School Nursing
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International Nurses’ Day 2022
The world celebrates nurses on International Nurses' Day and we thank them for their skill and compassion in supporting health and wellbeing everywhere.
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New Book Celebrates Achievements of Community Nursing
The Queen’s Nurses represent diverse specialisms and taken together the book provides a glimpse into a world of professional expertise and person-centred care that is not often portrayed in the wider media.
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QNI launches book of stories on school nursing written by school nurses
The QNI has published a book of stories on school nursing written by school nurses themselves.
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Transition to School Nursing
Combined chapters (2.9Mb pdf). This online resource, updated in 2016, is designed for nurses who are new to a community nursing role.
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Chapter 11: Developing your career
Transition to the School Nursing Service
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Chapter 7: Mid point reflection
Transition to the School Nursing Service
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Chapter 5: Integrating additional health needs
Transition to the School Nursing Service
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Chapter 4: Supporting developmental needs
Transition to the School Nursing Service
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Chapter 3: Developing your role
Transition to the School Nursing Service
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Working Together for Health
The aim of the project was to improve the dental health, diet and physical activity of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) within a Primary School for children with special needs in Manchester.
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Text UR School Nurse
A Smartphone application gives young people access to key health information 24 hours a day. It engages them and encourages them to consider and change behaviour with regard to their health.
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Enteral to Oral
Enteral feeding or tube feeding is often necessary to ensure adequate nutrition in sick infants and children. Weaning a child off enteral feeding can be difficult and this project sought to address the challenges.
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Managing Type 1 Diabetes
Children receive dedicated support for long term conditions such as diabetes from a multi-disciplinary team. There are risks associated with the transition to adult services, due to a whole range of factors.