Hello Julia,
enjoy the course is my first advice. I am very new to this arena of
nursing and found it amazing to listen to experts in the field, and being able o
pick their brains was invaluable. I have to say that i still do this to a few
even now (thank-you Mr Loach).
this list too is superb but all i'd say is don't be too serious and
certainly not too humourous or you may offend folks (I speak from personal
experience).
The degree is what you make it, and with your past experience
you'll no doubt give as much as yet "take". Some of the modules on my particular
course were a bit fluffy and not really with an OH basis, although the
assignments could have an OH slant, but even now they offered little. I guess
the issue here was that I knew nowt about OH (and still don't know a lot) and i
was expecting (rather silly in hindsight) the course to teach me about OH.
Obviously no course can do this, and experience means everything.
The qualification has and does open doors, but my own personal view
is that experience is more important that a few letters and a surfikat (for
those Steve Wright fans). I know this topic has been discussed at length on the
list before.
And finally, I have been very quiet of late due to a poorly PC. For
those of you with Windows XP DO NOT download service pack 2, as it may crash
your system too, and loose absolutely everything on your pc.
Take care y'all
Glenn
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