By Dr. Lisa Whiting @LisaWhi35145237; Prof. Celia Harding @CELIAHARDING1 and Dr. Julia Petty @petty_julia We have all been taught about the need to obtain ethical approval before conducting research as it ensures that studies are undertaken with “due care and regard towards all those who are involved” (Heath et […]
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The Solent Ripple Model: supporting our staff following incidents
This week’s Blog is written by Pauline Jeffrey (@PaulineJeffrey5), Head of Quality and Safety at Solent NHS Trust and Gina Winter-Bates (@Winterbate1Gina), Associate Nurse Director Quality and Safety at Solent NHS Trust and a @FNightingaleF scholar. Background to developing the RIPPLE model Being involved in an incident or event at work could lead to […]
Nurses caring for people in a social care setting
By Dr Agnes Fanning MA MSc BSc RN DN RNT, Queen’s Nurse, Queens Nursing Institute (QNI), and Dr Jane Wray, Senior Lecturer in Nursing (University of Hull), and Senior Clinical Nurse Advisor to the National Preceptorship Project Nurses working in social care settings have unique knowledge, skills and expertise1. They are delivering high quality, individualised […]
The importance of retaining professional identity within multidisciplinary advanced clinical practice
This week’s Blog is written by Emma Innes (@emmainnes3), Senior Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice and Matthew Harris (@mattdh86), Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology and Medicines Optimisation at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Midwifery and CPD at the University of Worcester (@UW_AdvPractice). Nurses continue to be the largest professional group embarking on the […]
Is a lack of knowledge about Long-COVID a reason to dodge people’s needs?
Worldwide, the introduction of vaccines has led many governments to downgrade the severity and risks of COVID-19, but their enthusiasm to clutch at a ‘return to normal’ agenda has led them to neglect a serious health and economic concern – the impact of, and risks linked to Long-COVID. Long-COVID is a multi-system condition associated with […]
A cancer diagnosis during covid-19. A nurse’s insider perspective
In this week’s Blog, Dr Rebecca Garcia (@bexlostinbooks) interviews Miguel Garcia a Registered Nurse (Adult). Dr Rebecca Garcia also compiled the blog. This brief account is the insider perspective of my journey as a nurse who was diagnosed with advanced cancer in mid-February 2020. This coincided with the beginning of the global pandemic of coronavirus. […]
Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss – Is it time to challenge definitions of hearing recovery?
This week’s blog comes from Rebecca Collingwood (MSc, Adv Dip, BSc, NMP), Advanced Clinical Practitioner ENT Head and Neck Surgery at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (@BCol81090) and Dr Clare Whitfield (PhD RGN PGCE FHEA), University of Hull (@CWhitHealthcare). Sudden sensorineural hearing loss affects an estimated 5 per 100,000 people annually (1) and usually […]
Digital Matrons leading the way with Digital technologies
This week’s blog comes from Nikki McNulty and Candice McGrane, Digital Matrons at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW). Nikki is a senior Midwife, of 15 years and was a Specialist Digital Midwife before her promotion. She was always keen to be involved in patient safety and innovation projects for improvements within the […]
Disability: It’s Not What You Think It Is
Cass Macdonald, a nurse from Scotland, writes about working as a disabled person in the NHS and how ableism impacts those with protected characteristics. As more NHS staff are affected by Long Covid, ableist discrimination is likely to become a real issue. Thanks for Alexander Hardy’s assistance in framing this post. Cass is on Twitter […]
Midwives in Focus: Moving from Problems to Solutions
The author of this week’s blog is Dr Sally Pezaro (@SallyPezaro), Fellow of the Royal College of Midwives (@MidwivesRCM), Adjunct Associate Professor of midwifery at the University of Notre Damme (@notredameaus) and Assistant Professor at Coventry University (@covcampus). Despite evidence demonstrating how the scaling up of midwives could avert the majority of maternal and neonatal […]