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A NURSING student says “nothing could have prepared us” for what awaited her upon joining the ranks of NHS staff battling the coronavirus pandemic.
Shannon Morgan, from Coventry, says “it is quite scary” on the frontline as she and her colleagues at Coventry University have entered the unknown, leaving them “worried about not only our careers, but also how opting in would impact our families and lives”.
Thousands of students have began working at hospitals up and down the country as Covid-19 spread, with the number of people having died in hospitals across Britain rising each day.
On top of the stress of leading the fight against coronavirus, student nurses are still having to continue their studies at the same time, and Shannon, 23, is hoping to give her fellow Coventry University students the perfect send-off when they graduate in 2021.
She said: “Our cohort has been split where some of the student nurses have been deployed onto the frontline wards and others have been completing the theory side of the degree.
“So far it has been really stressful and scary for all of us as we have all been so worried about not only our careers, but also how opting in would impact families and lives.
“We feel we really deserve an amazing graduation ball as we have given 100 per cent whether it’s in the theory side or being out on the frontline.”
Shannon and another student nurse at Coventry, Abbigail Walters, have set up a fundraising page to help pay for the February 2018 adult nursing cohort’s graduation ball.
They hope to raise a total of £2,000 and you can add to the current total here.
Speaking to the Telegraph about coping with a national health emergency so early in their careers, Shannon said: “We have been on the frontline for three weeks now and we have found it very emotional.
“With the short notice guidance and university support, nothing could have prepared us mentally for the risks we were putting ourselves in. We are taking each day as it comes and doing what we do best - which is caring for our patients to the best of our ability.
“It is quite scary, but the staff at hospital trusts across the Midlands and the university are so supportive of us. All of the students in our cohort are amazing and deserve a good graduation.
“Studying at the same time as being on the frontline has been tough too, with majority of our days off spent doing uni work for the theory aspect of our degree.”