2008 at 19:02 by ksilk
Updated 11-Jun-2008 at 19:16 by ksilk

I love postnatal. I love the atmosphere, the presence of the newborns (debatable at 3am?!) the joy that comes with new parenthood.
The only time i don't like it is when you and 1 midwife are taking care of 9 buzzer happy struggling-to-breastfeed-women, but that's another story.

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2 weeks til 2nd year!!

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loving postnatal!!

Posted 04-Jun-2008 at 16:41 by ksilk
Updated 11-Jun-2008 at 19:17 by ksilk

Started my first stint on posnatal ward on monday after doing 6 weeks on delivery, and i am loving it

My mentor is lovely, most are so approachable, and the difference in stress levels is really noticeable compared to that on delivery.

Today i was taking care of K,...

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