Edinburgh is a wonderful city to study in, so as part of the last session with their programme director, students from the MSc ANP programme were sent out to explore.  The Royal Mile was the starting point for a ‘treasure hunt’ in the sunshine and students were able to explore some of the most historic […]

In late spring I received an e-mail from a group of French neurosurgical intensive care nurses with an attachment of their children’s information booklet. The story of this information leaflet was as follows: they had read one of my research articles about children and young people visiting intensive care units*, got together in a working […]

The MSc students share experiences of a day out of Edinburgh- thank you  Vivian, Steven and Alan for writing for the blog.   July 04, the weather was not good in the morning, but the MSc ANP students were still excited to join a day trip around Edinburgh.   Sharon rented a van for the […]

An extremely informative and engaging session was set for our MSc ANP students at RCN Scotland on Tuesday afternoon. We were given an overview of current work and priorities for the RCN in Scotland and elaborated on some of the challenges that nurses are currently face. We were give an opportunity to learn more about […]

It was lovely to open the Alumni magazine to see one of our recent MSc ANP students as part of the ‘Two of Us’ section. Iris Lau met Vincent Tao when she was a post-graduate student in Nursing Studies in 2012, and whilst successfully gaining her MSc, Iris also gained a husband from her time at Edinburgh – they were […]

A group of MSc students braved the element and joined a guided hunted tour of Edinburgh. In the two hours it took to complete the appropriately named Double Dead tour, we were taken to the South Bridge Vaults and to the Covenanter’s Prison in Greyfriars Graveyard. It was in the vaults where we had to […]

A few weeks ago Dr Mia Nelson shared some of her recent research.  This was part of the CRFR  ‘Emotions seminars’ within the University of Edinburgh.  Her presentation was entitled ‘ Tea, Tissues and the room of doom: transitioning to palliative care in paediatric oncology’. We were offered a fascinating insight to results from her recent […]

Sharon Levy, Programme director for the MSc in Advanced Clinical Skills, shares his experience of being part of one of the filmed clinical scenarios. I must admit that I was nervous prior to the filming of a clinical scenario session, for our MSc in Advanced Clinical Skills. Aided by Ali – a well-known actor, researcher […]

This year Nursing Studies has been shortlisted for 3 awards as part of the ‘Student Nursing Times Awards 2015’. Nursing Studies has been shortlisted in 3 categories, one of which is for Dr. Aisha Holloway as ‘Educator of the Year’! We also have been shortlisted in the ‘Partnership of the Year’ category for the work […]

Students on the MSc in Advancing Nursing Practice had an opportunity to learn more about the work of a senior NHS nurse who recently completed the same programme herself. Alison Glover, Renal Recipient Transplant Coordinator, demonstrated her innovative ePortfolio and elaborated on the benefits and the challenges she faced when using PebblePad (http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/). Alison also […]