Rob Mackie, Policy and Communications Manager with QNIS talks about attending a meeting with Planning Aid Scotland. Last week, I attended a great conference held by Planning Aid Scotland on Exploring Patrick Geddes in the 21st century. For those that may not know, Patrick Geddes was a Scot and a pioneer of urban planning. He…
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Health Policy Officer’s Network
Recently, the Queens Nursing Institute Scotland and VHS agreed there was potential for a networking group of policy officers based in health. Working in smaller organisations can be difficult, in terms of limited capacity to keep up to date with the latest developments.
Anticipatory Care Planning: gives people greater choice and control over their future care and support
Janette Barrie, from NHS Lanarkshire, discusses Anticipatory Care Planning. 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…
Intergenerational Event with QNIS and GCU
On Thursday 16 June Glasgow Caledonian University hosted a lunch for the West of Scotland Queen Nurses (QNs) and District Nursing (DN) students currently undertaking the PgD Advancing Practice in District Nursing programme (PgD APDN). The lunch was a planned opportunity for intergenerational discussion and sharing of experiences.
Mapping DN Standards with GCU DN Students
Helena Kelly, Lecturer of Nursing and Community Health at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), updates us on recent work involving the QNI/QNIS District Nursing Standards and the students in the PgD Advanced Practice in District Nursing.
Mental Health Awareness Week – the joys of the outdoors!
Mental Health Awareness Week 2016 takes place from 16-22 May, with the theme of relationships. This Blog is taken from a speech which Graham delivered at a Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Parliamentary Event on 12 November 2015. QNIS would like to thank Graham for his willingness to share this as a Blog. Our relationship with…
Healthcare in the next Parliamentary Session
In less than a week, polls open to decide who will lead the next Scottish Parliamentary session. In our latest blog, Rob Mackie gives a brief overview of what the future holds for community nursing.
QNIS Funded Learning Visit to the Scottish Borders
Fiona Oag, Clinical Team Lead from Kirkwall in Orkney received funding from QNIS to visit colleagues in NHS Borders. Below is the account of her experience.
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…
Why Health Visiting? Liz Taylor, PG Prizewinner, Glasgow
Post Graduate Prizewinner from Glasgow Caledonian University Liz Taylor tells us her story about being a Health Visitor. I have recently completed my Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University and have just taken up my first post as a health visitor within the North East of Glasgow. I’m…
