Mental health nurses may require ongoing learning and training in physical healthcare throughout their career

Read our #mentalhealth commentary article by Geoffrey Dickens here 👉 bit.ly/3xnM6RR

#nursing #professionaldevelopment #nurses #career #CPD

In a further boost to cross-UK research, the Scottish research community is being encouraged to join a number of NIHR Research funding committees. CSO(Health)Scotland Anna Dominiczak

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 22 May 2024.

Read more 👉 nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/news/scottish-…

This is disastrous, hideous news. NHS England are hacking back the mental health support for hospital staff. One doctor takes their life every three weeks. One nurse takes their life every single week. These numbers will now INCREASE. Victoria Atkins - please do the right thing.

Delighted, humbled and honoured to be shortlisted for this award. Thanks to Cohort 1 Gateway Awards for nominating me! I’m in great company with 2 inspirational nurses Deborah Baldie Prof Lis Neubeck - we can celebrate the importance of research for our profession together!

Check out my editorial on challenges faced by ECRs

Annie Murray was born #OTD in 1906. She was a Scottish nurse who volunteered in the Spanish Civil War after training at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Annie was also a prominent trade unionist, campaigning for better working conditions and pay for nurses. #HistNursing

Latest blog in the EBN #EarlyCareerResearchers Theme bit.ly/4amHc67 written by Helen Lord, Joey Weber, Joanne Smith, Katie, Bannister, Phil Downing and Hayley Carr from the University of Bolton #BoltonUni

In academia, you'll meet people who command respect because of their ethics, morals & intellect. You'll also meet people who command respect because of seniority but have no substance behind them. The latter are cardboard cut-out scholars & you'll spot them easy enough.

Latest blog in the EBN #EarlyCareerResearchers Theme bit.ly/4amHc67 written by Helen Lord, Joey Weber, Joanne Smith, Katie, Bannister, Phil Downing and Hayley Carr from the University of Bolton #BoltonUni

The effects of stress or burnout in emergency department (ED) staff can adversely affect well-being, camaraderie, morale & patient safety. A JBI BPIS summarises the effectiveness of interventions to reduce ED staff stress & burnout: jbi.global/jbi-ebp-databa… #MentalHealth #JBIEBHC

Hugh McKenna The Foucauldian in me would argue that we haven't trained nurses particularly well in how to do research. As such, nurses struggle to produce knowledge. As knowledge is inextricably tied to power we often fail to seize any opportunities to advantageously change our conditions.

Nursing is the LARGEST health profession, one of the OLDEST and MOST DEDICATED with the GREATEST AMOUNT OF CONTACT with the public. But, we are not the most POWERFUL, not the BEST EDUCATED, not the BEST PAID OR RESOURCED, not the MOST POLITICALLY ASTUTE OR ACTIVE. WHY NOT?

england.nhs.uk/publication/se… NHSE guide to improve nursing research capacity in health and care Dr Alison Twycross RN Ben Parkinson Dr Kaye Rolls Dr Liz Bailey 💙 Lisa Kidd Prof Kerry Gaskin Dr Catherine Clarissa RN (She/Her) Michael Tatterton PhD RNC RHV QN Dr Sarah Russell RN Dr. Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi RN Gearóid Brennan PhD RN EBNursingBMJ

Thank you John Baker for this!

Already seeing academics tweeting about how much work they will do whilst university closed. Rest assured I won’t be working. Our work needs to be sustainable, healthy, fit into a working week otherwise we just set false expectations for ourselves & the next generation….

One of the reasons we started the #ProtectNurse campaign was due to a conservative candidate implying he was a registered nurse when he was not.
In the UK anyone can use the trusted title #Nurse even without any nursing qualifications, experience or registration.

1/3. As it is an election year, I really would welcome The RCN [and even other health unions] writing to political parties urging them to remind their candidates to be honest about their employment record when it comes to claims about NHS work and professional status.

A few thoughts on journal paper reviewers.

We have just completed some pretty large edits on a paper in response to a reviewer’s comments. It will improve the paper significantly, which is great and appreciated. Thank you. 1/10

#NHS #Nursing workforce is a leaky bucket of skilled experienced people essential to safety critical work, The holes in the bucket are getting bigger by the day.
The answer isnt to keep filling the bucket faster.
A workforce plan that doesn't focus on retention is no solution

Are you a nurse or midwife in Scotland interested in research? Join us at the Nursing Studies PGR festival (hybrid) on Wednesday the 29th of May.

To find out more and register: blogs.ed.ac.uk/pgrconference2…