A new faculty designed to strengthen professional standards and celebrate district nursing has been launched by the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing (QICN).

#QICN #Nursing #DistrictNursing #Nurses

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General practice ANP among recipients of QICN funding for nurse-led garden projects An advanced nurse practitioner working in a GP practice has created a ‘restorative garden’ to help improve wellbeing and better engage with nature.

An advanced nurse practitioner working in a GP practice in Worcestershire has created a ‘restorative garden’ to be used by staff and patients to help improve wellbeing and better engage with nature.

#restorativegardens #gardenprojects #QICN #nursing #GPN #NHS #ANP

Nurse safety fears over plans to cut community HCAs Concerns have been raised around proposals to end a ‘chaperone service’ in which healthcare assistants attend out of hours community visits

EXCLUSIVE: Nurse safety fears over plans to cut community HCAs

Concerns have been raised around proposals to end a ‘chaperone service’ in which healthcare assistants (HCAs) attend out of hours community visits with nurses.

#HCA #nursing #QICN #NHS

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QICN launches new strategy to put community nurses ‘at heart of health policy’ The QICN has unveiled a new strategic plan designed to position the profession at the centre of health and care reform across the UK.

QICN launches new strategy to put community nurses ‘at heart of health policy’

The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) has unveiled a new five-year strategic plan designed to position the profession at the centre of health and care reform

#QICN #nursing #NHS #health

Community children’s nurse faculty launched by QICN A faculty designed to strengthen the voice, visibility and professional development of community children’s nurses has been launched

Community children’s nurse faculty launched by QICN

A new faculty designed to strengthen the voice, visibility and professional development of community children’s nurses has been launched by the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing (QICN).

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QICN urges stronger government oversight of community nursing The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) is urging government to introduce stronger oversight of community nursing services

QICN urges stronger government oversight of community nursing workforce

The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) is pushing the government to introduce stronger oversight of community nursing services.

#QICN #nursing #NHS #community #DHSC

Queen’s Nurse completes year-long fundraising quest for community nurses A Queen’s Nurse has completed a gruelling year of monthly physical challenges to raise money for nurses in need.

Queen’s Nurse completes year-long fundraising quest for community nurses

A Queen’s Nurse has completed a gruelling year of monthly physical challenges to raise money for nurses in need.

#QICN #nursing #healthcare #uknurses #NHS #communitynursing

Experienced nurses being ‘pulled back’ into lower paid roles Experienced nurses are being forced to accept lower paid roles in favour of flexible working opportunities and to escape toxic workplaces

Experienced nurses being ‘pulled back’ into lower paid roles

#QICN #NHS #healthcare #UKnurses #nursing

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GPNs urged to campaign ‘together and loudly’ for investment and recognition General practice nurses (GPNs) must ‘speak up’ and champion their profession, chair of the QICN General Practice Nurse Network has urged

GPNs urged to campaign ‘together and loudly’ for investment and recognition

#GPNS #NHS #nursing #QICN #primarycare #UKnurses #nursepay

Why nurses must help unpaid carers to understand their rights and access support Fiona Rogers from the QICN highlights the opportunity to make a difference to unpaid carers this Carers Rights Day

Why nurses must help unpaid carers to understand their rights and access support

#QICN #nursing #NHS #primarycare #carersrightsday #UKnurses

QICN to close long Covid nursing network The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) has made the ‘difficult decision’ to close its long Covid network

QICN to close long Covid nursing network

#QICN #nursing #NHS #covid #longcovid #healthcare #UKnurses

Interview: ‘District nurse pay bands have been a fight for a long time’ Last week the Nuffield Trust published a report which found that over a quarter of district nurses are paid below Band 6

Interview: ‘District nurse pay bands have been a fight for a long time’

#NHS #nursing #nursesky #QICN #communitynurse #nuffieldtrust

What's next after CQC’s warning over nurse shortages? The Care Quality Commission’s latest report makes for difficult reading, says Steph Lawrence, chief executive of the QICN.

What’s next after CQC’s warning over nurse shortages?

#CQC #nursing #NHS #socialcare #communitynursing #QICN #districtnursing

What's next after CQC’s warning over nurse shortages? The Care Quality Commission’s latest report makes for difficult reading, says Steph Lawrence, chief executive of the QICN.

What’s next after CQC’s warning over nurse shortages?

#CQC #nursing #NHS #socialcare #communitynursing #QICN #districtnursing

Practice nurses must ‘speak more openly’ about their value Nurses working in general practice have been encouraged to ‘speak more openly’ about their worth and value.

Practice nurses must ‘speak more openly’ about their value

#QICN #Nursing #Community #GPNs #NHS #NHSE

QICN lead ‘cannot see’ how Graduate Guarantee will work in primary care The government’s ‘Graduate Guarantee’ for nursing is unlikely to work in primary care and could deter nurses from practice roles

QICN lead ‘cannot see’ how Graduate Guarantee will work in primary care

#nursesky #GPNs #primarycare #QICN

Nurse develops bereavement boxes for community settings A community nurse from Lincolnshire has developed a scheme for providing bereavement boxes to the local  families of patients who have died.

Nurse develops bereavement boxes for community settings

A community nurse from NE Lincolnshire has developed a scheme for providing bereavement boxes to the local families of patients who have died. #nursing #nurse #endoflifecare #bereavement #community #QICN

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Wellbeing through gardening for people experiencing homelessness People accessing homeless services have benefited from a gardening and mental health project set up by Kendra Schneller.

Wellbeing through gardening for people experiencing homelessness
#nursesky #nursing #homelessness #QICN

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Fabulous weekend park walk with Millie for international nurses day with an open water swim to start training for the serpentine swim followed by a visit to Bassetts open garden in Essex #NGS #QICN #firogers #becksdaniels