Student nurses star in new ITV1 documentary
Keep an eye out for your student representatives Helen and Graham who are featuring on the new ITV1 documentary Student Nurses: Bedpans and Bandages beginning 8pm on Friday, 14 February.
The program shows student nurses, all with diverse backgrounds and lives attending University of Salford and Birmingham City University, facing training on the wards.
The series offers an insight into what it takes to become a nurse in the 21st Century, uncovering the motivation behind the student nurses’ dreams and showing the challenges they face on a daily basis; juggling academic study with home life and work on the wards.
Episode one sees 21 year old Alistair set foot on a ward at Royal Bolton Hospital for the very first time, after two months in the classroom.
A nervous Alistair says: “I’m worried most about how I’ll react to people in such poor condition or people who seriously need help. I’ve never seen it before, so I think it’ll be quite a shock to the system.”
As Alastair tackles the challenges his first patient brings, he says: “I feel personally as if I’ve got a lot to prove, as the rest of the cohort have got quite a bit of experience in health care.”
Student Nurses: Bedpans and Bandages, episode one, 8pm, Friday 14 February. Series contains eight episodes.
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