Change of plans
On leaving school in 1982, I was uncertain about my next steps. I knew I didn’t want to go to university, and my parents didn’t push me. I was thinking of a career in accountancy, but on a trip to the bank one day, I saw a sign in the job centre that sent me on a completely unexpected path. It was a large board asking for people who were “caring, bright, good at communicating, eager to learn and generally get on with others”. The sign was an advert for Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMN), a branch of nursing I knew nothing about.
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