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 […]
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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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Why are Nurses at Particular Risk of Chronic Exhaustion?
This week’s blog comes from Alison McGrath, a nurse now working as an independent wellbeing coach, and explores whether nurses may be at risk of chronic exhaustion. Why do nurses smoke? Because the doctors have eaten all the chocolate. So went the joke when I was a student nurse in the early 1990s. We all […]
Working towards holistic, integrated and personalised perinatal care within a ‘constellation of biases’.
The last blog in our series to focus on maternal inequalities comes from Kaat De Backer1 & Dr Nicola Vousden2 and provides an overview of some of the evident social drivers of maternal inequality within the UK and how this might begin to be addressed with personalised care. For more than two decades, the UK […]
Empowering Change: The Association of South Asian Midwives Advocating for Equitable Maternity Care
The next blog in our series which focuses on maternal inequalities comes from Nafiza Anwar, one of the founders of the Association of South Asian Midwives and highlights how the group are actively working to drive change. In the vibrant tapestry of South Asian cultures, traditional practices, and deeply rooted taboos, a powerful force is […]
What is the role of a Consultant Midwife – Lead for inclusivity and why is this needed?
This week’s blog is our first in a series that will look at different aspects of maternity inequalities and comes from Dalvir Kandola, Consultant Midwife- Lead for Inclusivity, University Hospitals of Leicester. This blog looks at the issue of maternity inequality through the lens of a professional role with a remit for driving equality and […]