Hello! I’m Rachael Arkle, the new College Nurse at King’s. It’s been wonderful to start to get to know students since I arrived here in early January.
A bit about me: I have been a nurse for almost 20 years now, but before that I worked in a circus, so contrary to the popular dream, I ran away from the circus to start nursing! I have worked in lots of acute care settings like A&E and intensive care, but a lot of my career was spent working in occupational health and wellbeing- which is where I chose to specialize. As well as nursing, I also coach aerial gymnastics and am a qualified yoga instructor.
While it’s great to be talking about mental health today, we have resources and sources of support for our students year-round:
🌱In addition to me, we have a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, a Mental Health Advisor, Welfare Tutor, Side Tutors and Chaplain on staff. But also the Porters, Housekeeping team, and Welfare officers at
@kcsucambridge and KCGS.
🍰There are activities like the recent Welfare Day and study breaks during Easter term. The health and wellbeing team are here to support you whenever you need, but we will always encourage students to look after their own wellbeing, and to build resilience so that we can all get to the end of the academic year together.
🌞We are lucky to live in such a beautiful city and I encourage students to spend time outdoors, to join extra-curricular activities like sports, clubs and societies- and to get plenty of rest and sleep alongside a good nutritious diet.
My office is in Webb’s Court and I’m here to listen and support students the best I can. I would like all students to feel that my door is always open, even if all you need is a cup of tea and a listening ear.
@kings.welfare
@kcgs_social
#UniMentalHealthDay #ReachOutCambridge