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Second-year children’s nursing student Jane Green is mum to Connor, age 13. Her other son Callum died in 2014, age 8. He was severely brain damaged after a traumatic birth.
Jane Green

Second-year children’s nursing student Jane Green is mum to Connor, age 13. Her other son Callum died in 2014, aged 8. He was severely brain damaged after a traumatic birth.

Why do you want to be a children’s nurse?

To give back even a tiny bit of the care and attention my son Callum received, particularly from his nurse 'aunties' at Basildon Hospital.

What might you have done otherwise?

Adult nursing. I was in the second year of a three-year nursing diploma when Callum was born and I left studying to care for him. I always intended to return, but I realised children’s nursing was where I needed to be.

Where have you worked previously?

Mainly in offices, doing administration work. I worked in a call centre for a year. I'm proficient at office

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