In these uncertain and busy times, it can be all too easy to forget to look after yourself. Hilda Campbell, Chief Executive of COPE Scotland and QNIS Honorary Fellow has provided this helpful blog, in addition to our other resources, in order to help you look after yourself. Scotland’s community nurses are playing crucial roles…
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EveryBodyCan – whats’s it all about?
We are proud to be supporting the British Lymphology Society’s 2020 Campaign – EveryBodyCan. The BLS provided us with this blog looking at ways in which nurses can support the campaign. We are delighted that the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland is supporting the British Lymphology Society 2020 Campaign EveryBodyCan. Lymphoedema, chronic oedema and lymphorrhoea (wet legs) are problems regularly encountered…
From volunteer to nurse
In December 2019, the first ever QNIS Academic Prize was awarded within the Open University. You can read about the ceremony here. The winner was Raphael Kombe Mwarandu, who works as a Practice Nurse in the General Practice in which he had volunteered, shortly after moving to Scotland. This is his story: My journey into…
What does a learning disability nurse do?
In a new series of blogs, learning disability nurses from across Scotland share their experiences. Our first comes from Queen’s Nurse Fiona Mason, who you can read more about, here. I was honoured to participate in the amazing Queen’s Nurse development programme, receiving my Queen’s Nurse Title in November 2019. The programme has helped me…
Little Brown Envelope
QNIS has taught me a lot over the course of 2019, but its biggest lesson, has been by far, has been be brave and have your story heard. The project I embarked on as part of the Queen’s Nurse Programme was never supposed to be public, but with the support of my managers and QNIS it…
Singing for breathing – call for action
Pauline Waugh received funding through QNIS several years ago, which led to the creation of the Cheyne Gang. Singing for breathing has shown improvements for those with long-term respiratory conditions, yet there was no mention of it in the recent Scottish Government’s Respiratory Care Action Plan. Here, Pauline offers a potted history of the Cheyne…
The role of community nurses in raising awareness of signs and symptoms of the menopause
Former QNIS Trustee Hilda Campbell, CEO of COPE Scotland has provided us with this blog, looking at how community nurses can offer support at a challenging time The menopause and peri menopause can be a challenging time in a person’s life and nurses often have an opportunity to help raise awareness and provide some education…
The Role of Health Visiting in Accident Prevention
Fiona Black is Specialised Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) at NHS Lothian. Here she talks about promoting accident prevention as a public health priority: Public health is defined as “the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts of society” (WHO, 1988). It’s evidenced that around 62…
Community Nursing is my vocation, it is where my heart lies
On Friday 15th November, Trustee Jane Walker visited the University of Dundee to bestow a QNIS Postgraduate Academic Prize on Lynn Graham. Lynn has provided us with a blog, in which she discusses her love of community nursing. Winning the Queens Nursing Institute Scotland Academic Prize 2019 for University of Dundee has been an absolute honour. I was completely…
A Century of Nursing Registration
Tonight (25th November) the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is holding an event to commemorate 100 years of Nursing Registration. To mark this landmark occasion, Alison O’ Donnell, a QNIS Fellow and a member of the QNIS History Committee, has prepared a look back on 100 years of nursing registration in the UK. A…
