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It's all came to a head with Jo!

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She’s finally flipped her lid!! It's been like something straight out of a Hollywood movie – with the bad guy being found out and getting their comeuppance! Let me tell you all about it...It all started after my days off. Carla had been planning my hen night alongside my personal development plan and word had got around the ward that Susan was retiring at the end of the month. It didn’t take Einstein to figure out that I was being prepped to go for the Band 6 opening that would leave, and almost everyone offered their help towards my development. I bet you can guess who wasn’t happy about it?! Since her particularly cruel words in the staff room, she seemed to be laying off me a little – I think she was scared I would spill my guts to Carla, but when she realised that all was good, she started to stick the knife in as per her usual whispered taunts and subtle jibes. To be fair, most of it rode well over my head as I was busy trying to keep up with all that Carla ha...

I said YES!

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I’m thinking of changing my name…how does Whirlwind Writingale sound? Everything in my life is at full speed ahead at the moment and I’m not sure I can keep up! Matt is my biggest news this side of Christmas so far. He only went and proposed over a lasagne and a bottle of Rioja at our local Italian restaurant. I should’ve known it was a special occasion when he upgraded from our usual bottle of house red! He told me that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me, his crazy, kind and outspoken ball of spunkiness. I wasn’t quite sure whether that was a compliment and all sorts of images whizzed through my head, but seeing the pure love in his eyes, I let it lie. Of course, my answer was a massive YES! My mother is over the moon as she was convinced that no-one would ever take me off her hands. She immediately got her laptop out and searched for ‘plus size bridal gowns’ – I though Matt was going to shut the laptop lid with her head in it!! So, my next bit of news is that ...

Hi, I’m Florence and I am taking you on a wonderful journey into the world of nursing. I have been qualified for only a short time but I am learning so much. In my own words I’m here to share the highs and lows of what it’s really like to be a nurse working in the UK. Nurses are the real heroes of our society. Let the next Chapter commence…