End of an Era for Wake to Wogan – we’ll miss you Terry

I couldn’t let this momentous day pass without acknowledging the passing of this national institution. Wake up to Wogan has been on my radio since my first day at primary school, secondary school, the morning trip into uni and the commute into work. There are so many people who will be at a loss without Terry to ease them gently into a morning, and I will be one of them.

I’m sure Chris Evans will do a brilliant job, but by his own admission – he could never replace the great Sir Terry Wogan. It’s going to be shock to the system in January when Terry is no longer there. So I would just like to wish him all the very best, and I’m fully intending to get up early on a Sunday to listen to his new show.

Been away for a bit, and Nursing Times this week!

I know I’ve not posted in a while, I’ve been away on a bit of a break to chill out and re-charge! Anyway, so now that I’m back I’ve just picked up the Nursing Times from last week (13-19 Oct) to find a flyer fall out of it advertising 60 giant fact sheets on the human body for only 99p! A bargain you might think, and it certainly appears that way as they clearly state there is no tie in to buy more.

Forgive me if I am a little synical, but one fact sheet shown in the flyer says ‘”The two lungs perform gaseous exchanges with blood pumped from the heart”. Doesn’t this sounds a little more like GCSE Biology than the highly regarded education level achieved by nurses? I realise these fact sheets have been pitched as an aide-memoir, but I think with that level of detail they aren’t even worth 99p!

The first paragraph inside the cover says “Now you can get to know your body inside our – how to recognise its messages so you can talk confidently to your doctor…”.

I’m positive that every nurse in this country who knows their stuff will have binned it (unless they have kids doing GCSE Science!)

Nursing areas that would creep you out?

I was browsing the studentnurse forum and I came across a discussion that caught my interest – what nursing job would creep you out enough not to want it? For me it would have to be theatre, I’m definitely way too squeamish to see inside people!

For some people it’s bones for others it’s eyes. I’m curious to know what yours are.