A public exhibition and NHS Big Tea party took place at Edinburgh Napier University on Thursday 5th July 2018 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service. The free exhibit helped raise awareness of the history and evolution of nursing and midwifery education, research and practice. It also emphasised the important role nurses…
Postgraduate prizewinner shares enthusiasm for person-centred health visiting
Meghan Tuohy, a postgraduate student at Queen Margaret University (QMU), won the QNIS academic prize at a ceremony in May. Here she walks about what the prize means to her and her plans for the future. “To be given a QNIS prize for the work I did during my postgraduate community nursing course was a…
Images of the Past – The District Nurse: A Pictoral History
As we edge closer to our 130 year anniversary, we are revisiting our history. It is becoming increasingly obvious that it is difficult to distil such a huge amount of time into a shortened format. This is one of the key elements in praise of ‘Images of the Past – The District Nurse: a Pictoral…
Future Mental Health
The point of a conference is to make you think. To think about what you’ve heard, new ideas to implement, how to work with new connections, questioning how and why things are done. But yesterday, at the Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) conference on Future Mental Health, I got all this and more, from a more…
Reflections on the QNIS conference
What? I have now been qualified as a specialist practitioner district nurse for one year. It has been a steep learning curve and I have been fortunate to work with brilliant colleagues who have supported me in this journey. While there have been many highlights, it has not always been easy and at times I…
Mental Health Awareness Week 2018 – Trustee Blog by Hilda Campbell
‘’This year for Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re focussing on stress. Research has shown that 16 million people experience a mental health problem each year, and stress is a key factor in this. By tackling stress, we can go a long way to tackle mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, and, in some instances,…
The journey to community nursing
Hear from the winner of the QNIS Postgraduate Community Nursing Prize, who picked up her award at the Queen Margaret University event on May 25. Lynn Weir, Postgraduate student in the Theory and Practice of Person Centred Care, Community Nursing – Queen Margaret University. It was a real honour to win the Queens Nursing Institute Scotland…
My Juno Anniversary – the Importance of Perinatal Mental Health Support
Tess Askew is a co-founder of Juno, a perinatal support group, discussing her personal story and the importance of good mental health. My first born Ethan – the boy who came along and healed many things in my life, stole my heart and made myself and Chris a family with so much to love for…
Buurtzorg – Neighbourhood Care
“It is an ethical imperative for neighbourhood nurses to make themselves irrelevant.” Jos de Blok In 2015 I met Jos de Blok, a man who advocates humanity over bureaucracy, and I was absolutely inspired by his extraordinary vision of person centred care in the community. I have been asked by the team at the Alliance,…
QNIS Prizewinner’s blog – Emma Hay-Higgins
Emma Hay-Higgins won the Post Graduate Prize for Robert Gordon University, and here tells us her story. Receiving notification that I had won a Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Postgraduate Award was a lovely surprise. It is a great honour to receive recognition for the work and learning undertaken as part of my Specialist Public Health…
