Emergency nursing allows me to utilise my personality, intellect, compassion, and my people and resource management skills. After twenty years of clinical nursing, I still adore the professional challenges, find it a privilege to be able to work so closely with people and am inspired by my medical and nursing colleagues. As a clinical nurse specialist in emergency nursing, I never want to lose my clinical expertise, judgement, knowledge and skills. Therefore in addition to my full time position as a lecturer, I have continued to work clinically at St V's.
Given that it's the Queen's Birthday weekend, I've swapped the ski boots and party shoes* for navy flats and a stethoscope and am taking this opportunity to work a few night shifts in ED. Many of my colleagues find working night duty disruptive to their normal sleep-rest patterns, but I've always preferred the nocturnal timezone and so for me I really enjoy working night duty. Actually, whilst I was writing my masters thesis I worked full-time permanent night duty at St V's in ED for 3years.
Overnight the ED atmosphere, patient acuity and workload can vary greatly; clinical cases can range from blunt and penetrating trauma injuries following assaults and motor vehicle accidents, mental health and prevalent co mobilities issues, general medical and surgery cases, and overdoses.
Working at St V's is like dropping in to visit my extended family.
* Queen's Birthday weekend (circa 1991-93).
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