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 […]

We had the pleasure to host Dr Mette Kaltoft and Pofessor Jack Dowie who delivered a fascinating talk entitled “Enhancing person-centred care and health decision literacy via multi-criteria based decision support”. The talk focused on the Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and the online interactive visual template (Annalisa). The speakers argued that e-decision support, will have […]

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 […]

Brokerage in Maternal and Child Health Service Development and Delivery in Nepal and Malawi Radha Adhikari and Pam Smith are currently in Kathmandu, Nepal disseminating the project findings at a conference and workshop. The ESRC/DFID funded project is due for completion in October 2016. Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya On 27 July […]

Our trip to China Colin and I arrived to a hot and very humid metropolis where slow traffic and fumes were dominant – but we had a wonderful and extremely productive visit! Having been briefed by our current Chinese students we hunted for a restaurant where the food was fresh and looked yummy – 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 […]