As I listen to nurses all over Scotland trying to make sense of the current situation, I realise the enormity of what we are facing collectively. It’s great that wobble rooms are being set up across hospitals where staff are offered a place to let go, to unravel and express their emotions. For community-based staff that’s trickier – how many cars have become wobble…
Community Nursing and the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Dr Jonathan Sher, QNIS Deputy Director April 7th marked World Health Day and the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched its long-anticipated State of the World’s Nursing report. The report describes how the nursing workforce can help deliver Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The COVID-19 crisis in Scotland, the rest…
New field hospital named after Queen’s Nurse
Scotland’s new field hospital being built at the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow is to be named after a Queen’s Nurse – Sister Louisa Jordan. She was born in 1878 in Maryhill, not far from the SEC and the new unit that will bear her name. The NHS Scotland-run temporary medical facility, with an initial 300 beds, is being created to increase patient capacity…
Coronavirus (Covid-19) – a message from QNIS
We find ourselves in a world that feels familiar yet completely alien all at once. For the first time in our professional lives, we are facing something that is completely outside of our experience and control. It is overwhelming and frightening and at the same time we know that society is depending on all of…
Important – Conference Cancellation
We are bitterly disappointed to miss the opportunity of gathering, however, in the light of the Scottish Government guidance to NHS staff around Coronavirus (COVID-19), we have taken the decision to cancel the QNIS Conference scheduled for 1st April. We had been greatly looking forward to hearing from a diverse group of leaders and influencers, to celebrate the roles of Scotland’s community…
2020 Queen’s Nurse programme under way
A group of 20 community nurses have embarked on the nine-month Queen’s Nurse development programme after gathering for a residential learning week. The 2020 programme welcomes nurses working in huge variety of roles in communities across Scotland. The candidates were selected to take part in the programme, now in its fourth year, and they were…
Forth Valley nurses celebrate at Long Service Award event
Almost 50 community nurses from NHS Forth Valley have been recognised for the years of dedication they have brought to their roles. They each received the Community Nursing Award for Long Service for working for more than 21 years as a community nurse. The accolade is administered by the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland, which supports…
Tayside’s longest-serving community nurses awarded
Some of NHS Tayside’s longest-serving community nurses have been recognised for the dedication and commitment they bring to their roles. Around 40 nurses received the Community Nursing Award for Long Service at an event in Perth on December 16. The accolade is administered by the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) – a 130-year old charity that supports…
Nurse recognised for dedicated care and enthusiasm
An Ayrshire nurse has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to community nursing. Raphael Kombe Mwarandu, 35, received an Academic Prize from the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) at The Open University’s (OU) offices in Edinburgh on Friday 13 December. Kombe began working at the Dr McMaster and Partners GP practice in Girvan as a…
Doors Open Day success for QNIS
Staff and volunteers at QNIS were involved in taking part in the Doors Open Day event in Edinburgh as part of the Institute’s 130th anniversaty celebrations. The Castle Terrace home of QNIS welcomed around 190 visitors through the doors on Saturday September 28, with many revisiting the steps of their loved ones who had trained…
