Newly qualified nurses
Mental health and adult nursing, plus the pace of emergency care – this role has it all
A dual-registration newly qualified nurse reflects on what she has learned in her first year
A dual-registration newly qualified nurse reflects on what she has learned in her first year working in the emergency department
I had always wanted to work in emergency care due to the variety of patients and scope for professional development.
After four years studying for my dual-registration nursing qualification, I graduated as a mental health and adult registered nurse in August 2018, and several months later started as a newly qualified nurse (NQN) in the emergency department (ED) at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
The department serves as a major trauma centre to the local counties and receives more than 130,000 patients a year.
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