 We are on our way to Bristol for the RCN conference about change in leadership apparently We've got all McDonald's melon cake Porridge Class being healthy healthy options always So after being stuck in traffic We finally made it. We're very late. It's 20 to 10 now and we've arrived at the wrong hotel Would you believe there is three mercury hotels mercury mercury Mccure hotels in Bristol all next to each other so now we're having to walk to the other one very late and Little bit embarrassed, but what can we do? It's a conversation where everybody is equal we all have mental health So today is the day after the RCN conference and by the time I got home last night I was Shattered, I think I got home about half nine nine half nine ended up showering Didn't even eat because I was so tired. I literally fell asleep Which is really poor health people don't do that, but yeah, I just wanted to round the day off with you and let you know How amazing RCN? Conference was yesterday. It's really really good but there was a whole full of posters as you've seen in the video and We sort of stood there. We networked with so many people. Oh my god That was my favorite part of the day now when I go out into big places around people I get really really anxious some of you may know this who've watched some of the videos before and I've said it before and People don't realize actually because of vlog and things people think that I'm naturally this extrovert I'm really not I'm a massive introvert. I know don't judge me for this But I get really really anxious around new people and meeting new people and it's making me feel weird thinking about it now but Yesterday I actually felt really comfortable and I think it was you know Sometimes you go into a place and it's all to do with the room layout and that sounds so strange But I go into a place and if it looks comfortable and I feel comfortable I'm comfortable and I feel fine and everyone was lovely and the room layout was lovely and I felt comfortable So I managed to network and meet some amazing people. Oh my god So let me tell you now if you're a Twitter user I know some of you are Twitter users and are on my Twitter. So we have in the morning. Please join in We have something called hashtag That's hashtag hashtag Early risers club, please search the hashtag and see all of the positive amazing messages that's there every single morning Every morning, we've got a group called the early risers club. We will motivate each other. We will inspire each other We will lift each other up sometimes people are having bad days So we lift each other up and it's just lovely to log in in the morning and go there Retweet comment and be inspired for the day and it starts my day off absolutely perfect So thank you so much to all of the early risers But as part of that three people that are part of the early risers club who have known for like however long now especially a vow a vow I have known a vow for Maybe a year and a half now a year a year and a half I don't even know but it's just through social media and I've never met these people and Just I met them all yesterday and it absolutely made my day. I was like, oh my god You're my Twitter friends and it just it made me day I love meeting new people and then because I've been talking for them for so long And you know, I see them as really motivating inspiring people. It really made me day to meet them So thank you so so much Fiona Rebecca a vow. These are them. They're absolutely amazing And I love them so much and it was just so lovely to meet them and now can put a face to the tweets It's fantastic. So that was the highlight of the day So we had our poster presentation and then in between that we went to the workshop. So we got to do some talks I went to a there was a leadership workshop that I really wanted to go to because I'm big on leadership and Inspiring people are motivating people. So I really wanted to go to that and that was really helpful it was all about sort of how you can get students to sort of step up and be leaders and it's sort of a program that one of the hospital trusts has Put into place and it's working really really well. So that was really good to Listen to and be involved in then I went to digital health because as you know, I love technology I love technology. I love digital stuff and that was one that I really wanted to go to So I went to that one really really interesting. So this one trust has put into place like these digital health champions And they are basically student nurses and well anyone else who wants to sign up But mainly student nurses, I think they said and they go out and help the patient In their own homes in the workplace in clinics and GP surgeries and they're helping them to search for Information about their condition but safely so that they're not going on to weird websites or anything like that And they use an official websites getting proper information Information rather than some random information that might not help the health condition that they've got So that was really good to see and hear and then I did ask a question about old older people That maybe don't have technology and they just said that there are people that obviously don't have the technology And they have to find other things to sort of put into place for them so it's good that they're sort of thinking ahead and They're thinking about these people because that's something I did worry about with the long-term plan if you haven't seen their long-term plan Have a look it's like a hundred and thirty two or thirty six pages long Really nice bedtime read if very long-winded and I'm still going through it with a fine tooth comb And it's like two months later, but in there It's all about digital health and changing the face of general practice with digital health and getting people to manage their own Conditions and look up their own conditions at home instead of coming into clinics and things and supposed to take the pressure off of the GPs We'll see how that works But that was one of my queries when I read that and I thought what about Those older people because I've worked in GP and I know primarily it's a lot of old people that don't have technology So I did worry about that But it's really nice to see that actually they are putting things in place for that to happen if that ever happens So it's really good to see and then the very first workshop We went to was by our lecturers Amanda and Bernie from Birmingham City University and they were amazing. I love how they can just stand up and speak to people I'm just like how do you do that? How I want to be able to do that in a room full of people so confidently and get everybody laughing as well It was amazing, but they were talking about record-keeping in our lectures We have a lectures all up We have one certain lecture that we have in second year all about record-keeping and we get it in the first year But in second year in particular This is when the whole classroom is turned into a court case and Bernie's the judge. She's got a little mallet I'm sure there's a real name for that. I'm gonna put it there like always She has a little mallet and she's like Student nurse Claire Carmichael. Luckily that wasn't me. I definitely put my head down. I was like, please don't pick me Please don't pick me, but she called your name You stood up and you basically were in court with her because of your record-keeping and a patient Something's happened to a patient. They've died or something and it's terrifying and it makes you think oh record-keeping is really really important Because I don't want to be in that situation. So that was really good to see what actually they're doing with that So they're creating these dvds and these online Virtual sort of workshops e-learning sort of things to help you in your practice with record-keeping. That's what I was amazing I didn't even know they were doing that. So to hear they're doing that. I was like, wow, this is amazing This is fantastic It's going to help so many people because I know as a student nurse when receiving that sort of training I found it really beneficial and I still talk about that today. So I I'm really proud of them. I think they've done absolutely amazing and it's going to help so many people So yeah, so all in all it was an amazing day if you are as part of the srcn You can attend these conferences and workshops have a look online see what's on Have a really good look because these workshops and conferences event different events that they put on they're really really good and they they Are so knowledgeable and really good for your own learning and you can also put it towards cpd hours when you're a qualified nurse I'm putting yesterday on my cpd log for when I qualify or when I get an interview So I can show them what I've been doing and you meet so many amazing people at these events So if you are signed up to the rcn, please have a look when your next event is if you're going to congress I will see you there come to congress. I think it's may What date is it 12 to 19th? Is it or something? I've probably got that completely wrong. I'm going to put the links below anyway. Have a look at the links register It's a free event to go to it's in Liverpool this year. It's going to be amazing. I've never been but last year I just I had so much going on I had to take the time out and not go and I felt really bad about it So this year I'm going because it was really frustrating seeing everybody tweet about it I wish I was there. I wish I was amongst the excitement It's all mainly student nurses as well. There's a lot of student nurses there a lot of qualified You're going to meet amazing people really big people as well in the NHS. It's fun. It's going to be fantastic. I think so If you're not signed up sign up and I'm going to shut this video down now. So I shall see you all next week Thank you so much for tuning in. Thanks for watching as always and I hope you found this beneficial If not, I'm really sorry. The rest of my week has been really really not exciting to be honest I've been trying to revise and struggling to revise And I've got work Saturday and I'm off Sunday, which I fully dedicate to revising again So yeah, so that's it. I shall see you all next week