Welcome to our blogs page where we share stories relating to health inequalities, community projects, sustainability, leadership and community nursing.
Mapping DN Standards with GCU DN Students
Helena Kelly, Lecturer of Nursing and Community Health at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), updates us on recent work involving the…
Mental Health Awareness Week – the joys of the outdoors!
Mental Health Awareness Week 2016 takes place from 16-22 May, with the theme of relationships. This Blog is taken from…
Healthcare in the next Parliamentary Session
In less than a week, polls open to decide who will lead the next Scottish Parliamentary session. In our latest…
QNIS Funded Learning Visit to the Scottish Borders
Fiona Oag, Clinical Team Lead from Kirkwall in Orkney received funding from QNIS to visit colleagues in NHS Borders. Below…
A day in the life of a trainee health visitor: Leona Flett, RGU
Conference delegate Leona Flett, offers us an insight into a day in the life of a trainee health visitor. Arrive…
Why Health Visiting? Liz Taylor, PG Prizewinner, Glasgow
Post Graduate Prizewinner from Glasgow Caledonian University Liz Taylor tells us her story about being a Health Visitor. I have…
Queen’s Nurse Record Cards
Friday, 20 November, was a special day. Every Tuesday for the past seven months, myself and another volunteer have been…
QNIS2016 – why should you attend?
“One of the most informative and uplifting conferences I have attended in a long time. I came away energised and…
Shadowing on the Isle of Lewis
Clare Cable, Chief Exec and Nurse Director of the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland shadows Community Staff Nurse Karen Macleod on…
Health visiting in Scotland – time for celebration at last!
Phil Wilson, Professor of Primary Care and Rural Health at the University of Aberdeen tells us why he thinks the…
