Nursing Resilience: Organisational Values

Journal Club Article: Cooper, A. L., Brown, J. A., & Leslie, G. D. (2021). The impact of organisational values on nurse resilience: A mixed‐methods study. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(7), 2074-2083. Method: A two-phase mixed-methods design, with data collected in Phase 1 via a cross-sectional survey and in Phase 2 via focus groups, with thematic analysis of…

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Resources To Switch Off

Mid-year and not sure how your going, but it seems fairly busy for everyone in the healthcare setting. That post COVID-19 regroup and restore phase has not quite eventuated as yet!! Here are some resources to help refresh and switch off. As ever please share other helpful resources in the comments section. Some free resources…

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Swarm Intelligence & Team Adaption

Nature contains striking examples of collective behaviour as seen in social insects, fish and bird colonies. This collective behaviour is known as Swarm Intelligence (SI). S. Cristancho (2020) Journal Club Article Cristancho, S. M. (2021). On collective self‐healing and traces: How can swarm intelligence help us think differently about team adaptation?. Medical Education, 55(4), 441-447. Background The…

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International Nurses Day 2023

The World Health Organisation (WHO) are providing live webinars on International Nurses Day 2023 – theme of Hope, Peace & Health Security [details here]. The International Council of Nurses (ICN), the theme for International Nurses Day is A Voice to Lead: Our Nurses, Our Future and addresses the global health challenges exacerbated by the shortage…

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The Hidden Curriculum

The term ‘hidden curriculum’ refers to an amorphous collection of implicit academic, social, and cultural messages, unwritten rules and unspoken expectations, and unofficial norms, behaviours and values of the dominant-culture context in which all teaching and learning is situated. These assumptions and expectations that are not formally communicated, established, or conveyed stipulate the ‘right’ way to think,…

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VR Immersive Learning: Bundle Of Rays

Bundle of Rays is transforming healthcare education using immersive learning technologies & advancing the nursing profession through their unique AR & VR platform. Bundle of Rays was established by Bradley Chesham who is a nurse [more info here]. Take a look at how the immersive learning environment looks from the learners perspective at Bundle of…

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Nurse Educator Portfolio

As you develop as an educator it is worth considering creating a portfolio to demonstrate learning and development for both yourself and the learners perspective. You can develop this as a simple written document, powerpoint presentation, or utilise an ePortfolio platform. Below are some suggestions to consider what content you could add to develop your…

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Nursing: Leaving The Line

Quality driven care and measured outcomes are essential nursing measurements of care standards, or should that just be healthcare outcomes? Across the world we are seeing nurses leave the profession, request fair pay, and also strike for minimum care standards to become legislation. These articles provide a starting point on the current challenges for nursing,…

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Resilience in Nursing

This is a complex topic, but the purpose of this post is to raise awareness and discussion around healthcare focusing solely on healthcare professionals as the problem and they need to build resilience, rather than looking at the system itself and the working environment and structure in place. This journal club article provides a starting…

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