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QNI Standards for Practice Teaching

The iHV is delighted to see publication of Standards for Practice Teaching for Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) and Specialist Practice Qualification (SPQ) in Community Nursing by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI). The iHV has been part of the Expert Advisory Group  and worked with the QNI from the inception of the project that has led to this most welcome publication. This included supporting the co-production of the Standards through our  engagement with  iHV members at iHV Networking Events for students and educators.

In recent years, our iHV members and others have raised their concerns about a lack of consistency in how health visitors are prepared and how the vital role of practice-based learning, teaching, assessment of students undertaking SCPHN programmes is supported and recognised. The QNI’s new standards set an objective benchmark for what ‘good’ looks like and will support all partners in education to develop programmes of preparation for Practice Teachers. The alignment of the standards with the Health Education England ‘four pillars’ of Advanced Practice spell out the advanced level of practice required to combine education and practice to develop a workforce. They also provide a sound basis for those working towards recognised Advanced Practitioner roles. In particular, meeting the QNI standards will enable partners to demonstrate:

Join our next Practice Education Networking event!

Calling all iHV Members!

Are you involved in educating health visitor students within their SCPHN programme?

Are you a practice assessor/ teacher or practice supervisor?

Are you a SCPHN Lecturer or programme lead?

If so, welcome to our next Practice Education Networking event for iHV members on 9 December 2021, 09:30 – 11:30.

Our member Practice Education Networking events are an opportunity to share good practice and learn together to shape leadership in practice education. We very much see this as a two-way process, and the Networking Events also provide an opportunity for us to update you on our workstreams and the national direction.

On 9 December 2021, we look forward to partnering with our colleagues at the Queen’s Nursing Institute. Angie Hack will introduce us to a QNI-led project on the development of Practice Teacher standards. Networking together will be a two-way process to help us collectively “get it right” for SCPHN students and other community nursing disciplines.

Book your place here (don't forget to use your membership number)

If you are unable to locate your iHV membership number, please contact [email protected] and we will be happy to confirm this for you.

Networking Agenda – 9 December 2021:

  • 09:30 – Chair’s welcome and introduction
  • 09:35-  Angie Hack, Assistant Director of Nursing Programmes – The Queen’s Nursing Institute, Introduction to the development of the QNI Standards for Practice Teachers
  • 09:50 – Breakout rooms – exploring key questions for ‘standards’
  • 10:20- Q&A to Angie
  • 10:35- Refresh and recharge
  • 10:45 – Our feedback
  • 11:05 – Taking it back to our practice partners – networking
  • 11:20 – Future networking events and iHV activities
  • 11:25 – Evaluation
  • 11:30 – Close

iHV supports RCN/QNI call for reinvestment into district nursing

The Institute of Health Visiting supports the RCN/QNI call for reinvestment into district nursing after a shocking loss of district nurses over the past 10 years.

A new report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) calls for urgent investment in District Nursing, as new figures show the number of District Nurses working in the NHS has dropped by almost 43 per cent in England alone in the last ten years.  As a result, there are only some 4,000 District Nurses providing care for a population of around 55.8 million in England, a ratio of only one District Nurse for every 14,000 people.  This compares with one GP for every 1,600 people.

The report, Outstanding Models of District Nursing, is published during the RCN’s annual Congress in Liverpool, where the 5,000 nursing staff attending include large numbers of District Nurses from around the UK.

Recent government strategy has called for more nursing care to be delivered in the community and in people’s homes in order to reduce patients’ lengths of stay in hospital and avoid unplanned admissions. The NHS Long Term Plan has identified the District Nursing service, which provides vital care for people in their own homes and in the community, as a key part of this strategy. However, government policies have not been followed by the investment needed to make the vision a reality, says the joint report.

Read full RCN news story

 

The Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Award for Outstanding Service – applications now open

Applications are now open for The Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Award for Outstanding Service, awarded by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI).

A previous winner of this award is one of our Fellows – Ruth Oshikanlu.

The award is given through nomination, to community nurses who provide exceptional care to their patients and demonstrate a continuing passion and enthusiasm for nursing.

This award is not a reward for length of service, but an acknowledgement that a nurse makes a very exceptional individual contribution to patient care and the nursing profession. Criteria include:

  • A minimum of 10 years’ service in community nursing
  • Ability to demonstrate a continuing commitment to the principles of excellent nursing care to the benefit of patients
  • Ability to demonstrate an outstanding contribution to both patients and the profession over and above the normal call of duty.

Closing date: Monday 2 April 2018 

Go to QNI website for further details and how to apply

QNI – Fund for Innovation and Leadership in Homeless Health

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has a new funding stream available for nurses who wish to develop projects working with homeless or vulnerably-housed people.

Apply for up to £5000 to develop an innovation project to improve homeless health in your local area, and gain professional and personal development for yourself through attending three two-day leadership workshops during 2018 for project leaders.

Applications must focus on the health improvement of a group of patients. This can include people:

  • who are homeless
  • who live in Gypsy, Roma or Traveller communities
  • who are in prison
  • who are asylum seekers, refugees or undocumented migrants
  • who work as sex workers
  • who have drug and alcohol problems.

Projects can focus on any issue relating to improving the health, care and wellbeing of people from any of the above groups.

How to apply

Apply for the QNI Homeless Health Project Fund by 5pm 29 September 2017 – by completing the application form and returning it to the QNI.

Please see QNI application guidance notes (in the link below) for eligibility criteria, required documents, project duration and monitoring, and application process.

Go to QNI for application guidance and application form

For more information

If you wish to discuss your application or for more information, please contact David Parker-Radford, Homeless Health Programme Manager on 020 7549 1410 or by email [email protected] .

 

 

QNI: The Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Award for Outstanding Service

Nominations are now open for The Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Award for Outstanding Service.

The award is given, through nomination, to community nurses who provide exceptional care to their patients and demonstrate a continuing passion and enthusiasm for nursing.

This award is not a reward for length of service, but an acknowledgement that a nurse makes a very exceptional individual contribution to patient care and the nursing profession.

Criteria include:

  • A minimum of 10 years’ service in community nursing
  • Ability to demonstrate a continuing commitment to the principles of excellent nursing care to the benefit of patients
  • Ability to demonstrate an outstanding contribution to both patients and the profession over and above the normal call of duty.

For more informaion, please visit https://www.qni.org.uk/explore-qni/qni-awards/

Closing date: Monday 31st July 2017

To find out more, please email Anne Pearson or call 020 7549 1409.

QNI: New prize for student health visitors announced

The Queen’s Nursing Institute has announced the creation of a new prize for student Health Visitors, named in memory of Dora Roylance, a former Queen’s Nurse and Health Visitor.

Dora Roylance passed away in 2016 at the age of 100 and left a legacy to the QNI that enabled them to create this prize in her name. Dora became a Queen’s Nurse in 1939 and become a Health Visitor six years later, thanks to a QNI training bursary. She went on to work as a nurse and a Health Visitor for the rest of her career.

The new prize is offered for outstanding students who have completed the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing () Health Visitor programme. The prize is available at every university in England, Wales or Northern Ireland where the programme is offered.

The health visitor programme leaders at each university may nominate one student to receive the prize each year.

More information about the prize and the nomination form

 

Congratulations to Dr Crystal Oldman

The Institute would like to send very warm congratulations to Dr Crystal Oldman for being made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2017, for services to the Queen‘s Nursing Institute and Community Nursing.

Dr Cheryll Adams, executive director iHV, said:

“This is a very timely and well deserved award for a champion of community nursing!”

Dr Crystal Oldman is Chief Executive of the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI). She started her career in the NHS in 1975 as a ward orderly, and worked in some of the most deprived communities in London after qualifying as a nurse and later as a Health Visitor.

Dr Crystal Oldman

Dr Crystal Oldman

New Online Learning Resource for Community Nurses: Improving care for young people transitioning to adults’ services

The QNI has launched a new online learning resource to improve nursing care for young people who are in the ‘transition’ process from children’s services to adult community services.

The learning resource can be viewed here: https://www.qni.org.uk/nursing-in-the-community/from-child-to-adult/ . It includes a short video recording the views of young people in transition and of practitioners working in the field.

The resource is a key outcome of a two year project, led by Queen’s Nurse Dr Candice Pellett OBE.

Candice commented:

“Young people who are born with, or who have been diagnosed with a long term health condition during childhood, are supported by dedicated children’s services, working with their parent(s) or guardian(s). Once people reach young adulthood, they normally need to transition to adult health services. This process can be stressful and confusing for young people and their families, if for example there are gaps in communication or lack of joined up working. This can lead to gaps in care delivery and adverse health impacts.

“The new resource has been developed following an in depth consultation process with nurses, educators, young people and parents. The resource is designed to help nurses understand the issues that young people (and their families) face, improving practice in this key area and the experience of young patients.”

To produce the resource, the QNI held ten focus groups in different parts of the country and conducted three online surveys, as well as undertaking wider stakeholder involvement. In all, the views of around 900 people were used to inform the resource.

The QNI also carried out a review of academic literature in this area, which is also available on the QNI’s website at https://www.qni.org.uk/nursing-in-the-community/from-child-to-adult/ . The literature review confirmed that there is currently a dearth of knowledge in this specific area.

It is hoped that the new online resource will help to share and embed good practice in transition from children’s to adults’ community health services.

Go to Transition of Care Programme Resource

 

Last call for poster presentations for QNI conference

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This is the the last opportunity to apply for a poster presentation at The Queen’s Nursing Institute Annual Conference which takes place Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 September 2016 at the Royal College of General Practitioners, London.

Closing date: Friday 8th July 2016

Conference themes

Entries are invited from nurses working in the community and primary care to promote any area of their clinical practice that reflects the Conference themes.

  • Day 1: Measuring, delivering and reporting Quality
    Posters should relate to a direct nursing intervention or new way of working with a client group or a community, which led to an improved health/clinical outcome and/or patient experience.
  • Day 2: Community & Primary Care – Nursing for the future
    Posters should demonstrate innovative ways of recruiting nurses to community and primary care or engaging nursing students to consider community and primary care as a career option.
    Poster presentations.

To apply:

QNI invites submissions for poster presentations enabling delegates to promote the innovative work that they are doing.

To download the poster presentation application form

Please note you will need to book your place at the conference first to be considered for the poster presentation.

To see a draft copy of the agenda