For those of you who like me have been on Twitter for a number of years you will know that Twitter has changed significantly… some of the changes have been great and done not so great (ahem star / favourite button!) One of the things that has stayed the same though is “what’s happening in…
Category: Nursing & Social Media
Build it and they will come?
I don’t know who first said “Build it and they will come” I vaguely recall some 90’s movie with aliens and a cornfield but I am not even sure if they were the first to coin the phrase … anyway “Build it and they will come” … what utter nonsense !!! At no point at…
Reflections on @NHS
We are about halfway through January (depending on when you are reading this !) and I have to say OMGOSH what a start to 2020!! As I am sure all of you know by now, 2020 is the International Year of the Nurse & Midwife, and not only has plotting and planning on how to…
2020 – a year for us !
Yep it’s time to say “so long” to 2019 and “hey, how are you doing” to 2020 … and what better way to do this than in a blog …. 2019 for me was a really wonderful year (and i’m not just saying that .. it really was!), a year where I spent lots of…
#NursesActive – a recipe for success
#NursesActive is over for another year, we can safely head over to Twitter without being bombarded by nurses climbing stairs, climbing mountains, running, walking, jumping, swimming, cycling in fact we are safe from a whole range of active pictures….. all joking aside though … this year was absolutely brilliant ! Not only did #NursesActive win…
The evolution of learning
Not so long ago I was sat doing some mandatory training via an e-learning platform, it involved watching snippets of videos and clicking on multiple choice questions, it was pretty unexciting and I didn’t really learn anything or change my practice as a result of the e-learning…. however it did inspire me to take action…
Kindly disagreeing
I have spent quite a while thinking about this blog post, it’s a tricky one to write as finding the right words is important. I love social media and I love nursing …. but there is a huge negative to being an active and vocal nurse on social media in that sooner or later someone…
The wonder of social media
Over the last week or so I have been carefully constructing a blog around unkindness in social media spaces …. this is not that blog …. but I am telling you this, dear reader, because it gives a little context. The reason I have been constructing a blog around unkindness is because I have seen…
Be prepared
As a nurse who not only engages in social media but also is clearly visible in social media I put myself “out there” every day, this is something that I have been reflecting on recently following some conversations with student nurses about being approached for health advice over social media. I think it’s important for…
Hot, hot, hot !!
Wow it’s been hot lately ! Temperatures have reached 30c quite a few times in the last 10 days or so and I have found myself worrying: My first thoughts were for our children – Did they have sunscreen? A hat? Water bottles for school? Were they cool enough (in the cold sense not the…