An international team of nursing researchers, led by Siobhan O’Connor, have published a brand new pedagogical theory that helps explain how students learn via social media. As Facebook, Twitter and other social media technologies become more popular among students, educators are starting to incorporate them into higher education to facilitate learning. After undertaking a systematic […]

A second year nursing student at the University of Edinburgh, Rachael Ford, has spent the last few months working with Young Scot, a national youth charity in Scotland, as part of a Young Leadership Group to develop 5Rights #5Rights for young people in a digital world: https://young.scot/5rights/. From tackling fake news to protecting personal information or […]

I completed my BN with Honours in 2016. I then studied for my Masters in Public Health which helped me to realise my interest in research, and has led me to actively pursue further experience in the nursing research field. The University of Edinburgh Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS) aims to encourage projects that improve […]

On 5th October 2018 University of Edinburgh Nursing Studies alumni and PhD student attended the Royal Edinburgh Hospital to bring awareness to the Nursing Now campaign and to once again show our thanks and support for nurses who do a tremendous job!  This was an intimate event which provided the opportunity to share ideas and […]

Nursing Studies students and alumni hosted a coffee rounds event on September 28th at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh to show support for nurses and the Nursing Now campaign. Nursing Now is a global campaign aimed to raise the profile of nursing and is based on the conclusions of the Triple Impact Report that suggests […]

Every year a Students’ Day is held in London by the Florence Nightingale Foundation to coincide with the Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service at Westminster Abbey. The Foundation invites universities with an undergraduate nursing degree programme to nominate two student nurses to attend. The day begins at St Thomas’ Hospital when students from across the UK have […]

Maggie Carson was at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh on Thursday 7 July 2018, in her role as Undergraduate Programme Director, to celebrate 70 years of the NHS with Morna, Sophie, India and Hannah, second year nursing students on surgical placement. When asked what celebrating the NHS at 70 meant to her, Sophie said “Nursing […]

When we moved to Scotland with my family in July 2017 we were began to look for family activities that we could do together. With my wife, Teresa, and three kids, Mary, Gordon and Evan (ages 9, 6 and 5), we took up Taekwondo with the Intrepid Taekwondo club in Inverkeithing. From our inception in […]

This was the second ‘Coffee Rounds’ event hosted by University of Edinburgh nursing students to bring awareness to the Nursing Now campaign and to show support of nurses working ‘on the shop floor’. This event was held on June 1st at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh when we were fortunate to have Alex McMahon, […]

From November to March MsC Advancing Nursing Practice Students met informally outside of class to regroup, reconnect and share challenges and innovations in nursing in our home countries.  To bridge conversation there was of course tea, but we would also start each session with a TED talk to provide inspiration and recall of practices undertaken at […]