I am currently on maternity leave after having my second daughter who is now 9 months old. Whilst on maternity leave I am also one of the nurses who has unfortunately been made redundant due to the current palliative care funding crisis.

I have always had a desire at some point in my career to transition to General practice nursing. But for various reasons the time to transition in my career just hasn’t arisen, such as Covid 19 pandemic, having children etc. I come from a family of practice nurses, and I also loved the role when I had some exposure as a student nurse. I find the variation within the role and the opportunity to learn about and specialise in lots of areas exciting. I am always eager to expand knowledge and skills and develop professionally. I also love the fact that the role allows you to work closely with patients over time, placing emphasis on that personalised patient care, often missed in the hospital setting. This also allows a deeper understanding of patient’s healthcare needs and that within the wider community. I feel this really allows you to make a tangible difference to the health and well-being of your patients.

So with my current position, i felt like this was the time to take the leap and transition to practice nursing once my maternity leave ends at the start of next year. So i saw this course pop up and thought it would be really helpful to get more knowledge to help that transition, and hopefully to give me the knowledge to support me finding a suitable role when the time comes.

I am looking forward to getting my head back into the world of nursing and not just nappies and nursery rhymes haha.

My name is Jurita and I am a third year Adult Nursing student.

Originally I come from Latvia where I grew up and lived until 2013. This was the year I graduated from university with a degree in Food Science. I have worked in the biggest food manufacturing companies in the UK for about 11 years doing audits, training, developing recipes, conducting new product trials, dealing with customers, and loads of paperwork (all the boring stuff :) )

Back in March 2015, I thought about nursing for the first time due to the circumstances my sister was in. It took me 7 years to contemplate and procrastinate but here I am now doing the job I love! I say it every day there is no better job than being a Nurse! Seeing patients getting better and going home smiling is what makes my day.

I chose this module due to my interest in GP Nursing, in particular, the Sexual Health aspect. I am very passionate about health promotion and women's health.

An interesting fact about me is that I have a blue belt in Thai Boxing. I love being outdoors, walking, camping, traveling, knitting, and watching crime documentaries.

Nice meeting you all and see you soon :)

I've always been curious about GP nursing as it seems interesting and will come across quite a lot of different conditions (excited to learn how to manage and treat these). The idea of working with people and families from birth to death seems cool as you don't get that in other settings. I've never worked with children/babies so that exposure would be good as it's a whole new world to me. Gp nursing seems good to me as there's so much room for progression and further enhance training. Looking forward to this course to learn the ins and outs of General practice. 😊

my name is Lareb and I am a 3rd year child nursing student (Jan intake). I want to gain more exposure to GP nursing, as all my placements have been ward-based and I do find the GP nursing interesting. I am kind of nervous, but also super excited, to gain knowledge about GP nursing and what it entails.

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Cynthia Nnabugo.

My name is Farzana and I am currently on the mental health nursing path, 3rd year. The decision to become a nurse has been the best decision, before getting into nursing I worked with Jet2 holidays at east midlands airport, I had to leave my job and moved to Birmingham from Leicester, it was a risk I was willing to take and so far it has been good and positive decision. I like living in Birmingham, the city is so vibrant and full of energy.

I am interested in general nursing as it will enhance my knowledge and give me more opportunity to help people. I am looking forward to engage in this short course.

I previously studied paramedic science but switched over to nursing, and i love it!

I wanted to join this module, as i have an interest in Nursing in a GP setting, and i am looking at this as a career once i am qualifed.

I have always been interested in GP nursing, specifically sexual health and I’m very excited to start this module and I’m really happy to be part of it. After I quality I would like to work as a GP nurse and eventually train to be an ANP. From this module I’d like to learn more about the GP process and what nurses need to do and how to become a GP nurse.

An interesting fact about me is that I studied Psychology for almost 2 years previously, however changed my mind and decided that I was much more passionate about nursing.

I want to be able to expand on my knowledge from university to help others in the community by becoming a general practice nurse.

Fun fact about me is that I was in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in 2022.