Category: Nursing Students
Nursing Studies @ The University of Edinburgh ‘Leaps in the Dark’: Celebrating 60 years of Nursing Studies Venue: John McIntyre Conference Centre, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh Our alumni conference took place on November 4th and brought the Nursing Studies; 2016 Diamond Jubilee Year celebrations to a close. The purpose of the conference was to […]
Year 2 of our BN programme had a fascinating talk by a health informatician from NHS Lothian, as part of their ‘Professionalism’ course. Marina Copping, Clinical Information Manager (Maternal, Children and Young People) described current developments of clinical IT systems and the importance of good record keeping. She stressed that the focus of nursing care […]
This year one of the current MSc Students hosted student colleagues her own clinical area. Angie Balfour is currently an MSc student herself offered a group of international students an insight to her clinical work at NHS Lothian. Angie was able to describe the research she is involved in and the innovative practice she is […]
A current postgraduate student in Nursing Studies received an award from the Queens Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS). Carolyn is currently studying the Postgraduate Certificate in Managing Health and Social Care. On the 10th November 1980 I started studying Nursing at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Exactly 36 years later on the 10th November 2016 I was […]
After winning the European Regional Undergraduate Award in the Nursing and Midwifery category, the University of Edinburgh were generous enough to offer to cover my expenses to attend the Global Summit in Dublin from 8th – 11th November. The Global Summit is a four-day event filled with a variety of activities for the winners of […]
Nursing Studies Student, Esther Cherukara, is the Regional Winner in the Nursing and Midwifery category in the Undergraduate Awards. The Undergraduate Awards (UA)announced the winners of the 2016 programme with entrants from across the University of Edinburgh featuring in top spots. Cited as the ultimate champion of high-potential undergraduates, and often referred to as a “junior Nobel […]
We welcomed the new cohort of MSC/MN students who joined us this year and sent them to what is now a customary ‘initiation’ exercise – our Royal Mile treasure hunt. The treasure hunt is now an annual event in the Nursing studies calendar and offers the new students to get to know each other and […]
On Thursday 9 June 2016, three ANP students attended an extraordinary nursing conference in Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and have shared their thoughts about the day for the blog. The conference started with a speech of a member of the Scottish government who spoke about post registration education and policy landscape. Each of us […]
We had wonderful news this week, Professor Pam Smith was awarded an MBE for nursing and nurse education as part of the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours list. Its a wonderful achievement for Pam, and lovely to be awarded this during Nursing Studies 60th year Pam remains active within research and teaching within the university, and […]
Organised by the ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF MEDICINSKIH SESTER, BABIC IN ZDRAVSTVENIH TEHNIKOV SLOVENIJE NURSES, MIDWIVES AND MEDICAL TECHNICIANS OF SLOVENIA Professor Pam Smith and Dr Rosie Stenhouse, Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh on their first visit to establish an Erasmus Mobility Exchange Programme, were invited to attend the event by our partners from […]