 welcome back to my channel and if you're new here hello thank you don't get to subscribe if you want to like comment whatever you want to do but if not it's okay so it's about time I did a proper vlog that doesn't involve me talking about how to make it as a student nurse my new book so today's vlog is all about the positives the pros of nursing why should you come into nursing when all we're hearing is so many negatives and the bad first and foremost the pro of nursing the positive the one and only thing we do this because we love it we love making a difference or I love making a difference to people's lives it's something that's kept me going throughout the whole of my nursing career just remembering those moments and the differences I made to my patients or moments with colleagues that I've had it's just thinking and focusing on the positives rather than so much the negatives but I know that's very very hard at the minute with everything that's going on within nursing but try and find somewhere in your soul all of the good things that you do and the difference that you do make if the pay is a real problem from you for you and you can't afford to live have a look around at different jobs and different specialities and things like that because you don't have to leave nursing I know I've seen a lot of comments that people have gone to supermarkets to work because the pay is a lot more there than in nursing which it's not good is it let's face it it's not good but I've been very very fortunate I went straight into GP as a newly qualified nurse and I have been very very fortunate that my practices that I've worked out have paid me really well so have a look around not everywhere is on NHS agenda for change have a look around because there are places that will value your worth and they will pay you for that so terms and conditions is another one that people absolutely are fighting for at the minute with all this nurse strikes and things like that hopefully you've got a place of work that is really supportive and they are helping you and they are making sure that you are trying to get your breaks and they're putting things in place to help support you throughout every day of your work life if you have bad support at work and it's not great again there's no harm in finding somewhere that will support you and will look after you and will value your worth again for me every GP practice that I've worked out bar one have been really really amazing really supportive and they really care about your needs and well-being so it's not just about pay but all of the terms and conditions have been really really good for me and I've been very very fortunate for that I'm sorry to say that to anybody that's really struggling right now but just to show you that not all of nursing is bad not all of the terms and conditions are bad there are people that will value you and they will put the good things in place to help keep you and retain you and the good thing about nursing is there's so much variety you can literally go anywhere do anything with your nursing qualification if you want to go into education you can go into education you can become a lecturer this is what I'm doing now spoiler alert if you don't already know that if you have missed the memo somewhere I'm a lecturer so I teach nursing now which is an absolutely incredible role still doing my clinical skills I'm still keeping my NMC pin I'm still a registered nurse and all of that jazz but there's other options not just education as in university level or college level but places such as different hospital trusts will have education teams to help train staff and new people coming through the doors or yearly mandatory training things that you have to do so there's a lot more age education teams out there that you can be part of so have a look around so a few different specialties if you didn't already know this so obviously you have the hospitals that's the first thing everyone always thinks about for some reason when we think nursing we think hospitals but actually there's a massive world out there like I said you've got the community nurses district nursing you've got GP nurses primary care you have sexual health nurses you've got research nurses you have specialist areas so you've got your diabetes specialist nurses tissue viability specialist nurses infection control specialist nurses safeguarding nurses there is a whole world of nursing out there that awaits you you don't have to be stuck in a ward if that's not where you want to be have a look around and see what's best for you but some alternative nursing roles that sound a bit sexy and cruise ship nursing if you like boats and you want to travel you can be a nurse on a cruise ship which I had no idea and obviously it's got to be a thing everyone needs nurses but I had no idea about this role until I saw TikToks about it so have a look just Google cruise ship nursing or go on TikTok and search cruise ship ship nurse and you will find the TikTokers out there for it it looks amazing absolutely just yeah living the dream on a cruise ship it's probably not as glamorous as it looks and sounds I'm sure there can be a lot of cons to it as well some other different alternative sexy kind of nursing I don't know why I keep doing that it's just because it sounds really juicy to me forensics nurse I know forensics nurse that would be probably one of my top top three I reckon of specialities that I would love to have a go at other than GP in sexual health and trans health so top four it's the fourth thing on the list but yeah but you can do forensics nursing and you can also work with I know somebody asked me on a previous video about working with vulnerable people mental health and stuff like that and that is a role for the sexual assault services as well so being a nurse in that and again it's part of the forensics teams you'd be taking samples and things like that after something like that's happened to someone so you're really going to be using your empathetic your compassion sort of skills in those sorts of situations because it can't be nice at all it must be heartbreaking that sort of role but I imagine it being a very rewarding role as well and that you could actually make a difference in which is why it's on the list as well next up a NASA nurse NASA that's right as in big spaceship rockets going into space flying me to the moon kind of nurse I'm gonna be sitting on the moon like what do you want today's space prison so yes a NASA nurse I had no idea this was a thing and again of course they need nurses they need people to look after them they're going into space they need top notch next level nurses what I like what I had no idea that this was a thing until I read it and I was like I could be a NASA nurse and then I realized actually I couldn't because you need to be like next level experienced by the looks of it to be a NASA nurse you need a hell of a lot of experience especially emergency care A&E that type of thing for years years and years like I think it was like 10 years from what I was reading but not only that not only like emergency A&E but aviation nurses so you have to be a nurse on different planes potentially things like that I didn't fully understand the whole spiel around it but it sounded juicy and it sounded amazing TV movie and film set nurse hello Hollywood's where you are yeah obviously again everyone needs a nurse this is why nursing is the best career and this is the pros of nursing guys just everything anything anywhere you can think of will absolutely probably need a nurse so of course movies TV sets and things especially if people are doing dangerous stunts oh my god imagine being a nurse on the set of some sort of Jackie Chan type movie maybe even Tom Cruise Mission Impossible where they're doing all their own stunts and you're there waiting thinking they could potentially break a leg on this scene I'm there I'm ready I'm here please don't take me seriously in anything I'm saying but how cool would that be genuinely being a TV set or movie type of nurse especially for those stunts is gonna be I don't know if that's sadistic in a way but I love the thrill and the buzz of just being in that real emergency situation anything can happen at any given minute and yeah why never wanted to try any I don't know so they are all the roles all of the extra bits that you may not have thought of I've tried to put in here but I know there's a lot more roles out there so you had just have to have a look and if you are somebody that is in nursing or looking into go nursing and you found an extraordinary role that you didn't know existed please comment below and let us know because I love hearing about the different roles in nursing and like I said nursing can take you anywhere and lastly do you know what it is tough out there people at breaking points and this is why we all need to stand together we all need to support each other at a time like this because it is horrific out there for people and I'm sending all my love and big cuddles to all of you right now and we just have to keep fighting we have to keep doing petitions we have to I don't know what's gonna happen with the strikes but anyway I'm not here to debate that I'm not getting into the politics but what we can do is small changes in the workplace if you see something you think this could be done better to help the team to help our colleagues go out there and try and make change we have to try and make change locally whatever we are whatever trust we're in please don't be afraid to speak up and try and make change in a positive way to help everybody out so that is it from me if you have any more questions anything like that comment below and I will get back to you on that but just to end on a high I love nursing I will always love nursing and those patients I've cared for will be embedded within my soul until the day I die and the difference that I made and that's why I love nursing and that's why I keep going and that's why I want to keep my pin and to continue in nursing so I hope that somewhere inside you that you find your love and your passion back again for nursing like I said don't just give up look at different options and things that you can do first before it gets to that breaking point things crossed you're gonna be okay