Student Research Placements

Image ©️ Emma Heron The Council of Deans has released a report affirming the value of research placements for students. As a research nurse, this is something that doesn't surprise me at all. I've seen first hand the value of working directly with students who are on a placement with the clinical research team -… Continue reading Student Research Placements

What are the possibilities of nursing and social media moving forward? My May 2021 We Nurses Blogpost.

https://twitter.com/WeNurses/status/1394226199946305538?s=20 Social media simply didn't exist when I started my nursing journey. The internet was just starting to properly take off. I still remember my GCSE computer studies teacher taking us into the special room where the computer of the future was kept. It had this thing called "Electronic mail" and "windows". We were all… Continue reading What are the possibilities of nursing and social media moving forward? My May 2021 We Nurses Blogpost.

Don’t you miss being a real nurse? What “do” we all do?

This week has seen the re-emergence of the nursing myth of the "real nurse". One that those of use who don't work as a staff nurse, as a ANP, or any other traditional patient facing roles, are familiar with. Sarah Lee, in her tweet, shows this myth is still very much alive and kicking and… Continue reading Don’t you miss being a real nurse? What “do” we all do?