Barry Hill – Assistant Professor, Nursing Science and Critical Care, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Barry.Hill@northumbria.ac.uk February marks celebration and also remembrance of LGBTQIA+ communities. What follows is a short piece of why this topic is important and can only serve to help us as family nurses to care for this community. Lesbian, Gay, … Read more
Born in 1971, Tim Wotton is 51 with D Delta cystic fibrosis (CF) and CF-related diabetes and still has his original lungs. Living in Wimbledon, UK, he works full-time as a communications specialist and is married to Katie (a senior nurse) with a 15 year old son, Felix. Here, he shares the impacts of his … Read more
Nursing the trans community As a nurse or health support worker, you will provide care for people from diverse backgrounds, and it is important that you help to create a safe and welcoming environment for all your patients and clients. As some trans patients have reported poor experiences of health care settings, your approach has … Read more
The first cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) were reported 41 years ago in 1981. Since then, nurses all over the world have been at the forefront of the fight against the epidemic. They have stepped up to provide skilled care for those infected and affected by the virus. Each year, on 1 December, the … Read more
Given that one in every ten of the world’s children has a disability (1) the International Disability Day offers the opportunity to reflect on how nursing has been transformed from caring for disabled children within institutional settings to its current aim for family nursing. This includes caring for children within their own homes whenever possible. … Read more
At St Oswald’s Hospice, our slogan is “Quality time for everyone”, and that truly is what we strive to deliver to everyone who comes into our care, said Steph Edusei, Chief Executive Officer of St Oswald’s Hospice. Time to enjoy family and friends, time to make peace, time to make memories, time to put things … Read more
The aim of the World Health Assembly (WHA) is to increase the global rate of exclusive breastfeeding to at least 50% by 2025. In 2018 a World health Assembly resolution endorsed World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) as an important promotion strategy. Each year WBW delivers a campaign to galvanise action related to breastfeeding. Sadly, I continue … Read more
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RARE DISEASE DAY 2022?
Today is international rare disease day, a day which means so much to me as a person with multiple rare diseases! There are over 6000 rare diseases and so many people have to fight for care every single day meaning they have to teach and guide healthcare professionals rather than the other way round!
In the UK we have just had pride month, which is a very important month in the LGBTQ+ calendar. Pride month is all about celebrating the achievements of those who fought for the LGBTQ+ movement back in 1969 and the progress that has happened within the community since, uniting and coming together over everything that … Read more
Join the IFNA – UK and Ireland Chapter for our next tweet chat, on the topic of planetary health on Thursday April 22nd, 2021, from 19:30 – 20:30 BST (14:30 – 15:30 EDT). As part of our celebrations for Earth Day 2021, we are keen to emphasise the global message of Restore our Earth™, while … Read more
