Just 24 hours after graduating, Danielle Robertson is already putting her new degree to good use.
The 22-year-old received her Bachelor of Nursing yesterday and, this morning, will walk through the doors of a Peterhead hospital to begin her career.
The last few years have been a whirlwind experience for her, following the birth of her daughter at the end of the second stage of the course – which meant she had to balance studying and placements with being a new mum.
But Mrs Robertson says the job satisfaction she’ll receive every day will be well worth the challenges she encountered on the way.
And she made an analogy to a well-known TV programme to describe her journey.
She said: “You have to motivate yourself to get up at the crack of dawn, so you can catch the first bus and head in for a 12-hour shift, sometimes for three days in a row.
“It makes you feel like the walking dead.
“But it’s worth it when you see the effect you’re having on each of your patients.”
New mum Danielle juggles parenting with nursing dream
