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.
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.
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4:14 PM April 20, 2021
Student nurse Alex O Shaughnessy has been working on the Covid wards at Colchester Hospital
- Credit: Alex O Shaughnessy/ESNEFT
A student nurse who volunteered to work on the Covid wards at Colchester Hospital during the pandemic has said it is a great reward to help improve people s lives.
Alex O’Shaughnessy is one of 111 healthcare students deployed into paid placements at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), which manages Ipswich and Colchester hospitals, to help the NHS through the crisis.
The 20-year-old, who is in his final year of an adult nursing degree at the University of Essex, said he didn t hesitate when he had the chance to put his training into practice.