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Band 6 Cardiology Nurse 💉👩🏽‍⚕️

Joined March 2019
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Today was a tough day. A relatively young patient was deteriorating in front of me and I couldn’t do much for them (ceiling of care was ward based, & they already were on 15L of O2), another patient became seriously unwell and had only just lost her husband to COVID 4 days ago.
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So pleased to finally have met @DoggRosie yesterday, especially as I was having a bit of a stressful day 🐾❤️ thanks @StGeorgesTrust for letting the #PetsAsTherapy dogs back!
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Today I: 💉 Got my first Covid vaccine ⏰ Finished work on time 👩🏻‍⚕️ Looked after patients who were actually well, despite having a Covid positive swab 🥪 Got a @peabodys_coffee free goodie bag 💃🏻 Rocked out to We Are The Champions on @magicfm whilst driving home from work
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Today has been a good day 💙 Holding on to this feeling. We can do this 💪🏼
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The comments on this tweet is why I now limit myself to 10 minutes on Twitter. The reason they don’t show patients is due to confidentiality, these ‘actors’ have been playing a long game as I’ve seen them for the past two years in the hospital. We are doing the best we can 💔
"It's been one of the worst shifts of my entire life" The BBC has been given exclusive access to a London hospital to see how doctors and nurses are coping with Covid bbc.in/3ng0wbR
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First walk on Epsom Downs today having a walk and natter with my church’s youth leader and daughter. So glad that pre school children don’t count in the restrictions on numbers. #walkwithtom
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Hattie was initially a bit reluctant to leave her bed but we had a nice walk into the village to pick up some food for a picnic with @rosiejPH which was lovely #walkwithtom
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Absolutely bawling at the Festival of Remembrance with @captaintommoore 💙💙
The sun setting on day 1 of lockdown 2.0 #walkwithtom
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Big shoutout to my wonderful colleagues who are working a 13.5 hour shift tonight. Luckily I’ve only ever been on for the spring clock change!
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Replying to @RNLI
@RNLI Does anyone make it through #SavingLivesAtSea without crying? I haven’t even got to the first rescue and I’m tearing up! 😢
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Okay just got to Skip the puppy and am actually bawling now 😭🐕🐾❤️
Catching up on previous episodes of #Ambulance. Seeing Nick and Nick buy that homeless man a MacDonalds warmed the cockles of my heart. @Ldn_Ambulance your paramedics are truly amazing. #OneNHS
Absolutely buzzing that this is back. My favourite tv programme. Hopefully this will help raise awareness and generate revenue to continue the amazing work the @RNLI does ❤️💛 #SavingLivesAtSea
Saving Lives At Sea is back! Expect more drama, emotion, and incredible stories of courage in a brand new series. Thursday 17 September at 8pm on @BBCTwo
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This is amazing and goes to show what important work the ⁦@RNLI⁩ do #FloatToLive bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-yo…
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I got very excited to see the @LDNairamb landing in Brockwell Park earlier. Hope all is okay.
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Replying to @geshNHS
Well done! ❤️💙
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Got on my bike and cycled 24.5 miles round the sights of London with my brother today. I made sure a visit to @TowerRNLI was on the itinerary. Hope those on duty haven’t been too busy during this beautiful weekend.
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Feeling so angry. How do you know you’re ‘about to be incapacitated by coronovirus’? How can you say someone acted with integrity when they clearly broke your own rules? They’ve just undermined everything and I don’t see how they can expect anyone to follow the rules now.
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As someone who has had to hold an iPad as family members say goodbye to their dying relatives and read out emails messages from family members to their dying relatives as they couldn’t visit the hospital, it makes a mockery of what everyone else has suffered.
Happy International Nurses Day! I have always, and will always, be very proud to be a nurse but I think it is especially so at the moment. Happy to be at work and sharing today with my colleagues, but buzzing that there is a bottle of prosecco in the fridge waiting for me. 🌈🍾🥂
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NHS staff are getting a lot of the praise and attention during this lockdown period. Think my mum wanted to let our bin men know they’re appreciated too! ❤️ #keyworkers #stayhome
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