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Hello everyone. My name is Erin and this is my story.
I remember when I was in primary school I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said I wanted to be a teacher. Nursing was never on my radar as a job that I wanted to do, but when I think back on my life til now everything I’ve done has lead to me becoming a nurse.
When I first left high school I was accepted into and studied Medical Imaging Science. The human body had always fascinated me and I’m a curious person, but at the start of my final year my mum had an almost fatal car accident. I wasn’t coping, became depressed and decided to leave uni. She thankfully survived and while visiting her in hospital I got to see a lot of things such as my mum on ventilation, her vacuum dressings, pressure area care as she had multiple fractures and was bed bound for a fair while and the wonderful personalities and care of the nurses who looked after her… one of which we’re still in contact with, who is now studying to be a Doctor!
It planted a seed….maybe I could do nursing one day. In the meantime I was working in hospitality as I love helping people and making them happy, and I also love food…who doesn’t! and also decided to learn to become a phlebotomist to maybe ease myself into the medical area. I passed my course with flying colours an...
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