Who am I and what is my blog is about?
Hi there, my Name is Andy Rogers (Andrew when I’m in trouble!) and I am a third-year Mental Health Nursing student. This is my first attempt at writing a blog, which will offer an insight into my journey into nursing and how I’ve overcome the hurdles that having dyslexia can bring. My aim is to offer support to other student nurses; hopefully this will become a place where we can share our experience, offering support and advice to each other regarding experiences and strategies we can employ to overcome the hurdles that studying entails. Brief history of me and my dyslexia My nursing adventure began 7 years ago when the family business, a greengrocer’s, florist and plant sellers, that I and my father owned, was forced into bankruptcy due to a struggling financial climate. I lost everything, was unemployed for six months and for a while, I thought I was a failure. Phil, an amazing young man who occasionally worked for me, had learning disabilities and it was he who inspir