Queen'S Nursing Institute Scotland

Community Nursing: Celebrating the past, shaping the future

Only three weeks left with the early bird rates for our conference - "Celebrating the past: shaping the future".
Conference takes place on 3rd April at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh - secure your delegate places here: http://bit.ly/QNIStickets2019.
In 2019 we are marking 130 years of the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland. This year’s conference offers us all the opportunity to celebrate nursing pioneers – past, present and future.
... The founders of QNIS set out to address the impact of poverty on the nation’s health. The conference will reflect on the progress we are making and the challenges that remain in enabling the health and wellbeing of all Scotland’s communities.
Come and be inspired by excellent speakers, great conversations and, this year, the opportunity to attend two workshops.
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"With chemical catalysts, you need to find the right catalyst for the right reaction.
“They often need support, they need looking after and they are valuable.
“There’s not a world of difference between being a chemical catalyst and a social catalyst.”... Prof Yellowlees
Read about our Fire Starter event which celebrated our Catalysts for Change projects.
https://bit.ly/2Rphq7V
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We are looking forward to seeing all those attending the Fire Starter event in Edinburgh tomorrow. Registration is at 0930, for a 10am start.

Four QNIS fellows feature in the #100outstandingnurses list complied on Twitter. Congratulations
https://www.qnis.org.uk/congratulations-t o-100-outstanding…/

Read more about the new Queen's Nurses. Congratulations to them all
https://www.qnis.org.uk/21-community-nurs es-receive-queens…/

Tonight we are celebrating. 21 community nurses from across Scotland will receive their Queen's Nurse title. We are moments away from the main event at our annual awards ceremony.

We are excited to showcase a new range of jewellery, crafted by the skilful silversmiths Ortak Jewellery.
In 2019 we celebrate our 130th anniversary, and to mark the occasion, Ortak, who designed and made the new Queen’s Nurse badge, offered to design a range of jewellery for us. The QNIS thistle has been recognised by communities across Scotland as a mark of nursing excellence for 130 years.
These beautiful silver items might just inspire your Christmas shopping and a pr...oportion of the cost comes to QNIS to support our work.
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We must all trust our guts if something seems not quite right. - Community Midwife and Queen's Nurse Hilary Alba holds a conference raising awareness of human trafficking.
https://www.qnis.org.uk/queens-nurse-host s-conference-to-r…/

Here are the photos from our recent Long Service Awards held in Orkney!

Day after day, year after year, this group of dedicated staff has set off in wind and rain, in sunshine and storm, to care for the people of the Orkney islands.
https://www.qnis.org.uk/orkney-community- nurses-awarded/

“Most victims of financial abuse can ill-afford the monetary loss, and this can mean insufficient money for rent, food, bills and other necessities. These losses can adversely affect physical and mental health.
“Community nurses can identify the early warning signals of financial abuse and explore what’s true with the people in their care. They may either signpost sources of help, or (if warranted) alert safeguarding teams, the police, and trading standards. Nurses are well-p...laced to help people whose wellbeing has been harmed by scamming.
Catch up here on last week's event raising awareness of financial scamming.
https://www.qnis.org.uk/financial-scammin g-of-vulnerable-a…/
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"Receiving the QNIS award is a great honour, to receive such recognition for the hard work undertaken in order to complete the Masters of Early Years has just reinforced my drive to learn"
Read our latest blog, from QNIS Postgraduate Prizewinner from University of Stirling, Bethan Murdoch.
https://www.qnis.org.uk/blog/reinforced-m y-drive-to-learn/

We're absolutely overwhelmed by the response to our survey on Financial Scamming. Currently we are sitting on 270 responses and we would love to reach 300. If you have a few free minutes, and haven't already completed the survey, please click on the link and give us your thoughts on this important area.
Your individual answers will be anonymous and QNIS will use the overall survey results to help raise awareness of the issues.It should take less than five minutes to complet...e this survey.
Please share the link with your colleagues and networks:
http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/6MAQD
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We have recently published Voluntary Standards for Community Children's Nursing, alongside the QNI.
These new standards will help support Community Children’s Nurse (CCN) education and practice across the UK.
The two organisations worked together with leading experts to develop the voluntary standards, which also aim to provide young people, their carers and the public with a contemporary description of the CCN role.
... Read more about the launch here
https://www.qnis.org.uk/new-standards-for -community-childr…/
And read in depth about the Community Children's Nursing role:
https://www.qnis.org.uk/…/community-chi ldrens-nursing-stan…/
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We're working with partners across sectors to host an event later in the autumn about safeguarding people from financial abuse. As we prepare for this event, we’d like to get a sense of how much community nurses already know about this issue.
We would be really grateful if you could click this link and answer some quick questions. Your individual answers will be anonymous and QNIS will use the overall survey results to help raise awareness of the issues.It should take less t...han five minutes to complete this survey.
Please share the link with your colleagues and networks:
http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/6MAQD/
The deadline for responses in Friday 5th October.
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