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I've thoroughly enjoyed working on my ward. As much as I was enjoying my ward's speciality, it was really rewarding working with COVID patients when we became an ITU-stepdown ward. After feeling a little helpless during previous lockdowns,  it was great to be involved in patient care again and witness previous ITU patients be discharged to their families again.
All of the staff worked in unison to deliver amazing quality care, and some days I actually felt competent enough for to qualify.
I wish I could have stayed here for my management placement!

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Absolutely loved my placement, felt like I didn't get as much exposure in the specialist area due to the pandemic though.

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Changes to the nature of patients admitted to the ward  meant that I got exposure to individuals with a range of different medical conditions. This was beneficial prior to undertaking my management placement as provided me a reminder of the treatment for different conditions.

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I was fortunate to have an ED placement this allocation and LOVED it. For this reason, I wish we as military students had had the option to opt in to the deployment of 12 further weeks on placement. Still, a brilliant experience and really supportive staff in such a difficult/manic time

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Placement has been fine. Fortunately, all member of staff, practice supervisors and assessors have been very supportive unlike the experiences of many others, which I can see from the posts here. The challenges of covid, short staff, filling gaps for HCAs, emotional draininage are inevitable in all areas I guess. Obviously, the placement could have been more smoother and better if the pandemic was not here but we are pulling it all together and I can already spot the light at the end of the tunnel. Let's keep the momentum for one final push for 3.2 and qualify🙏🙏

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Given the circumstances of the pandemic, placement has still provide a safe environment to work in.

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Glad to still have the opportunity to attend student sessions as well as pathway experiences whilst on placement!

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I have enjoyed my placement. Staff have been supportive and encouraging. Some learning experiences weren’t possible due to Covid but that is entirely understandable

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Placement has been great although I haven’t managed to get as much experience as I would have liked. However, I’ve tried to think outside the box and get the most out of experiences wherever I can.

I’m a bit worried because I still haven’t had the opportunity to get Mother’s and babies signed off as part of my OAR. I tried to complete this during this placement but hit blocks in terms of COVID and staff not replying to me. I’m hoping that I will have an opportunity to do this next placement.

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almost every shift there has been very little A grades and for that reason all student nurses on my ward have to fill the gap. We are missing out on opportunities to review care plans, implement changes and miss out on observing vital assessments and learning opportunities from our mentors. Additionally our off duties provided by the ward manager are non negotiable and coincidentally when the ward is short of staff which I feel is wrong. I understand we need to learn personal care and integrate assessments at the same time however we are missing out on actual patient management and care planning.

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Student nurses  were made to filled in the gap as Health Care Assistant instead of allowing them to acquire the skills that is needed whiles on placement. Examples drug rounds and many nursing assessments   as often as they should. I understands its  may be due to the number of COVID cases in my ward however, missing out such opportunity was not  great at all.
Also, my  practice assessor comes across as very aggressive and unprofessional the way she talks to student nurses in front of patients.
Almost half of the student nurses  in my ward were complaining about her.

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I feel that some students have not been honest with thier hours eg. Study days and not attending or including study days the uni has not allowed and saying they have done a LD when they only did a E.

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Placement has been good but very annoying that documents have to be uploaded before placement even finishes this time around!

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I have enjoyed my placement and have learnt a lot, however I have felt a lot more tired on my days off than compared to previous placements.  I don't know whether this is due to lockdown pressures (reduced exercise, unable to see loved ones etc.), the emotional impact from witnessing very ill patients/deaths or because I feel that a lot more is expected now that we're third years.  Especially after being treated like a HCA on my 2.2 placement, it has been a big jump.  The staff have been very supportive but I feel that the university hasn't been very supportive to us.
Working on the frontline whilst trying to juggle life, placement documents, assignments and exams and I feel that the university has been very quiet.

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At times the ward treats students differently which can allow some students to get opportunities and other students to miss out. It seems not all students are given equal opportunities.