Helena Kelly, Lecturer of Nursing and Community Health at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), updates us on recent work involving the QNI/QNIS District Nursing Standards and the students in the PgD Advanced Practice in District Nursing.
Mental Health Awareness Week – the joys of the outdoors!
Mental Health Awareness Week 2016 takes place from 16-22 May, with the theme of relationships. This Blog is taken from a speech which Graham delivered at a Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Parliamentary Event on 12 November 2015. QNIS would like to thank Graham for his willingness to share this as a Blog. Our relationship with…
Healthcare in the next Parliamentary Session
In less than a week, polls open to decide who will lead the next Scottish Parliamentary session. In our latest blog, Rob Mackie gives a brief overview of what the future holds for community nursing.
QNIS Funded Learning Visit to the Scottish Borders
Fiona Oag, Clinical Team Lead from Kirkwall in Orkney received funding from QNIS to visit colleagues in NHS Borders. Below is the account of her experience.
A day in the life of a trainee health visitor: Leona Flett, RGU
Conference delegate Leona Flett, offers us an insight into a day in the life of a trainee health visitor. Arrive at the office at 8.30am, greet all the team. We need to answer any voicemails and emails and document them in client notes. I usually head over to the maternity unit for 9.00am to collect…
Why Health Visiting? Liz Taylor, PG Prizewinner, Glasgow
Post Graduate Prizewinner from Glasgow Caledonian University Liz Taylor tells us her story about being a Health Visitor. I have recently completed my Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University and have just taken up my first post as a health visitor within the North East of Glasgow. I’m…
Queen’s Nurse Record Cards
Friday, 20 November, was a special day. Every Tuesday for the past seven months, myself and another volunteer have been entering some of the information contained on QNIS nurse record cards onto spreadsheets, part of the digitisation process which should make searching the cards much easier. We’re now at the (far) end – the last…
QNIS2016 – why should you attend?
“One of the most informative and uplifting conferences I have attended in a long time. I came away energised and having regained some of my enthusiasm to continue to try and influence positive change in community nursing.” Why should you come to our Conference? We know that your time is valuable, and a day out…
Shadowing on the Isle of Lewis
Clare Cable, Chief Exec and Nurse Director of the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland shadows Community Staff Nurse Karen Macleod on the Isle of Lewis.
Health visiting in Scotland – time for celebration at last!
Phil Wilson, Professor of Primary Care and Rural Health at the University of Aberdeen tells us why he thinks the new Universal Health Pathway for Health Visiting is a cause for celebration.
