Alex O’Shaughnessy
A STUDENT nurse who swapped the lecture theatre for the Covid frontline at Colchester Hospital has spoken of the life-changing past 12 months.
Alex O’Shaughnessy, from Colchester, is in his final year studying adult nursing at the University of Essex.
The 20-year-old has volunteered to join staff on the frontline as part of paid placements at hospital runs by the East Suffolk and North Essex Trust.
It has seen Alex work with the acute medical team at Colchester Hospital.
During his time at the hospital he has been caring for a patient with respiratory failure, treating complex wounds and supporting a patient to manage a chronic condition.