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Reflecting on a Year of Being a Community Nursing Associate
‘For the first few months, I didn’t know everyone’s key safe numbers off the top of my head and couldn’t remember how many times a week we visited each patient but eventually, it all came, and I started feeling more relaxed and found the job a dream.’
Community Nursing Key to 2-Hour Crisis Response in England
‘Creating and delivering 2-hour crisis response services across the whole of England, can only help increase support to people, their carers and families in the home.’
Student Nurse Stepping out of My Comfort Zone
‘Prior to this placement, if I’d been asked to describe what district nurses did, I would say they look after patients with leg ulcers in the community. How naïve I was!’
Where words fail, music speaks: the language of an extraordinary QN
‘It’s unbelievable to watch them. They sit up, they know the words and they sing it all way through. The effect of music on the brain is extraordinary.’
ACT NOW: a new foot assessment tool for people with diabetes
We would like to encourage every Community Nurse to adopt and use the new ACT NOW foot assessment tool as any delay in treating a foot related problem in someone with diabetes can be catastrophic.
Brief conversations in primary care are a golden opportunity to boost health
Studies show that patients are open to receiving lifestyle advice, and often expect it
Call Yourself a Nurse?
It’s not against the law to say ‘I’m a Nurse’ when you are not. I think it should be.
Student Nurses Practice Placement Provision with ICAN Nursing Services in Leeds
As a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic, nursing student placements had been suspended. I was asked to review processes and prepare staff for students to return to placement within the nursing service where I work.
My placement at Beacon House helping people who are experiencing homelessness
‘I have met some incredible nurses in the NHS, but the nurses at Beacon House are exceptional, they truly embody the 6C’s in every moment they work. Their compassion and commitment are admirable, and the level of competence and care provided is endless..’