Welcome to our Blogs page where we share news articles and stories relating to healthcare, community nursing, mental health and social care.
We are pleased to announce that we are currently running a series of blogs by Learning Disability Nurses every fortnight on a Friday until December 2020.
In addition, we are engaging with our Scottish QN Health Visitors and our 2019 QN Cohort to arrange a similar schedule of blogs for each. Meantime please continue to enjoy our various blogs from QNs and other healthcare professionals which will now go live on Tuesdays.
If you are keen to write a blog for us, on a relevant health or social care topic, we are always happy to hear from you. Feel free to download this helpful guide, and submit your efforts to comms@qnis.org.uk.
Finding My Tribe and Finding Myself
Elizabeth Smith, Queen’s Nurse and Infant Feeding Nurse in NHS Ayrshire and Arran writes about her struggles with feeling isolated…
A Journey of Discovery
Siobhan Keay is one of the 2021 QN Candidates and works as an Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Nurse Consultant in NHS…
Challenges in Leadership
Nikki Forsyth, Queen’s Nurse and Health Visitor in NHS Grampian, is currently acting up as Team Lead for Health Visiting and School Nursing….
The Art of Communication
Hilda Campbell is an Honorary Fellow of QNIS, a Network Weaver and the CEO of COPE Scotland. This blog accompanies…
Learning and Leading the Human Way
Roddy Millar is the Founder and CEO and editorial director at IEDP Ideas for Leaders, and has worked with the…
Mapping the Direction of Travel
Chris Davis was previously the PBS Project Manager for the Learning Disabilities Managed Care Network (LD MCN) which covers NHS…
Then and Now
Alison O’Donnell reflects on her return to a nursing role as part of the COVID-19 vaccination team. I retired as a…
Journeying Towards Compassionate Communities
Alison Bunce is the Programme Lead for Compassionate Inverclyde, a volunteering project that runs several services tackling loneliness and isolation…
Making meaningful changes for those in Scotland’s care homes
Andrea Wyllie is the Chief Executive of Greenock Medical Aid Society; she shares her experience of reintroducing indoor visits to…
Asking Women What They Want and Nurses/Midwives What They Know
Michele Stranger Hunter was the Founder and National Program Director for One Key Question in the USA. Her work on…