My midwifery trip to Africa: elephants, lions and delivering six babies: Trip to Tanzania was privilege, says midwifery graduate Aneeqa Hussain has worked hard to get where she is today, at one point going back to college for a year to secure the grades she needed in order to continue her university studies. She graduates […]
Researchers led by a team at the University of Aberdeen have produced an app for NHS frontline workers to help them have a ‘good day’ at work. Given the increased pressure on frontline workers due to Covid-19, the app has been designed to improve work satisfaction, mental health and resilience in medical personnel who may be struggling to cope with difficult working […]
A new study from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Bath has found the optimal age at which sense of touch and hearing best work together to compensate for blindness. The research led by Dr Meike Scheller from the University of Aberdeen found that blindness before the age of eight or nine facilitates […]
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Many student midwives are struggling under the weight of financial concerns, poor mental health and an unpredictable job market, according to new findings by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Student midwives in England, who must pay tuition fees and take out maintenance loans to cover living costs, will have, on average, a debt of […]
An exhibition at the Florence Nightingale Museum, in the basement of St Thomas’s Hospital, London celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of the founder of nursing in 1820. Celebrate the 200 year Anniversary of the birth of the founder of nursing by visiting an exhibition: Nightingale in 200 Objects, People and Places, at the Florence […]
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Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are investigating uptake of the flu vaccine among care home staff in a bid to see if lessons can be learned to encourage people to have a COVID-19 immunisation. This winter could see flu season coincide with a second wave of COVID-19, so ensuring high flu vaccine […]
New research highlights the opportunities to improve care for people in prison who are dying from a progressive, life-limiting illness, by Dr Stacey Panozzo, Professor Jennifer Philip and Dr Anna Collins, University of Melbourne and St Vincent’s Hospital. Consider for a moment how it might feel to be told you have a diagnosis of advanced […]
The pressures facing young carers during the COVID-19 pandemic are revealed in new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA). The restrictions of lockdown and the anxiety related to the risks associated with COVID-19 have been central to young carers’ difficulties, increasing their caring load, preventing them from getting a break or from turning […]
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On International Nurses Day 2020 (May 12), the University of Bradford celebrates the role of nurses and its ongoing contribution to providing high quality teaching for healthcare professionals. At a time when the spotlight seems ever on healthcare, it is a measure of the quality of teaching at the University of Bradford’s Faculty of Health […]
To mark International Nurses Day, in this the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, Nursing Now has made a film to shine a light on the incredible work of nurses around the world. This film uses the voices of people from different walks of life, from actors to footballers and global health-stakeholders to highlight […]