This weeks blog is by Archana Shajidevadas (archana.shajidevadas@plymouth.ac.uk ), Lecturer at the University of Plymouth. The increasing demand for hospital beds in the National Health Services (NHS) is driven by several factors. The pandemic caused the postponement of many surgeries and treatments, resulting in extended waiting lists further exacerbated by staff industrial actions. Shortage of […]
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Online safeguarding training: Where is the evidence of its effectiveness?
Dr. Rosemary Godbold, Dr. Lisa Whiting, Honey-Anne Greco, Dr. Anthony Herbland R.Godbold@herts.ac.uk This week’s blog comes from a group from Hertfordshire who have been working to develop a greater understanding of the efficacy of online safeguarding training. Safeguarding training has always underpinned health and social care practices and has been mandatory for those working with at […]
Reducing inequity in access to children’s palliative care
This weeks’ blog is by Prof Julia Downing, Chief Executive International Children’s Palliative Care Network, (Julia.downing@icpcu.org) The report on ‘Unleashing the Power of the Nurse to Achieve Health Equity’ 1 highlights the role of nurses in promoting and enabling health for all, regardless of who we are or where we live. As nurses we can […]
“Such insight into research” Undergraduate BSc Hons Nursing Research Internship
In this week’s blog, Dr. Lisa Whiting, Associate Dean Research and Associate Professor (Research), Dr. Julia Petty, Associate Professor (Learning and Teaching), and Professor Natalie Pattison (Professor of Clinical Nursing) from the School of Health and Social Work at the University of Hertfordshire share their thoughts on the Nursing Research Internship at the University of […]
Clinical Nurse Educator Network (CNE Network): celebrating and amplifying the voice of nurse educators
Kathryn Tolfree, Head of FHFT Education Academy, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of CNE Network and Vanda Carter, Programme Manager, Staffordshire University, Deputy Chair of CNE Network The World Health Organisation (WHO) (2020) anticipate an 8% increase of graduate nurses will be required to support global healthcare demand by 2030. Within the […]
Challenges for children’s palliative care
In this week’s blog, the 5th and final of our CYP series, Gilda Davis @GildaMDavis, Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at the University of Worcester discusses challenges affecting children’s palliative care. When considering the future of children’s palliative care within the UK, it is recognised that an equitable palliative care service is needed (Together for […]
Looking closely at the big picture: Children and Young People’s Mental Health
Looking closely at the big picture: Children and Young People’s Mental Health In this week’s blog, the fourth in our Children and Young People (CYP) series, Yasmin Smith, Lecturer in Nursing and Mental Health and Rebecca Reynolds @becksreynolds, Lecturer in Children’s Nursing from Plymouth University discuss the big picture in CYP’s Mental Health. Problems […]
Challenges for paediatric critical care provision.
In this week’s blog, and the 3rd in the CYP series Julie C Menzies @jmenzies1, Rebekah Overend, Lyvonne N Tume @lyvonnetume, discuss ‘Complexity, commissioning, capacity and capability: challenges for paediatric critical care provision’. Children and young people (CYP) represent a third of our population. Sustaining and improving their health and wellbeing is therefore a key […]
What does health literacy have to do with children’s nursing?
In this blog for Week 2 of the CYP Series, Professor Lucy Bray @LucyBray9 from Edge Hill University discusses ‘What does health literacy have to do with children’s nursing?’ What does health literacy mean? Health literacy, put simply, is the skills, knowledge and confidence people have to access, understand and use health information to make […]
Developing cultural humility in CYP nurses through decolonisation of the curriculum
In this week’s blog, the first in the Children and Young People’s (CYP) Series for September, CYP Nursing Lecturers from Birmingham City University @MyBCU: Laura Maguire @Laurama37358999, Kathryn Sethi @katsethi, Emma Tonks @EmmaT31, Waheeda Zaman discuss Cultural humility in CYP nurses As patient populations become more diverse, the intersection of multiple identities increasingly requires nurses […]