Stories about Nursing at Edinburgh straight from our staff and students
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, researcherContinue reading Stars of Nursing Studies on Screen
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 workContinue reading Nursing Studies is shortlisted for NT awards
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 alsoContinue reading MSc experiences shared
Fiona Tevendale collaborated with Dorothy Armstrong to produce a paper which has just been published in the Nursing Times. Fiona is a Third year student in the Undergraduate Nursing Studies programme, and was willing to share a few notes about writing the article. ‘The article Dorothy and I wrote was about using patient stories inContinue reading Student publishes paper in Nursing Times
An exciting opportunity presented itself when a group of us (students and staff) put a bid to get 8 pairs of Google Glasses to be used as a teaching tool in the clinical skills lab. The idea was to get a simulated patient to wear the Glass and capture the way a student nurse interacts withContinue reading Google glass bid – Nursing studies on YouTube
It is so strange to be properly in touch with some parts of the Department of Nursing Studies, as all has been closed to us ‘European Pioneer Graduates’ (the phrase was coined by another European Pioneer Graduate’ quite recently, in an e-mail to me!) since November 1996, and the big gathering to celebrate the 40thContinue reading A few memories from Lis- a Nursing Studies Original!
November 20th and 21st saw Nursing Studies collaborate with NHS Lothian, Queen Margaret University and Edinburgh Napier University to put on two events which explored nursing in WW1. The idea for the events had come from Professor Pam Smith after visiting the war poets collection based at Craighlockhart Campus, a tribute to Wilfred Owen andContinue reading Nursing in World War One
One of the MSc students, Angie Balfour, is just back from Canada where she had been invited to present on the ERAS programme. This is a programme which she is involved in as part of her clinical work in NHS Lothian. ERAS or ‘Enhanced Recovery After Surgery’ is a Multi-Modal, Multi-Disciplinary, evidence-based programme of care that aimsContinue reading MSc Student takes ERAS to Canada
Throughout the Nursing Studies department, staff and students are learning together. One of the taught MSc Courses is Professional and Personal Development run by course director Dr Aisha Holloway. The class meet once a week for coffee before the lecture and has established friendships and knowledge exchange, a way to get different opinions about problem-solving and discuss withContinue reading Learning Together across Nursing Studies
The MSc in Advancing Nursing Practice were treated to a visit from Hugh Masters, Associate Chief Nursing Officer from the Scottish Government. Hugh met with students on a theme of inspiration and leadership, and this proved to be a great topic for a really fruitful discussion for the international group of students. ‘The meeting with Hugh Masters last week wasContinue reading A visit from Hugh Masters
