Being a nurse who advocates social media I often come across doubters – those people who say that nurses shouldn’t use social media on a professional basis as it will damage their reputation and that of their organisation, those who doubt that social media can do good and those who firmly believe that as nurses…
Evidence based tea
This blog has been rattling around in my head for a few weeks now, mainly because I wanted to find the right words to share my thinking. Sometimes I feel that we have to be careful with our words so that we don’t get misinterpreted .. I hope that I have chosen the right words…
Strategy AND Policy
I have been thinking a bit lately about social media and what we need to move social media forward in nursing. Even after 7 years of being a Tweeting and Blogging nurse I still hear stories of social media being shot down, of employers and universities emphatically urging nurses and student nurses to steer clear…
Not Mrs Smith!
When I was a student nurse someone told me a story that went something like this: One day Mrs Jones went into hospital for a minor operation. Before the operation the consultant came to the ward to see Mrs Jones and said “Hello Mrs Smith I am your consultant Mr Brown” Mrs Jones, quite rightly corrected Mr…
Being smart not unprofessional !
Two conversations caught my eye on Twitter last night, both seemed to get a lot of air time. The first conversation was sparked by this tweet from @DebsCooper131: The tweet got many responses and a good deal of interaction with lots of people tweeting about finding and loosing pens. It was a good fun sort…
Stuck on CPD
I have had a few conversations lately both on and offline around continuing professional development (CPD) in nursing, I guess its only natural as more and more of us are revalidating CPD is very much on our minds. However with austerity still very much the order of the day it worries me that many nurses…
The problem with resilience
I think that’s it’s time to open up the debate on the term resilience – I have a problem with resilience, I know its en-vogue currently for nurses to be resilient, and in theory I get why, but in reality I am not so sure. How about we start this with a definition …. The…
Reflecting on a discussion
It’s not long now until I have to revalidate for the first time and I am trying to be super organised. As my revalidation date is at the start of September I thought it best to get everything sorted this side of the summer. I have always been an overly organised person – when we…
Gathering viewpoints – having & eating cake!
I have been engaged in a few projects recently where we have taken the time to step outside of the expertise in the room and ask people beyond the project their thoughts and ideas. Now we all know that in theory this is what we should do .. but in reality is it really worthwhile?…