[FairyPoppins]

I've just been given a conditional offer (subject to police and health checks) to work as Healthcare Assistant on a hospital ward for "Acute, Stroke and Care of the Elderly". (Am I mad? Yes.)

I'm not sure if I will take the job, because I am still waiting to hear about another two (one on a Paediatric ward and the other in an Operating Department). However, if I do take this position, I really hope the patients aren't like this woman you mentioned! I will have enough to deal with, what with the feeding, washing, dressing, clearing up of urine and faeces, etc etc (you know the drill!)

I hope to study for a degree in Nursing too (Paediatrics). I think being a qualified nurse is the best route to take because, from what I've heard, you are treated with a lot more respect than care assistants (even though I don't agree with this, since care assistants seem to do as much work as the nurses).

When are you hoping to go to uni? 2012 like me?

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