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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…
Post Graduate Journey from Acute to Community
This week’s blog comes from Angela diMambro, QNIS Prizewinner for PostGraduate at Robert Gordon University. She is pictured receiving the…
Free toiletries for people in poverty
This week’s blog comes from Isabel Dosser, a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University on the Nursing Programmes. At QNIS, we…
A fair kick o’ the ba’ – #MHNursesday
Today marks the first ever UK Mental Health Nurses day. The focus of the day is to gather together voices…
What it means to be a mental health nurse in 2019 – #MHNursesday
Today marks the first ever UK Mental Health Nurses day. The focus of the day is to to gather together…
Reflection on 30 years as a Mental Health Nurse – #mhnursesday
Today marks the first ever UK Mental Health Nurses day. The point of the day is to to gather together…
Recognising and responding to lipoedema
Dr Anne Williams is a Nurse Consultant in Lymphology and a Lecturer in Nursing at Queen Margaret University. She has…
Call for action on advanced dementia
Dr Debbie Tolson is the Alzheimer Scotland Professor of Dementia at the University of the West of Scotland. She is…
How community nurses are on the frontline against financial scammers
This blog was first featured in the Big Issue on 11 December 2018. It was written by Clare Cable, our…
Safe Staffing in Scotland – what it means for community nurses
With MSPs debating proposed legislation to support safe staffing in Scotland, QNIS spoke to Eileen McKenna, Associate Director at RCN…