Working life: Cathy Shortt, clinical nurse

7.15am

The patient profile has changed dramatically in the 25 years since I started as a cystic fibrosis (CF) nurse at Cork University Hospital.

At the time, we had 76 CF patients, of whom just six were adults because life expectancy was poor. Now, we have 162, the oldest is 80, so there have been significant changes for the better.