Update

Categories: general, swansea

Tags: Church, Uni

Date: 11 October 2006 16:30:54

As one friend pointed out the other day, I haven't blogged in over a week, which is quite unusual for me. So I thought I'd come and give you a quick update.

The main reason why I haven't blogged much, is because I've been really busy. We're doing a critical care module in uni at the moment which involves intensive lectures on ventilators, suicide, IV therapy and burns. Tomorrow and Friday we have two whole days on 'the care of the dying'. Hmm. Not exactly the most thrilling of topics. But generally I am enjoying this module. Its at a harder level than anything we've done before, as you'd expect in third year, and its good to be challenged.

On top of my lectures and all the work that comes with it, I have started work on my dissertation. It is split into two halfs, each 5000 words long. The first half is a literature review, which can be written on any topic of your choice, and is due in at the beginning of January. The second half is a 'Management of Change' - basically saying what you would change about current practice, using the evidence from the literature review. But I don't have to hand that in till next May. I have decided to do mine on the communication between nurses on the ward, and children with special needs and a severe communication impairment. Over the summer I started doing initial research and thinking about it, and then the other week I spoke to my supervisor about it, and she was really enthusiastic. I was given this particular lecturer because she is specialises in this field, and when I explained to her my idea, she was v.excited and claimed it was much better than the 'run of the mill' dissertations! She was very keen to do her best to support me with it, giving my half of her bookcase to read, her mobile phone number in case of difficulties and claimed that if i put the work in she would guide me, so that I reach my full potential. So yes, its all quite exciting... but the amount of work is more than a little daunting. Hence the recent lack of blogging.

And then of course, I'm also running an SCM group, planning alterntative worship for church this Sunday, as well as all the normal church stuff and social life, etc. Sigh. Life's never quiet. Its ok though, at the moment I'm managing to juggle everything. My work is given priority. But then I also ensure I have one full day off a week, where I try to relax, but often end up doing everything that isn't work, that needs doing! Its going to get erm, interesting, in a few weeks when I'm working full time on the wards, writing my dissertation and trying to keep up with church stuff. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it...