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 […]

Having returned from 2 weeks annual leave I found an email in my inbox from Susanne Kean asking if I was available on Thursday 16th July to meet with her, Sheila Rodgers and a visitor from Denmark.  I had previously been informed that Janet Jensen (MHSc, RN), a PhD student from the University of Copenhagen […]

The European Academy of Nursing Sciences is in their 17th year of running nursing PhD student summer schools. Some time ago a conference was added to the programme to which other EANS members are invited, thus providing and facilitating networking opportunities across European countries as well as academics, researchers and students. This year’s conference was […]

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 […]

Andrea Taylor, a community midwife and MSc Student within Nursing Studies, shares her experience on writing a reflective paper and putting it out ‘there’. Andrea’s paper is entitled ‘Person-centred care in practice’, and was published in the British Journal of Midwifery. I am a midwife and I have always thought of midwifery as having a fundamentally […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 and […]

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 aims […]

On one of the hottest days of the year (the auspiciously chosen Friday the 13th of June), Prof. Pam Smith, Dr Rosie Stenhouse and Dr Jessica MacLaren attended a meeting at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kings College London (home of the National Nursing Research Unit).  The meeting was between academics from […]