Carole

Nurse for 42 years passionate about the NHS all my views are my own

[Carole @jellicoec]

30 years ago 1st November 1994 I became a Pain nurse recruited as one of the first 10 Pain nurses in Great Britain by Dr Mike Harmer who was President of the Association of Anaesthetists at the time and behind the setting up of Acute Pain teams @MKHospital

[Carole @jellicoec]

Big shout out to the NHS when you need them Monday routine eye test MK specsavers straight away spotted retinal detachment confirmed at MKUH eye clinic this afternoon surgery at Oxford JR eye emergency service ophthalmologist gave fantastic block no pain @MKHospital @OUHospitals

[Carole @jellicoec]

Packing to move house and found this from 30 years ago when I was Sister on Colorectal ward at Royal Liverpool University Hospital ⁦@MKHospital⁩ #teamsurgery

[Carole @jellicoec]

@strachanjamie @MKHospital Those student hats were made from card we had frilly net hats as staff nurses and I still have my brorderie anglaise hat and cuffs from when I was a ward sister

[Carole @jellicoec]

Started my Nurse training at Royal Liverpool Hospital 18th January 1982 in my 42nd year of continuous nursing in the NHS ⁦@MKHospital⁩ for last 21 years @teamsurgeryMKUH

[Carole @jellicoec]

Well after avoiding Covid for nearly 3 years despite working in the NHS continuously throughout the pandemic it finally got me this morning and since breakfast can’t smell anything luckily can still taste coffee feels like a bad cold with a cough so pleased I’m vaccinated

[Carole @jellicoec]

Rare day at home midweek attending online PIPS @RCOA @MKHospital @RNPainNet would have liked to have been there to network but a great informative day

[Carole @jellicoec]

@FeliciaJCox @RNPainNet @PhysioPainAssoc @BritishPainSoc @GillChumbley @Karincannons @DrEmmaBriggs @emma_davies50 @boywonder1989 We booked 4 places this morning

[Carole @jellicoec]

Great to be back with face to face teaching this morning ⁦@MKHospital⁩

[Carole @jellicoec]

Well done Ellie winning Patients choice award @MKHospital #MKUHAwards

[Carole @jellicoec]

@Karencamm1 If it’s at MKUH we have set up an analgesia plan for the day case TKR and THR

[Carole @jellicoec]

I had a poster of David Cassidy on my bedroom wall

[Carole @jellicoec]

Smooth radio whilst mowing the lawn Blue eyes by Elton John my Dad always played this on Sunday morning made me smile #smoothradio

[Carole @jellicoec]

18th January 1982 my first day in nursing can’t believe I have been doing this 40 years today the years have gone so fast I have met so many wonderful colleagues and awesome patients I have laughed a lot cried a lot and feel privileged to work in the NHS

[Carole @jellicoec]

@eleanor_shield Hi Eleanor are you having PCR as well I had 2 false positive lateral flows two weeks ago

[Carole @jellicoec]

Best Saturday night in for a long time Mary Poppins followed by Strictly then a night of Paul McCartney on BBC 2

[Carole @jellicoec]

My first trip away for two years it is very wet in Snowdonia on the plus side nearly all the garages I have seen have petrol so I will be able to get home

[Carole @jellicoec]

@nicolaburnsmuir Not an operational manager but very experienced Lead pain nurse happy to be involved in benchmarking @sian_webley

[Carole @jellicoec]

@CraigYork @MKHospital I have voted for you Craig and Debbie too great team at MKUH we have come a long way since our trip to Kansas City

[Carole @jellicoec]

Caught up with my sister who is also a nurse in the cotswolds on Friday as they were breaking their journey back from Devon we had a tootle around Broadway on Friday afternoon had a funny moment but we both laughed so much we ended up crying just what we needed after last year