 Okay, so basically my camera ran out of battery. So we're on Claire's iPhone So I apologize if I should have put over my little plug-in microphone The Oh So basically run on iPhone now Because we filmed EGX all day on my Canon didn't we so we kind of run out of battery So So yeah when I first met Claire that I've actually never seen this cowboy hat. I've just seen it in a picture. So where is it? So Because I've moved from house to house to house from city to city. So it's moved about a bit. I mean, I've had that cowboy hat for like 11 years or I would have had it for 11 years. Because I must have known you about 10 then It's like 2007. I think that picture was taken because you said I've known you about 10 years Yeah So a couple years after I met you So 2008 nine 10 About 2010. I think um, I opened a box where it was and it was all squashed and ripped From all the moving. It's dead. It's dead rip. So, yeah So it is ruined and it's in the bin and I haven't bought one since I can't believe that I do need new one because that that's the famous hat how I know you Even though I don't remember what color this shirt was apparently I thought it was white but it was navy blue Okay Yeah, do this from Darren And Darren is such a troll Darren H. Darren. Why can't you drive on GTA? Why can't you drive on GTA? I can they drive into me That's what they all say. They drive Because I don't break That's the problem. I don't break. I put my foot down and I don't Realize Hey, do you know what? I've got two questions that I really wanted to answer in my vlog Are they not here? I don't think I wrote them down Do you know what they are? One is Someone asked about my tattoos in nursing if you're allowed. Oh, yeah, go on then. So Claire Are you allowed tattoos in nursing and how did they affect your work? That's a great question This is how you turn a professional nurse into an absolute fool Okay, so I am sorry like for anyone that's you know, we're just we're having lolls right now Yeah, you got to chill out sometimes So I know there was a question And I was going to do a whole vlog on tattoos in nursing, but I literally just haven't got round it round to it You're allowed tattoos Yeah There's the short answer again is yes, you're allowed tattoos as a nurse as long as they're professional not professional But as long as they're not offensive Yeah, um, you can have tattoos and In fact, even in where in the trust that I in the trust that I work in Um, it's actually in the policy that you can have tattoos as long as they're not offensive to anybody And you might get asked to cover them up if they are offensive. So Do you want right people say to me from from my perspective as a healthcare assistant in the nursing world They say to you in your interview. I mean not all of them, but some of them say to you Oh, you're gonna have to cover those up But do you know what when you actually start work you don't know you don't I've never covered they tell you in the interview But trust me you don't have to cover them up because no one actually cares I've never covered any of mine up and no one's ever said anything about my tattoos. So Okay question for you. Yes Oh, there's actually a question. Yeah, this is one that I learned Yeah, Nikki Bedwell Hi Nikki Nikki Bedwell asks If you were depressed and a kid was the only person to help you would you let him help you? This is very because this works from both our perspectives actually um, because I think I've thought when I I saw all these questions before I did this before I did this, um Video and I thought about this one really hard And I thought if they're a family member Or someone that you've known for a long time and if they're immature Because there are kids that are really mature for their age Like super mature if they know what they're talking about listen to them Like if they're gonna offer you advice Listen to the kid But if they're really young and really don't know what they're talking about then just I would seek I would seek sort of more professional help But if you trust the child if you're close to them if they're a family like for instance, um I've got you know a cousin. I've got a brother and they're both like 10 years younger than me And I would listen to them because even like even if it was 10 years ago Because even though they're kids I know them and they're my family and they understand if that person understands you And understands what you're going through and can kind of empathize and sympathize Do it like you know It's not gonna hurt but if they're a kid that plays fortnight, um No, thanks to kids that play fortnight. No, no My channel will know why I'm like saying that because I hate that kid. I can't play it um But no if they're a kid that really hasn't that really isn't kind of that mature In the mind and doesn't really have that experience that they're not going to know what they're talking about But if you know them if they're family if they know you Um, just listen to your family That's what I'm gonna say in regards of how old they are listen to them. Yeah Kids are smart. Yeah kids are getting smarter by the day because here's think kids think kind of more Rationally, yeah You know weirdly enough because as adults we question everything. Oh, but this all but that Kids don't have the old butt thing in their head. They go. Oh this that that didn't go. Oh, but what if this No kids don't have that Like they just say it how it is Yeah, you know, if they go if they go get a grip They wouldn't but and kids will always hug you. Yeah, like so. Yeah, like it depends who the kid is basically Long story short. If if they're a family member. Yes, if they're a random kid, probably not so Yeah, good question. Anyway, uh, Claire This girl um, what do you think about? Oh Oh What do you think about nursing apprenticeships? I'm saying oh because It's what you told me before the video. Yeah, I don't know why But this is such like a controversial topic sometimes But how how is it controversial not from me? This isn't my personal view or opinion Educate me but you go onto facebook groups. You go onto twitter As soon as nursing apprenticeships mentioned that's it They get shot down and they get so much stick for being a nurse and apprentice Because these Is it because of the do the same work for less money? No, it's not the nurse and apprenticeships. It's the qualified nurses that have got a problem with it Right and the people the student nurses not everyone. Sorry. No offense to everybody but there are people out there who put nursing apprenticeships down because they think of it as um, well, you're not a real nurse, but You're gonna be doing everything all the things that we're doing and it just seems like people I don't know why people have got a problem with it But I don't have a problem with it Is it kind of related to the discussion we had because Claire and I had a discussion earlier Now I've worked in a hospital situation and it's not in every hospital. I'm not going to sit here and Like down talk because hospital is doing an amazing job Like the nurses that we have in this country are amazing and they care Claire doesn't care at all. She's so bored of this video But what I've noticed from where from where I live is that I see student nurses and we discuss this Um, they get they're not supposed to be um Super we're supposed to be super new. Yeah, they're not supposed to be part of the workforce But they get but they get given instead of learning their trade and what they're supposed to be studying They get put on the ward to do the groundwork. Yeah, not actual work Sometimes we are a bit used and abused as a student nurse. Yeah, and I mean is that relatable to that or? Yeah, I I think it is um, because just from okay, I'm going to talk about my own personal experience of nursing apprenticeships now Basically, I think It's the nursing apprenticeships an amazing idea and it's bringing back We hear about this scn role that they used to have on the wards. Do you remember? Yeah, and it's a similar role. So nursing apprenticeships you get paid a full wage to Train basically and then when you qualify you're a band four Which is that band in between a hca and a nurse and But they do get a full pay So it's good for people that have got like a mortgage to pay they have children So they can't physically work around the course because they've got that automatic pay And then they're going to be that level up from a hca that they want to be and raise a hca And like if you go on a job site, it will give a band everything on a job site And um, like the lowest band is the hca and then you move up Yeah, but I hate because hca's you can be band two and band three. Oh, that makes sense. Yeah Okay, maybe that was what I was getting confused That was what I was getting confused then the newly qualified nurses are five and then six Yeah, sorry, that was what I was getting confused. Sorry nursing apprenticeship is a brilliant idea for those people that Can't afford to do the nursing and it's great for them to grow personally and professionally in their career, but The downside to it I think as from what I've seen on the wards the nursing apprentices that I've seen out there on the wards working They are very much used and abused They're sort of doing absolutely everything and they just look drained and they look tired because they are used and abused and I don't think the role is a hundred percent clear yet There's a lot of miscommunication. I think about what nursing apprentices should be doing and things like that So I think there's just little glitches, but overall, I think it's really good. I obviously glitches as a gaming term There's a lot of glitches in this But overall, I think it's a brilliant role and I think people need to give nursing apprentices A chance and stop being so negative about it because it's great for those people that are trying to make a living See it's tough being a care assistant But like um like sort of lower down the scale as an end when you first go in any of you that like For those of you that maybe aren't even a student nurse yet and are thinking about going into student nursing If you are a hca Don't let like I mean that job is amazing. It's it's the best way to learn Yeah, but it's hard It's long hours. You're often not really kind of respected by your seniors You're often kind of taken for granted Don't let it get to you Don't don't let it ruin, you know, you're kind of Outlook on it Because the better qualified that you get Like the the kind of not the easier gets but the more the more kind of involves you get the more fun it gets And the better pay you get because as Health cousins we get like minimum wage for 12 hour shifts And it's constantly on your feet But even if you're not going to student nursing yet and you get oh my god, you know, I've been a hca for so many years I'm so tired of want to do this Grind it out and do it because you won't always be like It's it's a great I can speak from from personal experience because I've done it And I love it the only reason I don't do it Is because I just kind of I never wanted a career out of it. No, you didn't I loved it. I just didn't want to make it a career So if you're in just I just wanted to add into this vlog if you're in that In in that kind of level And you get the point where you are just physically tired Don't give up Rest not quit. Yeah Don't give up because you will if you really want it you'll regret it It's true. You will. I just wanted to add that yet to the bit. Thanks. Nice touch. Okay, cyber. Hi, hi cyber How was your childhood like have you ever had a hate comment so bad that it made you sad? Do you know what? like The hate comments you my childhood, um It's hard. I don't really want to talk about it because there's people that watch this That are involved. Yeah Um, it wasn't the best. I mean, I was homeless from the age of 19 until about the age of about 24 um, I struggled but I worked my ass off to make sure that I kind of like had a roof over my head. I had a job Um, I did anything to make sure that I could get a job I could have food on the table But my childhood was great. Um Um, this is a tough question. I don't want to name and shame people. There's one person that was in my mum's life That wasn't a good person Um, because that person it kind of destroyed the relationship a little bit but before that it was amazing You know, it was like it was I played video games or went outside. I went outside What outside? There's video games. We sit in a vlog. We sit in a vlog, make YouTube videos and play video games. Who goes outside? Them were the days. I know we used to go outside and it was dark and it was like it was so when I was a kid it was amazing Um, my kind of like sort of early 20s was difficult But you've got to just keep on going. You just have to go. It makes you stronger. Yeah, exactly You've got to say that today was crap, but today we vet tomorrow better And that's what you've got to keep doing. So like my childhood was was pretty average I would say what's the second half of the question? I don't remember that. I've got distracted any hate comments Oh, yeah all the time like I was telling you what I said about the um the the raid that we got We've got 23 dislikes Because this troll raid that came in and thank you to my um, I'm doing the okay sign Thank you. Thank you Thank you to my um moderators because I don't pay you for what you do. I don't ask you to do what you do You just do it because you're amazing. Um, they have put with so much crap that day And in there you just got to get rid of it like you can block them. You you can just You're never going to see these people in your life And what if it's a real person though like your neighbor or your work colleague or your friend? It's hard But you have to just let it go. You just have to go. Do you want to go Elsa? Yeah, let it go Let it go But good end day, um, you're better You are better than them if you if you're the one to walk away And just let it go You are better than them because in the day they have the problem not you that's true Like it's a reflection of themselves not of you Exactly. They're the ones that are the horrible person if you just go, do you know what? I haven't got the energy all the time Just It's difficult. It is hard. Yeah, but I think as you get older you learn how to cope more Um, I've gotten to the point now, you know, you know being the age that I am Well, I just go I don't care what you think You can call me fat. You can call me ugly. You can call me whatever you want. I don't care I really don't. It's the best way to be. It's just like, you know, um, yeah Anyway, I've got a lot of questions about placement So I am going to do a whole vlog purely for placements And I'll answer the questions in that vlog within the next week or two Next question Okay, this is pretty good actually because we discuss this before the stream. Yeah So and and to be fair, I think I could kind of chip on this. Yeah, you'd be good to chip in on this So difference between mental health and adult nursing Yeah So adult nursing is It's general nursing with adults But you will come into contact with mental health patients as well as an adult nurse quite a rise in mental health I think so just because you're an adult nurse doesn't mean you're not going to see the other fields of nursing And then mental health is specific to Different mental health conditions. They don't have to be adult. They don't have to be adult. Yeah I looked after a young girl. I'm not going to mention her name, obviously She was 19 years old and I was working in the hospital As an agency worker and she I got told that she was on one-to-one care Because I haven't heard about this. I think I have. She jumped she jumped off a bridge to try and take her own life She survived at 19 years old like like To feel like your life isn't worth it and 19 is it's devastating. I don't even know how people Like at 19 she's barely lived and she survived um, she broke both her ankles and The nurses didn't know what to do because none of them were mental health trained And that there was three of them stood at her door Just looking at her and talking and I was like, what are you doing? She wasn't allowed out of the room She wasn't allowed in the bathroom on her own. She's made multiple attempts at her life. Um, And it says, right, you know, you can they went to me just go in there and sit in there and I was like, no So I said to those three women at the door the nurses I went move They went pardon I went leave I just go and um, I shut the door and I sat in there and within five minutes I had a talking And she was allowed to go out. She gave me she was gonna swallow some batteries because The stomach acid. Yeah, she gave them to me. She was hiding them in her bum I know right and she gave them to me and I took her out. We went out for a walk went around the hospital And she she's amazing. She's doing very well now She's doing amazingly well and I've taken up the question. I'm sorry Um, but it doesn't matter how old you are you can have not to help at any age So sorry continue Claire. So difference to a mental health and adult nursing. Sorry. I took over that a little bit So the difference is mental health is purely for mental health. Yes And the sort of placement she will get will be mental health placement. So you could be in a prison Um, you could be one to one basis the wrong home one in a home Um, you might be on some sort of lockdown ward. Yeah, what are they called? Secure because you might be on a secure unit That will be really specific to mental health. Whereas as an adult nurse You will deal with a whole variety of adults which might include mental health Which could be hospitals nursing homes. You could be based anywhere basically Are there the main differences I think yeah Okay, so we've got one last question. So Claire How hard is it to make friends at uni? Again, it depends on you and how you are the full starting university. I was very socially awkward And it took me Probably a month to speak to anybody at university I'm not gonna lie because I was really socially awkward and I found it really hard to approach people and I was always constantly worrying what people thought about me. So I kept myself to myself And luckily someone came up to me and said do you want to come and sit by us? And that was it I had my friends for life But how hard is it to make friends at uni? It's going to be really easy to make friends at uni because most people are in the same boat. Everyone's doing this alone Um, there's only like a few people that I found have joined university together and got in the same course together So everyone's in the same boat. Everyone's looking for new friends and you end up working in such small groups Anyway, you will get to know each other a lot better And you do you make friends? It's not too scary then. It's not too scary. It is on the first day, but it's not too scary Yeah, you get over it I think it is anywhere on the first day. The first day is nerve-recking because you don't know anyone and you go in You don't know where the room is and it's just like oh my god. What are we gonna do? What's gonna be expected of me? But no, it's all right. You'll be all right. You'll be okay. You'll smash it Yes, you'll smash it. I don't need to worry about it I want to ask this though. Do you choose placement? Oh, yeah Good question. So I don't know if all universities do this, but I know some do and our university definitely do You don't as such choose your placement But they give you a preference list to where you might want to work So it'll be top three and they try to they try to honor that for second and third year And then on your management placement I think you get to pick where you'd like to go for your management placement, which is your last placement Okay, it's like work experience in year 10 or year nine Yeah I'm gonna give So yeah, is that all the questions? Anyway, I think that's it guys. Um, thank you very much for hanging out with us. It's been we are time. What time is it? It is like it's ridiculous in the morning It's quarter past one in the morning. Um, so I'm gonna start vlogging half 11 Yeah, we're in 45 minutes vlogging. That's not even vlogging. That's just doing the q&a That's just doing a q&a q and our employees doing q&a. Um, claire's got a lot of headspace here, but it's fine. I'll forgive her You to learn to yeah Anyway, anyway, thank you very much guys for joining us. Um, thank you so much I have been uh, k out of game ago link in the description and she is Claire Carmichael second year student nurse seem to be third. Yeah Link in the description below So, yeah, anyway, um, if you enjoyed gaming If you're interested in just seeing some really fascinating vlogs Check us both out because you know go if you're on my channel go follow emma because she is hilarious to watch and Really good live streaming. 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