‘Telling the Story’, Impacts of the Delivering Dignity Programme in Scotland
Final impact report of the Delivering Dignity Programme.
A day in the life of a trainee health visitor: Leona Flett, RGU
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 information on postnatal discharges and new pregnancy booking information. I return to the health visitor’s office and allocate the new discharges (now primary visits) to the relevant health visitors. We then arrange to visit the primaries within four days at home. My mentor and I have a primary visit planned for 11.00am. We fill out her paperwork prior to the visit, answer any new…
A day in the life of a trainee health visitor: Leona Flett, RGU
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 information on postnatal discharges and new pregnancy booking information.I return to the health visitor’s office and allocate the new discharges (now primary visits) to the relevant health visitors. We then arrange to visit the primaries within four days at home. My mentor and I have a primary visit planned for 11.00am. We fill out her paperwork prior to the visit, answer any new emails…
An assessment of the health needs and safety concerns of women working in lap-dancing bars
This collaborative project will look to support women working within lap-dancing bars as women involved in the sex industry are in need of considerable support. This outreach work aims to empower women and support them to access services such as health, welfare, employability and criminal justice services, thereby improving their health and social care outcomes.
An Early Intervention and Integrated Model of Approach to providing care, support and education for individuals and their carers living with dementia in the community
This project aims to develop and implement an integrated health and social care pathway to provide support for older adults (over 65 years) living with dementia and their carers in the community co-ordinated by a named community nurse. This nurse will ensure equitable access to support, information and care from diagnosis throughout all stages of the illness to end of life.
Angels of Mercy – Eileen Crofton
The author, Dr Eileen Crofton, had a long and distinguished career as a doctor and medical researcher, notably helping to found Action on Smoking and Health, under the auspices of the Royal College of Physicians. In her retirement, she wrote this book, published in 1997 and originally titled “The Women of Royaumont: A Scottish women’s hospital on the western front”. This well-researched book was edited and reissued as a 2nd edition in 2012 by Eileen Crofton’s son, Ian. It tells the story of a Scottish Women’s Hospital of the First World War. The Hospital was the inspiration of Dr Elsie…
Anticipatory Care – Blog on the QNIS Chair in Community Nursing’s Inaugural Lecture
On 23rd November, QNIS Chair of Community Nursing at Robert Gordon University, Professor Catriona Kennedy, gave her inaugural lecture on Anticipatory Care. Janette Barrie, the National Clinical Lead (Nursing) for Anticipatory Care with Healthcare Improvement Scotland, attended, and has provided us with our latest guest blog. What an honour it was to attend Professor Catriona Kennedy’s Inaugural Lecture at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Linking in with the QNIS to raise the profile of research within Community Nursing, Professor Kennedy took up post earlier this year. The lecture focussed on Anticipatory Care Planning: A fundamental skill in nursing, and I couldn’t…
Anticipatory Care Planning: gives people greater choice and control over their future care and support
In Lanarkshire, we started developing anticipatory care planning a few years ago. Our initial brief as part of the Scottish Government’s Long Term Conditions Collaborative programme, was to present an example of an anticipatory care plan (ACP) used within the care home environment. Although there was a plethora of different care plans, nothing fitted the Scottish government’s criteria of an ACP, so our journey began. Our first steps involved searching the literature to clarify the concept, identify the ACP process and the core content of supporting documentation and resources. Unfortunately there was very little to be found in the available…
Being Mindful of the Carers
This award-winning project aimed to pilot a Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy programme to carers of people with dementia and assess its effectiveness.
Call Me Sister – Jane Yeadon
This is the 3rd book in an autobiographical series about the nursing training that the author received on her journey towards becoming a District Nurse. Jane was one of the last to receive the Queen’s Nurse training at Castle Terrace in Edinburgh in the late 1960’s. The book begins with Jane working on a female medical ward in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. However, by chapter 5, Jane is setting out for her new life as a district nurse near Dingwall. The book is full of compassion and humour. We meet lots of colourful characters, both colleagues and patients. The book…