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Nicklin, an 80-year-old British nurse, has not yet retired even after nursing for 60 years. He said that taking care of patients makes him feel satisfied and does not feel like the work is hard. He has also witnessed tremendous changes in the medical environment and technology.
Vibeke Corner Nicklin, an 80-year-old nurse in the UK, has been practicing nursing for more than 60 years and is still serving in the hospital.retire intend. She said she never thought about pursuing a second career and that she still enjoys taking care of patients and doesn’t think going to work is a chore.
“Liverpool Echo” reported that Nicklin celebrated her 80th birthday on October 26, and her nursing career spans 60 years. his place of origindenmark When I was 17, I originally planned to work as an au pair in the UK for a year. Unexpectedly, I met my husband Roger and have lived in the UK ever since.
Nicklin received nursing training at Amersham General Hospital, near London, in 1965, and the following year moved to the Wirral Peninsula in north-west England to live with Roger. After completing nursing training, the couple married in Denmark on August 1, 1970, and eventually settled in Prenton, northern England, where they still live today, while she continued to work at the hospital.
After 60 years of nursing practice, Nicklin has witnessed significant changes in the medical environment. She remembered that when she first started working, nurses weren’t even required to wear gloves when cleaning patients. “We were not wearing gloves, so we had no gloves on our hands when we were cleaning the patient’s body. It seems unbelievable now, but it would never be possible to do it again today,” he said.
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Also, in the past, hospitals would disinfect and reuse needles, but now they generally use disposable medical supplies. Surgical technology has also made great progress. For example, in the past, patients usually needed to be hospitalized for about a week after appendectomy surgery, but now some patients can be discharged from the hospital on the same day.
However, he also noticed that the hospital’s workload was becoming increasingly heavy and almost no beds were vacant. She said: “The ward I’m in is always full of patients. We just sent one patient, and within half an hour, the beds were full again.”
Despite the changing medical environment and work pressures, Nicklin never regretted his choice. She said, “It feels like a long time because I’ve never had another job, but it feels good and I’m still enjoying it.” “I definitely had good and bad times, but I never sat at home and thought, ‘Oh my God, I have to go to work again tonight and I really don’t want to go.'”
“I know it sounds cliché, but I don’t feel like I’m 80,” Nicklin said. “I’m quite fortunate that I’m in good health and otherwise good. I don’t feel like going to work is a simple task.”
When someone asked her how long she planned to work, her answer was simple: “I’ll wait until I’m full!”
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Nicklin said she has always enjoyed nursing work and finds satisfaction in caring for patients. He has never regretted choosing this career and doesn’t think going to work is too hard, so he has no plans to retire.
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When she was 17, she originally planned to work as an au pair in the UK for a year. She later met her husband Roger, received nursing training in the UK, got married and settled down, and has lived and worked there ever since.
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He recalled that in the early days, nurses did not wear gloves while cleaning patients and needles were disinfected and reused. Nowadays, they use safe disposable supplies. Surgical and hospitalization processes have also improved significantly, but the workload in the wards is higher than before.
