This week’s blog has been written by Mr Alwin Puthenpurakal, Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Greenwhich. As we approach the end of 2024, the NHS finds itself at a critical juncture. The healthcare system is under significant pressure due to growing patient demands, a shortage of workforce, rising costs, and the lingering […]
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Advanced entry into undergraduate nursing with Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): A case of multiple transitions
By Lisa Attrill, Lecturer Adult Nursing, University of Plymouth (lisa.attrill@plymouth.ac.uk) Demands on healthcare keep growing to support an ageing demographic, increasing burden of chronic disease, complexity of care, technological advancements and increasing patient expectations. This is challenging for nursing, further hit by the recent pandemic, increase in nurses retiring from the register and an […]
Innovative Approaches to Enhance Day surgery follow-up and care of Older Adults
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 […]
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 […]