Leadership Development for All Nurses: The Time is Now

This weeks’ blog focuses on Leadership Development and is by Katarzyna (Kasia) Czabanowska, Prof, Dr @KatarzynaCzaba1, Emily McWhirter, PhD, RN @McWhirterEmily and Barbara Stilwell, PhD, MSC, FRCN, FAAN @bathebrit   Nurses and midwives make up 50% of the world’s healthcare workforce but remain severely under-represented in senior leadership1. To address this longstanding concern, we have […]

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Queens Nursing Institute Scotland Leadership Programme – my journey

In this week’s blog, Rhona Martin who is a Chest, Heart and Stroke Nurse in NHS Fife in Scotland reflects on how the Queens Nursing Institute Scotland Leadership programme has contributed to her personal and professional development as a community nurse.  The Queens Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) Leadership Programme “supports, develops, and inspires Scotland’s community […]

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“Delivering our future workforce is ultimately dependent on a sustainable and high quality educator workforce to support education and training, both in practice and in academic settings” (Health Education England 2023, pg. 3)

By Dr Jane Wray, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Hull University, and Senior Clinical Nurse Advisor (National Preceptorship Programme) The ‘Educator Workforce Strategy1 was recently released in England has acknowledged the urgent need for workforce investment and capacity building across practice and academic settings. Health-care expectations continue to shift, new information technologies emerge, practice requirements continue […]

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Jabali Men’s Network – shaping leadership with the global majority

This week’s blog is written by Alwin Puthenpurakal (@AlwinP13), a Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University (@LSBU; @LSBU_HSC). Swahili is a widely spoken language. Over 200 million speakers across more than 14 countries (Lisanza, 2021). In 2021, the United Nations designated 7th of July as the World Kiswahili language day to celebrate Swahili as […]

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Everyday challenges of being a nurse team leader: “Do you have two minutes?”

Blog by Jo McVey (Lecturer of Mental Health Nursing) at Glasgow Caledonian University. Being a Nurse Team Leader in Older Adult Community Mental Health Services is three-fold: there is the management of staff, the management of a caseload of patients, and the management of a service. The advice given is “be prepared and be organised,” […]

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Turning Passion Into Action: A Nurse Psychotherapist-Led Practice and Training Center

Tiffany Decosse BEd (Masters Student) & Stacey Roles RN MScN PhD Stacey Roles, RN, MScN, PhD has a unique story.  She took her passion related to health care for those with mental health concerns and developed a business which offers training to health care providers and enhances health care service delivery. Her story offers insight […]

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Daring Greatly and Cultivating Compassion Amongst Newly Registered Nurses and Midwives

              The authors of this week’s blog are Prof Gemma Stacey (@GemmaStacey10) (Director of Academy, Florence Nightingale Foundation [@FNightingaleF]) and Bethan Davies (Co-Founder, The Bravest Path [@BravestPath]). Gemma: As a Mental Health Nurse and Director of Academy at the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) I have become increasingly concerned about […]

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Leadership lessons from Disney’s Peter Pan

“We’re following the leader, the leader, the leader, we’re following the leader wherever he may go. Tee dum, tee dee ……” This week’s Blog is written by Becky Thomas (@Becky_QICTM). Becky is a Senior Nurse for Improvement, she is described as being a creative, innovative, and enthusiastic individual with a great passion for nursing, improving […]

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Supporting Leadership and Positive Learning Cultures through Professional Nurse Advocacy

Julia (@juliafairhall3) is an Assistant Director of Nursing at a community trust. Her work portfolio focuses on quality, patient safety and workforce development Julia’s passions are in Community Nursing, learning and development and psychological safety. Julia is a qualified District Nurse and Queen’s Nurse and is a Florence Nightingale Foundation Emerging leader scholar for 2021. […]

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