Author: receivingconsent

(Poem - originally published 26th November 2019 on another blog) We care for people at all stages of their life. Through and after death as well. This poem was written after I reflected on the care of a man who had died in the morning and as we prepared his body that afternoon for that… Continue reading Sacred to the memory

We have a voice. The Royal College of Nursing tells us so - in fact, that they are "the" voice of nursing in the UK. But, perhaps, they are in fact "a" voice of nursing. With a diverse range of opportunities for nurses to speak out and be heard, not to mention on the international… Continue reading Nurse’s Voice – My October #NurseBloggers2020 Blogpost

When I was studying for my degree, we learned about the role of the nurse and it's many aspects. Nurse as educator, as advocate, as leader. Never once did we explore the role of the nurse as ministering angel. Which is strange, no? Because it's a term that keeps popping up a bit like a… Continue reading Nurse as ministering angel – my #NurseBloggers2020 September blog – busting nursing myths

I was really interested in reading Fergal Walsh's article today entitled "Coronavirus: Call to infect volunteers in Covid-19 vaccine hunt"; not least because I myself volunteered for a vaccine study 20 years ago and was subsequently (and intentionally) infected with Falciparum malaria in order to test the vaccine's efficacy. The consent process was good and… Continue reading So-called “challenge studies” – to infect or not to infect, that is the question?