Everyone thinks being a rebellious nurse in a pandemic is cool, but I certainly don’t If mixing up my Vs and Bs makes me sound like a Russian revolutionary, then soviet, but I refuse to toe the line when it comes to authority. If you can’t throw the rulebook out of the window in the … Continue reading A Rebel Without a Gauze
Tag: CoronaVirus
Us Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum!
Who put this maniac in charge? Due to circumstances beyond my control, I now find myself as the manager of an acute psychiatric admissions ward. I fucking hate management, I don’t do rules and we’re in the midst of a global pandemic! What could possibly go wrong? Let’s not forget folks, pandemic or not, people … Continue reading Us Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum!
I’ve Gone Viral, but Not the Way I’d Always Hoped
This COVID-19 makes me sick I don’t think the reason I’ve come down with symptoms indicative of COVID-19 is that I’m a frontline nurse in the British NHS, but because I made the following joke in a recent story of mine: “Never say c’rona virus, that’s how I contracted it” This pandemic is the stuff … Continue reading I’ve Gone Viral, but Not the Way I’d Always Hoped
Can We Make Kindness Contagious Too?
And no, viruses do not come from Germany! Teacher: Okay Emily, make a sentence using the word ‘contagious’Emily: Yesterday our neighbour started painting his whole house with a two inch brush and my dad said it’s going to take the contagious As a frontline clinician in the middle of a pandemic, there are two lessons … Continue reading Can We Make Kindness Contagious Too?
We Don’t Talk About Coronavirus Enough
Never say c’rona virus, that’s how I contracted it I can’t believe all these viruses and bacteria can just invade my body willy nilly. Makes me sick. If I’m not writing, I’m sitting staring out the window. And if I’ve still got time to spare after all that lot, then I’m at my local psychiatric … Continue reading We Don’t Talk About Coronavirus Enough
