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Asked by anon-202380 to Rebecca, Raashid, Matthew, Marie, Hanna, Gareth on 4 Mar 2019.
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Marie Cameron answered on 4 Mar 2019:
Yes, in my job as a nurse I have been lucky enough to look after many people who were very unwell, and some of those experiences will stay with me forever, and have made me a better person for being involved in them.
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Hanna Jeffery answered on 4 Mar 2019:
Yes, a couple spring to mind:
The first is of a little girl we saw soon after she had had meningitis, aged 3. Her parents said she was hearing them ok. I was only a trainee and I thought I was doing something wrong when she didn’t seem to hear me. I asked my boss to help – and she said that the girl was not able to hear at all. It made me realise how quickly a life can change – and how complicated it can be to work with people. I have always wondered if her parents really didn’t notice, or whether they just pretended.
The little girl got a cochlear implant and must be a teenager now.The second is of a man in his 80s. He had always relied on his wife to hear for him, but she had gone to live in a nursing home. He needed us to help him do things on his own – like answering the phone. He cried when he told me that his wife was confused every night as he put her to bed and then went home – she always asked him why he was putting his coat on. It made me feel that our country should be doing so much more to look after old people – and it has made me think a lot about what it will be like when I am old.
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Matthew Smith answered on 4 Mar 2019:
Other than the thrill of a key experiment working or finding a key piece in the scientific puzzle you are trying to solve, i think my biggest memories from work involve outreach events.
The first was at an annual event during my PhD where secondary school students would come to the lab for a day. At the end of our lab’s activity, one student said that they had found the activity so fun that they wanted to pursue a career in science.
Another example was recently where a mother and daughter who both share a rare disease that makes them more likely to get cancers, came to my unit. I had the opportunity to share the work we do everyday in the lab and help point them in the direction of where they can get involved in cancer research policy. They were really grateful for this and it seemed to help to see that people are actively working to help them. -
Gareth Nye answered on 5 Mar 2019:
Almost everyday when i see babies being born and surviving even though they have a very small chance of doing so! It really is amazing how far we have come in terms of helping poorly babies and even ones born really prematurely!
Personal memories include going around the world to talk about my science including tokyo and san diego
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Rebecca Gosling answered on 5 Mar 2019:
Definitely. As a doctor, I have looked after people who are very unwell. It is always a very difficult time for them and their families and it always affects me. There are many that stick in my memory that got better when it wasn’t expected. There is nothing better than this!
My work has also given me the opportunity to travel to places like America, Norway, Germany. I have made lots of fun memories doing this.
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Raashid Ali answered on 11 Mar 2019: last edited 11 Mar 2019 4:59 pm
We make memories everyday while at work, some stick out more than others. They change the way we behave whether it’s with other patients, staff or family and friends.
Sometimes seeing poorly children on the paediatric ICU makes me go home and show my little boy more love and feel very grateful. Some situations put you in a different positions and make you realise things you probably wouldn’t experience unless you have been through them yourself.
The biggest experience that stuck in my head is seeing a young healthy gentleman admitted on to the neurosciences ICU after having a fall. Unfortunately he didn’t make it in the end, but he went onto save several people through organ donation. This had me question several of my personal thoughts and questions and I feel it has made me a better person for seeing the answers from a different view. I talk about this experience a lot with colleagues and family and every time I do it makes me think and see things differently.
This whole experience made me change the way I view life in general, made me appreciate the NHS more than I already did and definitely changed my view on organ donation.
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