30 at 30: Reflecting on the 30 Years of Nursing Nottingham blog series
April 21, 2022
When we started on this journey of 30 blogs to celebrate 30 years of Nursing at Nottingham it was a bit of a leap of faith in terms of the interest we would get. I had my fingers crossed for a range of reflections from a variety of contributors but was in no way able …
30 at 30: From student nurse to Teaching Associate
November 30, 2021
Nursing, for me had been what seemed, at the time, an unattainable goal. Surely only clever people could hold such a title (major imposter syndrome!). I had always been the child that struggled at school and my parents’ evenings would always entail of the same old saying of “bright and lovely girl but talks too much”. This surely reflected in my grades and, in my late teens, I figured that all things academic did not come naturally to …
30 at 30: Supporting each other
November 9, 2021
Writing this blog is perfect timing as I started my nurse training at Mid Trent School and Nursing and Midwifery 30 years ago in September 1991. I lived at the City Hospital in Nurses Home one, which is now the Clinical Sciences building! The last 30 years have flown by and I have been privileged to have had a …
30 at 30: The Dean’s Academic Health Sciences Internship
November 8, 2021
Hello, we are Alex and Amelia! In this blog we introduce ourselves as the new interns, we try to explain our newly created role, and explore what drew us to the position as well as discussing some of our exciting initial plans for the upcoming year… although it’s still early days so forgive us if …
30 at 30: Joanne Cooper – A Clinical Career Journey
November 5, 2021
As an excited, and somewhat apprehensive nursing student, I started my training at Nottingham 27 years ago, a mother of 3 young sons and a member of what was locally (and maybe ironically) called the ‘mature student group’. This was a supportive group of students also with caring responsibilities and a great example of widening participation to university. Being Nottingham born and bred, the thought of entering the doors of Nottingham University was not something I had believed was available to me. …
30 at 30: How my student journey has developed over the past 2 years
September 24, 2021
Over the past 50 years, the University of Nottingham has contributed amazing things to the healthcare industry. As someone who is enthused about healthcare, it is an honour and truly incredible to be a part of such a huge celebration. During training over the past two-years at the University of Nottingham, my knowledge and enthusiasm …
30 at 30: Chloe McCandlish’s nursing journey
August 27, 2021
My nursing adventure started over 10 years ago at Nottingham, well actually far away in Hampshire at a college university fair where there was a stand for the university. I knew very little about the University of Nottingham but a friend of mine knew she was interested so I went to the stall too. Nottingham …
30 at 30: Ye Old Trip to Nottingham: A Contagious Enthusiasm for Nursing
August 13, 2021
The last time I visited Nottingham from San Francisco, it was to present the film “5B” about the AIDS unit at San Francisco General Hospital where I first worked in 1987. It was timed to coincide with World AIDS Day 2019, 1 December. Unbeknownst to us, another novel virus emerged that same month. Tragic and …
30 at 30: Karen Cox reflecting on 30 years of Nursing
August 6, 2021
It is 30 years ago this month that I graduated from King’s College London with my degree in hand along with my RGN qualification. In my very early twenties, full of passion for Nursing, I was burning to make a difference and excited about the possibilities that lay ahead. Since then I specialised in cancer and palliative care and …
30 at 30: Celebrating Past, Present and Future Nursing Education and Leadership
July 30, 2021
It is an absolute honour and privilege to have been asked to write this guest blog as part of the School of Health Science’s 30-year celebrations for nurse education at The University of Nottingham. This is particularly important to me as, when my nursing career started just over 25 years ago, I decided to study …
