Becky 💙

Finally a graduate 🧑‍🎓 🥳

A river (though not recognisable) covered in a uniform layer of snow. A sign reading “Foss Islands” with small and unreadable information text sits in front. The sky is blue with a few clouds, and some low hanging trees sit in the background.

Another image of a frozen river with snow covering the surface. The clouds in the background have the sun shining through tjem and the sky is otherwise blue.

A frozen and snow covered River Foss this morning. Looks like I may be having a snowy graduation on Thursday …

And that’s final day of Masters teaching for 2025 done earlier this week. Time to crack down and submit 1 paper before the end of the year, and finish this masters module before Jan, all whilst trying to avoid catching flu amongst the early flu peak this year ! 😷

First few weeks as an NRN done. Yikes. People weren’t kidding when they said it was hard. Today another trip to Southampton for the MRes though.

Masters teaching day 2 coming up😎

Well - now my Twitter account has been hacked it looks like I’m here entirely rather than Twitter now!

Thanks Ken!

first day of the masters degree tomorrow 🧑‍🎓 and first time going to the city that said masters is in !

What a great article by Millie that I can certainly relate to. The winding down of motivation as financial pressures mount, and I myself found myself more drawn to putting things into practice and lost a bit of academic oomph towards the end in the whole juggling act. Still - we got there.

A wrap being held up to the camera in front of a blurred out background. The wrap has parsley sticking out of it and little else can be seen beneath.

Been combining my pre-employment check visits with checking out the local eats - today a rather ace (vegan) falafel wrap from Eastern Oven at Kirkgate Market en route from Jimmy’s to station. A little pricey but worth it. Photo does not do the joy it brought me justice…

Brill first day at #SOA25 - tonight means time to get ready for my ePoster tomorrow!

Getting packed and ready for #SOA25 that I’m setting off for tomorrow. Looking forward to meeting new folk and catching up with people I haven’t seen for a while!

It does seem like there is absolutely no other occasion when I am more on top of my household chores than when I have a deadline. I may have my final uni deadline tomorrow and have not submitted anything, but at least my flat is cleaner than ever and I’ve done all possible laundry.

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Thank you so much 💙 it’s been a very very shocking and surprising day!

Enjoy Chris!!!!

Has been a lovely few days of good weather up in Yorkshire ☀️

Having some R&R at last. Last week I had all of my uni deadlines but ended up as a patient on a specialist ward for the best part of a week. Though Spring break now finally feels that it has begun - but will be back to being a patient next week to start a new (& hopefully improved) treatment regime.

En route to #RCNEd25 for the next couple of days.

Really pleased that my abstract has been accepted for #SOA25 looking at non-pharmacological interventions to manage delirium in critical care. Looking forward to my third SOA congress but first time presenting! @ics-updates.bsky.social

So pleased to have received my final placement allocation as ICU - pleased to be concluding my student nursing days in intensive care prior to entering NQN life 💙

Busy with literature review writing for my final undergraduate essay, alongside trying to write a (part-time) Masters application, plus funding application too. February is flying by…!

A delicious looking avocado toast next to a latte

100th parkrun today (followed by brunch!)
I had a goal of getting my 100 milestone before finishing uni and I managed it 6 months early 🥳

Hope you’re feeling better soon 💙

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📢New Editorial📢 - 'The Overlooked Inequality: How Severe Mental Illness and Chronic Kidney Disease Intersect' @becky-n.bsky.social and I wrote a brief overview of the issue for Kidney News - you can read it here:
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I do 100% agree that it sounds super pretentious though - but I feel like Oxbridge encourage that sort of thing. Is it just a fancy way of saying “I got a first in first year, second year and third year” But to sound more irritating?

Think triple first is a name for a grade - getting a first in each component.
We (though no one actually calls it that) can get a “double first” or “starred first” at my uni but that’s a specific grade (ie like an A*) with explicit requirements & goes on degree certificate.
I may be wrong though!

Getting ready for first night shift of 2025… it’s been a while since my last night so a bit out of practice but I do enjoy nights.

A day house viewing in Oxford for my new job, and as well as another important task - sussing out the local coffee spots.

Finished off the year with a busy volunteer ambulance shift up in Derbyshire. 2024 was a challenging but good one, and I’m proud of myself for what I achieved over the year, with a lot of fun on the way.
Here’s to an even better 2025. Wishing everyone a lovely year 💙