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The Florence Nightingale Foundation 2016/17 Scholarships are now open

The Florence Nightingale Foundation raises funds to provide scholarships for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors, to enable them to extend knowledge and skills, and to promote innovation in practice.

All available scholarships are a chance for nurses and midwives to better their professions, advance their own career, and ultimately are an opportunity to contribute to the improvement of care of patients and users in the UK.

Applications for the 2016/17 Florence Nightingale Foundation Scholarships open on Tuesday 1 March.

Leadership Scholarships of up to £15,000 are available for those who want to become leaders with the skills and self-confidence to contribute positively and with some significance to the rapidly changing world of healthcare.

Research Scholarships of up to £5,000 are available for scholars to undertake a course in research methods, research modules or a dissertation/thesis as part of an academic course of study. All of these must be able to demonstrate impact on patient care and be academically supervised or supported.

Travel Scholarships of up to £5,000 are a real opportunity to study practice elsewhere in the UK and/or overseas to enhance patient/user care in the UK. These scholarships are awarded for projects connected with the applicant’s field of work and which will benefit their patients/users and the professions more widely.

Research and Travel Scholarships are available to Nurses and Midwives who have current registration with the NMC and who work and are resident in the UK. Leadership Scholarships are additionally available to all registered healthcare professionals who have current registration and are resident in the UK.

For further details on the criteria for application and how to apply for a scholarship

Or contact The Florence Nightingale Foundation  [email protected]

 

HV wins Mary Seacole Development Award

Hillie Halonen, Health Visitor at Bradford District Care Trust, has been awarded a prestigious Mary Seacole Development award.

The awards provide the opportunity to undertake a specific health care project or other educational/development activity that benefits and improves the health outcomes of people from BME communities.

Hillie is using the award to develop a project which will support EU-Migrant Families with parent and infant relationships for positive mental health. She will pilot an infant-parental cue card tool kit, specifically focusing on families who have moved to Bradford from Eastern Europe. A prize of £6,250 was awarded to Hillie, enabling her to fund the pilot.

Hillie said: “This is an exciting project which will contribute to the growing evidence around the importance of early parent infant relationships on neurological development. It will also help me to develop my leadership skills.”

The awards were created in 1994 in honour of pioneering Victoria nurse Mary Seacole who cared for wounded British Soldiers during the Crimean War.

Phil Hubbard, Head of Bradford City Services at Bradford District Care Trust, said: “This has provided Hillie with the opportunity to explore how all health visitors will be able to positively engage and support EU families.”