a day in the life of Becky, a nurse in Edinburgh
What were you doing between 5am and 6am?
Sleeping then getting ready for work
What were you doing between 6am and 7am?
Getting ready for work
What were you doing between 7am and 8am?
Going to work and getting handover about how my patients have been over night
What were you doing between 8am and 9am?
Greeting my patients, filling out paperwork, cleaning bed spaces
What were you doing between 9am and 10am?
Filling out paper work, following Doctors' ward rounds. Probably have breakfast break at some point.
What were you doing between 10am and 11am?
Whatever the Doctors say my patients need after ward round.
What were you doing between 11am and 12pm?
Patient care. Drug rounds. Paperwork
What were you doing between 12pm and 1pm?
Paperwork, patient care. Lunch break
What were you doing between 1pm and 2pm?
More patient care, more paperwork
What were you doing between 2pm and 3pm?
More paperwork, more patient care.
What were you doing between 3pm and 4pm?
Probably have a tea break, more of the above nursing jobs.
What were you doing between 4pm and 5pm?
More nursing
What were you doing between 5pm and 6pm?
More nursing and dinner break
What were you doing between 6pm and 7pm?
Still nursing
What were you doing between 7pm and 8pm?
Last hour of nursing
What were you doing between 8pm and 9pm?
Leaving the hospital as fast as I can to get to my friend's flat where she feeds me yummy pasta and prosseco!
What were you doing between 9pm and 10pm?
Eating pasta, drinking prosseco and discussing the book of Ephesians with my church friends. We pray for a bit too.
What were you doing between 10pm and 11pm?
Getting home and getting ready for bed, though pausing in the middle to fill out a long questionnaire about the day I've just had....
What were you doing between 11pm and 12pm?
Read my book until I fall asleep
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