NHS Highland – Palliative & End of Life Care Webcast
NHS Highland is hosting a webcast on Palliative / End of Life Care on 10th December 2020 at 1:00 PM.
What does connection mean to you? – November nursing blog/poem
November nursing blog/poem from our Transforming Workforce Lead, Jacqui Neil.
Deadline extended for Graduate Diploma in Integrated Community Nursing
Deadline now extended for Graduate Diploma in Integrated Community Nursing.
Standards for prevention and management of pressure ulcers
Links to Healthcare Improvement Scotland webpage on standards for prevention and management of pressure ulcers.
Transition from student to qualified nurse – October Nursing Blog
Latest nursing blog from our Transforming Workforce Lead.
Seasonal Flu Campaign launches today – 8 October
Seasonal Flu Campaign ‘Flu is Serious’ launches today – 8 October.
‘Compassionate Poetry Week’: 1-8 October
As it is International Year of the Nurse and Midwife , in light of the pandemic, let’s use the first week of October (1st – 8th) to reflect through writing on what this has meant in the context of compassion for ‘Compassionate Poetry Week’.
Personal Outcomes Collaboration
Return to practice programmes
Return to practice programmes – Things have now got easier. We recognise that staff leave the register for a number of reasons and often later regret this. If you are […]
The National Framework for SSSA
Future Nurse and Midwife Programme Board – National Framework for Practice Supervisors, Practice Assessors and Academic Assessors in Scotland and the National Practice Learning Handbook for Practice Supervisors and Assessors.
Mental Health Week – 18 -24 May
This week is Mental Health week and its important we recognise that fact that the times we are living in is having significant impact on people of all ages. The […]
New nursing blog – ‘With change comes new beginnings’
With change comes new beginnings is our latest Nursing blog for April.
Falls in over 100 care homes reduced by a third through new app
An app which prevented a third of falls in over 100 care homes in partnership with the NHS, could be rolled out across Britain potentially saving “millions” in fall related […]
A Joint Letter from UK Chief Nurses for all nurses on Coronavirus
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‘Who inspired you to be a nurse?” – Nursing Blog by Transforming Workforce Lead
[vc_single_image image=”8558″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”] In this the International year of the Nurse/Midwife we can look back in history and see examples of nurses who have been inspirational in encouraging people […]
University of Dundee Education Opportunities
University of Dundee has offered these free modules to care home nurses in the first instance. All interested staff must register before 6th April as places will then be opened […]
Save the date: National Nurses Day – 12 May
[vc_single_image image=”8486″ img_size=”full”] You may be aware that May 12th is National Nurses Day, marking the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. As 2020 is also the […]
NMC Webinars
Please see below for the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) timetable of webinars. [pdf-embedder url=”https://scottishcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/NMC-implementation-webinars-table-2020-002.pdf” title=”NMC implementation webinars table 2020 (002)”]
Nursing ‘kinship’ tartan to be launched on International Nurses’ Day
Students from the University of Edinburgh has designed a new tartan inspired by the national uniform for nurses in Scotland, using colours typical of the uniform. The design is intended […]