Feeling stressed and would like support? All NBT staff have quick and easy access to counselling and emotional support through our Employee Assistance Programme. Check out LINK for more info link.nbt.nhs.uk/Interact/Pages… #StressAwarenessMonth #NBTCares North Bristol NHS Trust

The right to health is a basic human right.💪 To achieve #HealthForAll everyone must have access to health without facing financial hardship. RT and share on #WorldHealthDay!🫰 #WHO75

It was a long time coming … to become digital 🖥️⌨️🏥 It hasn’t been without teething problems, but with a bit of ‘tweaking’ and support from North Bristol NHS Digital we are getting there 😊 Southmead ICU Southmead Hospital Charity ICUEd_NBT #patienceisavirtue 😉

So proud of a member of our extended ICU team, receiving an NBT Hero Award 🏆 Nat is one of our ICU nurses in the ICNARC Team who went above and beyond with her professionalism 🏥👩🏾‍💻🏆 North Bristol NHS Digital Southmead ICU @NBTNursing ICUEd_NBT shelley thomas

April Focus of the Month … a clinical subject this time ‘Vasopressin’. Every day is a school day 😉 ICUEd_NBT Southmead ICU 🏥👩🏼‍🎓👨🏼‍🎓

Our amazing ICU roof top garden 🌻🌷🪻🌹 It took many years of fundraising, generous donations and organisation by individual groups of staff, patients and their families to get here … but it was so worth it 🪴🏥 Southmead ICU ICUEd_NBT Southmead Hospital Charity @NBTNursing

Today is International Nurses Day. It takes a special person to be a nurse. Thank you to all of them for doing what they do. #InternationalNursesDay #IND2023 #NursesDay #Nurses

Team ICU’s winning entry in the Trustwide competition celebrating International Nurses Day 🏆 Our prize hamper to share and cakes to celebrate #NursesDay 🧁@juhughes123 shelley thomas Matthew Crabtree 💙 ICUEd_NBT @NBTNursing Southmead ICU

Thanks for coming along and giving us the update Hannah Welbourne It is good to know what support is ‘out there’ for our pre-reg students 🏥👩🏼‍🎓👨🏼‍🎓ICUEd_NBT

One massive thank you from ICU to Southmead Hospital Charity for their support to make this possible 🧸🏥🧸 @hvweale Kate Allchorne Southmead ICU

‘Twiddle Muffs’ as modelled by 2 of our senior nurses! For patients with fidgety fingers … A massive thank you to Del Stevens from Exeter/Seaton for taking the time to make them for our patients ☺️ Southmead ICU ICUEd_NBT Southmead Hospital Charity #dementia #rehablegends

‘Bread and butter’ for a neuro ICU 🏥 ICUEd_NBT Southmead ICU

Well worth it …

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Catching up! May’s Focus of the Month … something that can easily be neglected but is essential for sedated ICU patients = Eye Care 👀 ICUEd_NBT Southmead ICU #essentialnursingcare

💤💤💤 Sleep … important for all of us, but especially ICU patients when it is far too easy to disrupt their day / night rhythm. Our June Focus of the Month with thanks to one of our B7s @hvweale 😴🏥 ICUEd_NBT Southmead ICU

Information to share with the ICU team and our patient’s relatives ICUEd_NBT Southmead ICU @hvweale Dr Scott Grier @NBTNursing 📖🏥🚑

Well done Kati 👏 Research at North Bristol NHS Trust ICUEd_NBT #followupisimportantforlearning 🧐

Have fun representing our nursing team 🤩

So … I double booked for our Focus of the Month for July 🤦🏼‍♀️ However 2 informative pieces of work to support our nursing practice. The importance of weighing critical care patients ⚖️ with thanks to NBT Dietitians and Catheter Care 🚽 by Maria, one of our B6s. ICUEd_NBT 🏥