The rise and rise of the nursing apprentices.

This blog comes from Alwin Puthenpurakal, an experienced senior lecturer and researcher working at The University of Greenwich. He led University apprenticeship programmes since its inception and highly values the impact it has on widening social mobility and addressing the national workforce challenges. With almost two decades worth of clinical experience, he is an experienced […]

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GloSTaRs – Supporting early career professionals to thrive, not just survive.

  This week’s blog comes from Charlotte Jakab-Hall, Senior Practice Development Nurse and Peer Support Guardian and Leonora King, Practice Development Nurse and Peer Support Guardian at Gloucester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.   Blog summary Gloucestershire Staff Transition and Retention Support Network (GloSTaRs) was co-created by two early career nurses following their preceptorship programme in […]

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Nurses working in academic settings play an important role in preparing students for their first role as a registered nurse

By Dr Jane Wray, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, and Senior Clinical Nurse Advisor (National Preceptorship Programme) @livinginhope and Desiree Cox, Programme Lead, National Preceptorship Programme, @desireecox07 The launch of the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing in England1 in October 2022 provides important information for students and nurses preparing the future nursing workforce. The new framework […]

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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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