36 Years Ago - 3rd September 1980

This week (1st September 2016) my 3rd Grandchild was born - Louis

HOWEVER 

It is extraordinary to reflect that ------- 

36 years ago today I walked through the front doors of Kings College Hospital on my very 1st day as a student nurse.

I was 24 Years Old

On that day I could not have imagined

What a journey I had ahead of me....

In 1980 there was no internet, no Facebook, Twitter, Blogs.

There were no Mobile Phones, no Home Computers.

There were 3 TV Channels.We played Vinyls on our Record Players.

I spent 3 Years as a Student Nurse

A New Nightingale

I met my future wife

I became a Staff Nurse

I specialised in Intensive Care Nursing

We moved to Wales

We had 3 Sons

I became a Nurse Teacher

I got a Doctorate

I ran a big University Department that educated Student Nurses and Qualified Nurses

I met Nurses, Doctors, Health Professionals, Patients, Families, Teachers, Managers, Students

THOUSANDS OF THEM

And now I am a Retired Associate Professor of Nursing

AND

A GRANDFATHER

ITS BEEN A JOURNEY !!