Page 8 - QNIS_eBook

Anne
Anne
Burns works for NHS Greater Glasgow and and Clyde based in in Renfrewshire and and has been one of of the the the people at the the the forefront of of developing the the the Family Nurse Partnership model (FNP) The concept was started in in in the USA 40 years ago and and it is being rolled out in in in Scotland as as a a a a a a a key part of the Government’s national Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) approach “Some of the clients have experienced many adverse childhood events and and relationships will inevitably
rupture and and and repair at at times But we we commit to to the task wholeheartedly and and do everything we we can to to see it it it through Building a a a a a a a a a trusting relationship with the the the young women is at at Having done nursing midwifery and health visiting early in in in in in in her career Anne
grew interested in in in in population
health and and became a a a a a a a Public
Health Health Practitioner and and and then Health Health Improvement Lead for Maternal and and Child Health with NHSGGC Reading
about Family Nurse Partnerships inspired
her to to to to want to to to to return to to to to frontline nursing “All the jobs I’ve ever had have led me to to to to this ” she says As well as as carrying her own small caseload Anne
supervises the six family nurses “It’s a a a a a a demanding job and and takes special skills ” she says INSTITU
the the the heart of the the the FNP approach ” It was Anne’s commitment to innovation that
everything I I I I believe in in in in as a a a a a a a a nurse ” she says “What I’m learning is being taken
back to bene t t t t t t my colleagues and the young families we work with ” The FNP approach has been thought
through in detail: the nurses are noti ed of potential clients via maternity services and introductions are made – – by text message – – as as early in in pregnancy as as possible Weekly meetings take place during pregnancy and early infancy then fortnightly until the the the the baby reaches their second birthday by by which time the the the the family’s care passes to to Health Visitors The FNP team that
Anne
supervises has 150 clients coming
THE Anne’s job involves what she describes as ‘a structured intensive home visiting programme’ for young mums aged 19 and under having their rst baby Young women are invited to voluntarily enroll on the the two and and a a a a a a a a a a half-year programme early in in their pregnancy and and are visited by a a a a a a a a specially trained Family Nurse won her a a a a a a place on on on the Queen’s Nursing programme “It is an endorsement of NURSIN
SCOTL
“This is is a a a a a challenging role and takes a a a a a lot of energy however it is immensely rewarding when we see the the young women and their babies ourish on the programme ” 6 QNIS Meet the New Queen’s Nurses