Ruth-Ann Welsh, Undergraduate prizewinner for Abertay University offers some words of wisdom. As a first year mental health nursing student I had very little knowledge about the role of a community mental health nurse or the challenges that lay ahead, I would like to start my blog by offering three pieces of advice for students…
A day in the life of...
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…
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.
Why I want to be a Community Nurse: Beth Cropley, UG Prizewinner 2015 – University of Edinburgh
My first experience of community nursing was with a health visiting team in an area of socio-economic deprivation in Edinburgh. I’m sad to admit that I initially went into this placement expecting it to be boring and to be ‘just weighing babies’ all day; however I finished this placement with an ambition to become a…
Student Nurse in the Community: Sarah Wilson, QMU
A quote from a district nurse that I read in an article before starting my management placement in the community inspired me to think about the true meaning of community nursing. Jan Laskey (2014) stated: “I love being a part of a person’s life, supporting them and trying to find solutions to difficult situations. You…
Student Nurse in the Community: Holly Tidmarsh, QMU
After my four years at University I choose a community nursing placement as my final, management placement. Community nursing is something in which I have always been intrigued by; I enjoy the aspect of the possibility of unknown, the everyday different challenges which can occur, and the uniqueness of patients in their own homely setting.…
Student Specialist Practitioner District Nurse: Leanne Grant, QMU
A day in the life of a Student Specialist Practitioner District Nurse…. …is a day filled with variety and new learning experiences.
Reflection on CLIP Session: Sharon Butler, QMU
What? I was feeling very unsure about CLIP. I find reflection difficult and the thought of writing a critical reflective commentary was frightening me. At the CLIP session Caroline came to talk to us about meeting the outcomes of the module within our critical commentary. I did not understand all of what she said and…
