Back to Placement!...Week 40

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Due to a family loss I had to take compassionate leave from placement (only 2 shifts) as my grandfather in Portugal died, we had to fly over. Also the reason I haven't been here in a little while.
So I'm halfway through my 6th week at placement and I've been off for nearly 2 weeks now! Bit nervous about tomorrow but I'm sure it'll be fine :)

Nothing too nurse-y to mention today as I said, I've been away from placement for a while!

Guess I could mention my relatively 'new' ideas. I have always been very interesting in midwifery, but haven't set my heart on it as getting into the 18 month course is so so hard. Also, there is only 1 university kind of near my home so it's even harder again. I researched and found out that 12-24 months into working as a midwife your pay rises to a band 6 which is incredible. I want to have my own home and a family with my boyfriend when I'm still relatively young but I also want a good steady wage before I lunge into the world of parenthood. So I'm currently trying to organise work experience with a community midwife so my application is as desirable as possible. What do you guys think?
Anyway, speak of the devil, One Born Every Minute is on!

Hope you're all well
Alex x