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Being a Catalyst for Change
Elizabeth Smith is Breastfeeding Advocacy Lead for Scotland within the Scottish Government, she is also a Queen’s Nurse. In 2017 she was…
The hidden excellence of care home nursing
Pauline McIntyre is Deputy Director of Care at Erskine Home in Bishopton. She is one of 20 community nurses undertaking…
Book Review – The Social Leadership Handbook by Julian Stodd
Ian Hall is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the Orkney Islands, and a Queen’s Nurse. He has provided a review…
Queen’s Nurses build connections through an appreciation of the outdoors
Queen’s Nurses Lorraine Haining and Kelvin Frew recently visited a garden opening under Scotland’s Garden Scheme. Here, Lorraine reflects on…
I always knew I would be a nurse when I grew up
Lorna Bell won the QNIS Postgraduate Prize for QMU, and here she tells us her story. Excited! That is how…
Inspire Improvement Fellowship 2019
Hello, my name is Nicki White, I am a Specialist Practitioner District Nurse / Practice teacher based in the North East…
Lessons on turning a vision into reality
QNIS Chief Executive and Nurse Director Clare Cable reflects on taking time out during the weekend to visit one of…
Experiencing the Queen’s Nurse Programme
Queen’s Nurse Caroline Porter, Diana Children’s Nurse within CHAS has transformed her presentation to the QNIS Conference on her experience…
Resilience Based Clinical Supervisions
This blog comes from Dr Gemma Stacey at the University of Nottingham and looks at an alternative model of clinical…
New recommendations about homelessness and health
Dr Hannah Carver is a Lecturer in Substance Use at University of Stirling. She has a particular focus on problem…