Emma Hay-Higgins won the Post Graduate Prize for Robert Gordon University, and here tells us her story. Receiving notification that I had won a Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Postgraduate Award was a lovely surprise. It is a great honour to receive recognition for the work and learning undertaken as part of my Specialist Public Health…
QNIS Prizewinners
Community Nursing – Where My Heart Is
University of Dundee undergraduate prizewinner Kara Mackie tells us of her journey into community nursing. The first placement of my nursing career was a community placement and from the moment I arrived, I knew this was where my heart was and the path I would pursue. My mentor gave me the opportunity to work in various settings within the…
Person-Centred Care in Practice – Andrea Taylor, PG Prizewinner, University of Edinburgh
Andrea Taylor, Post Graduate Prizewinner at the University of Edinburgh tells us about putting person centred care into practice. As a Community Midwife within NHS Lothian, I was offered the opportunity to undertake a Person Centred Care in Practice (PCCiP) MSc module at Edinburgh University Summer School in 2014. This allowed me to explore women…
Community Mental Health Nursing: Laura Gallagher – UG Prizewinner, Napier University
Undergraduate prize-winner Laura Gallagher from Napier University talks to us about community mental health nursing. I am a 2nd year mental health nursing student who has been lucky enough to have had some fantastic community placements. Community nursing struck a chord with me straight away. From first setting foot through the door of placement; I…
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…
Why I want to be a Community Nurse: Beth Cropley, UG Prizewinner 2015 – University of Edinburgh
Beth Cropley, Undergraduate QNIS prizewinner for University of Edinburgh tells us why she wants to become a community nurse. 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…
Student Nurse in the Community: Sarah Wilson, QMU
Student Nurse Sarah Wilson tells us how a day working in the community looks. 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…
