The latest round of graduate nurses began one of two six-month rotations at Griffith Base Hospital this week and at least two of them plan to stay for the long haul.

Leeton local Jenna Stott is one such nurse.

Originally enrolled to do property management, after spending a gap year in England caring for disabled people, Mrs Stott drastically changed her career choice.

“I’d never planned to be working here at the hospital,” Mrs Stott said.

“But after my gap year it made me realise that I wanted to do nursing.”

While they’ve all come from different walks of life, two of Griffith’s newest recruits have travelled a bit further than

others.

Vaneet Sachdeva moved with her family from India to study nursing, as did Denis from Indonesia.

Mrs Sachdeva said while she has only been in Griffith for a short time, she “loves the place”.

“I’m really confident that this is a good place,” she said.

“It was a big transition but having a good, supportive team makes it so much easier.”

The hospital’s nurse educator Mary Fuller will take the fledglings under her wing and help them with their medical, surgical, emergency department and the coronary care unit rounds.

“They’re a varied bunch with varied life experience and the patients will benefit from that,” Mrs Fuller said.