This bank holiday weekend, celebrations are being held across the United Kingdom to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. With 70 years of service, she has ruled for longer than any other Monarch in British history. Her Majesty is the royal patron of the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland and has been in that role…
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About us The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) is a small charity making a big difference. QNIS supports, develops and inspires Scotland’s community nurses and midwives to be agents for health improvement and catalysts for social change. We help them develop their expertise to drive positive action to build a healthier, kinder, fairer, greener Scotland. …
Applying a Psychodynamic Approach in Primary Care
Queen’s Nurse Turns 100
Helen Condie, currently residing in Leys Park Nursing Home, turned 100 today. Helen was a nurse of many talents and prior to retirement, was a Health Visitor in the Dalgety Bay area. Before health visiting Helen was the Practice Nurse in Charlestown and earlier ran the clinic at the Paper Mill in Inverkeithing. In the…
Relational Work in Primary Care Community Nursing
Complexity and Adversity in Primary Care Community Nursing
Regular Protected Time for Reflective Practice in Nursing and Midwifery
This is a joint statement by Florence Nightingale Foundation, Foundation of Nursing Studies, Point of Care Foundation and The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland on the importance of regular, protected time for reflective practice in nursing and midwifery. In 2019, statutory regulators of health and care professionals described reflection as the thought process where individuals consider…
RGU to support care homes in Scotland with new national partnership
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is taking forward the My Home Life programme in Scotland to build upon their work and support care homes in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The university is launching the partnership with an online event today, to celebrate the programme’s decade-long legacy in the country and explore how best to…
Launch of Tuesday & Friday wellbeing sessions
We are launching a series of lunchtime wellbeing sessions, which will be held online at 1PM every Tuesday and Friday for the next 12 weeks. Sessions start Tuesday 15th March. These guided practices are designed to help give community nurses, midwives, and other healthcare professionals the tools they need to help their wellbeing, and offer…
Entries for the RCN Nursing Awards 2022 are now open
The highly regarded RCN Nursing Awards are now inviting applications and nominations for 2022. These well-respected accolades celebrate significant contributions to patient care and include the prestigious RCN Nurse of the Year award. Open to all UK nurses, midwives, health visitors, nursing students and nursing support workers, the awards offer applicants the opportunity to highlight…
