Katie O’Sullivan @KatieOS25760094 4th Year Nursing Student, Bachelor of Children’s and General Nursing, Dublin City University What is your main role? My main role as a student nurse is to learn both the theoretical and clinical aspects of nursing. Theoretical input helps prepare us for clinical placements, which will vary widely throughout the 4 years, […]
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Flipping the light fantastic- Moving nursing lectures online
There are many words that have been used to describe the last year and a half, unprecedented being one of many, that yes while it describes perfectly the situation, is now an extremely galling word which is overused and we are so over it. Jackson et al. (2020) description is of extraordinary times, and this […]
Enhancing individualised care of multiple birth families on NICU
This week’s blog comes from Courtney Chater who qualified as a children’s nurse in 2016, and worked for 16 months on PICU at Birmingham Children’s Hospital before moving to NICU at Birmingham Women’s Hospital in February 2018. Courtney has developed an interest in supporting multiple birth families and describes her approach to mobilising new learning […]
Flipping the light fantastic – Moving nursing lectures online
This week’s Blog is written by Dr Tracey Harrington (@tharry) from Dublin City University. In it she reflects on her experiences as a lecturer when faced with delivering teaching online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many words have been used to describe the last year and a half, unprecedented being one of many, that yes while […]
Do nurses really need to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week?
By Lizzie Ette, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Hull and PhD candidate, Edinburgh Napier University. @busygirlizzie The first week of August sees the return of the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW). Co-ordinated by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) this event is usually well-known amongst midwifery and health visiting teams. However, WBW is perhaps less […]
A day in the life of…a Clinical Nursing Professor
In the third blog of our ‘day in the life of…’ series, Catherine Paterson, a Professor and Clinical Chair in Nursing at University of Canberra, Australia talks about her current role and career journey in clinical academic nursing research. (1) What is your job title and your main role/responsibilities?My nursing title is a Professor in […]
A day in the life of a….Clinical Academic Research Nurse
In the second blog of our ‘day in the life of….’ series, Maria Drummond (@mdrumm88), a Clinical Studies Officer with ENRICH Scotland and PhD student in Nursing and Healthcare at University of Glasgow talks about her current role and her experiences of a clinical academic nurse pathway. (1) What is your job title and your […]
A day in the life of…a Clinical Research Manager
Welcome to the first blog in our ‘day in the life of…’ series which aims to showcase different roles and career pathways within nursing. In our first blog, Ms Chloe Cowan, Clinical Research Manager for the Glasgow Clinical Research Facility in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde gives some insight into her current role and offers […]
#Thankyou; can gratitude alone be an effective catalyst for change?
By Dr Elizabeth Bailey Today, (4th July 2021) is #Thankyou day in the UK1, an initiative which has emerged from the global pandemic. This will be the first UK day of collective focus for celebrating gratitude. Many countries have annual festivals of Thanksgiving, often linked to autumn harvests, and many cultures and belief systems support […]
People with learning disabilities, creativity and inclusion in research
By Ruth Northway, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing, University of South Wales @NorthwayRuth This year’s Learning Disability Awareness Week theme1 was ‘creativity’ and I want to reflect on the need for creativity to promote the inclusion of people with learning disabilities in research. Historically the relationship between people with learning disabilities and research has not […]