[Margaret Pilkington]

I did a variety of jobs before I went into Nursing. No job is a waste of time, you can always learn something.
I had no paper qualifications when I left school, but I did have a vision of what I wanted to do....it took quite a while for me to be able to achieve my goal.
I was 26 when I was accepted for training.......I felt really old among the class of 18 year olds.
I always felt that I had to prove that I was WORTH training. What I didn't realise at the time was that my experience of life, being married and being a parent gave me a head start over the 18year old with their GCE's.

I did very well(but worked hard and consistently) and came top in the Hospital Finals.....and also achieved a practical nursing prize. So it was worth the slog.
Learn from every experience Mel...even the bad ones.