2010 news
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Researchers from the National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU), based at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s, have recently published a further study into The Productive Ward: Releasing time to care programme.
November
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) is leading the way in the field of novel cancer therapies multi-disciplinary medical and health education with an innovative master class on Friday 21 January 2011. Find out how to register.
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two scholarships on its MSc Clinical Nursing programme as part of the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme (CSSS) for the academic year 2011/2012.
October
Watch graduates James Squires, Emma North and Peter Winstone share their experiences of studying adult nursing at King's and how their degree has helped them secure their first nursing job, straight out of university. Watch the video.
The liver module at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, King’s College London, is one of very few courses on liver disease and transplantation specifically aimed at nurses.
A new iPhone app, ‘Navigating Nightingale’, was previewed at a Story of London festival event on Thursday 7 October at the Maughan Library at King’s College London’s Strand campus. The app will guide users along the banks of the River Thames to learn more about the life of Florence Nightingale a century after her death.
During October 2010 a survey of all maternity units in the UK will be undertaken by Mary Sheridan from the School to provide up to date information on the number of women with breech presentation at term, and map the availability and uptake of external cephalic version (ECV), a process by which a breech baby can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first.
September
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London welcomed its first ever cohort of around 200 students to the new Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing with Registration (PGDip) this week.
This month the School held two exciting events at the Wellcome Collection.
Professor Angus Forbes, the Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) Chair in Clinical Diabetes Nursing, recently gave his inaugural lecture at the 15th Annual FEND Conference in Stockholm. Professor Forbes’ position is a collaboration between FEND, King’s College London and the Diabetes Centre at King’s College Hospital (KCH).
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King's College London and the Prostate Cancer Charity staged a two day master class on 15 and 16 September for healthcare professionals with the aim of improving services for men with prostate cancer.
Rebecca Verity and Catherine Oakley from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King's College London have both been successful in securing NHS National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Doctoral Fellowships.
August
Men with prostate cancer who experience fatigue as a result of treatment for prostate cancer will soon be given greater support to help them cope as a result of a government grant awarded to King’s College London and The Prostate Cancer Charity. Overseeing the project from the School will be Professor Emma Ream and Dr Jo Armes and the Supportive Cancer Care research group, who will use their academic knowledge of cancer related fatigue to advise the Charity.
The Nightingale Choir, from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, performed live on Sunday 8 August with the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) Staff Choir at St Thomas’ Chapel as part of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Sunday Worship’.
July
The National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU), part of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London, recently presented the results of its review of evidence around the possible regulation of healthcare support workers to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
28 July 2010 King’s & Chelsea & Westminster first for HIV education
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s and Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust recently launched their first jointly provided HIV course for qualified nurses.
The week long course is designed to provide the foundation of knowledge for nurses working with patients who are living with HIV.
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s and Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust recently launched their first jointly provided HIV course for qualified nurses.
The week long course is designed to provide the foundation of knowledge for nurses working with patients who are living with HIV.
Women should be encouraged to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant and advised that there is no need to ‘eat for two’ when pregnant. These are just two of the recommendations included in new public health guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on dietary and physical activity interventions for weight management before, during and after pregnancy.
On Friday 9 July the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London celebrated its 150th anniversary with a ball at the prestigious Guildhall venue in London. The event was an opportunity to celebrate the School’s history and founder, and also to look to the future – the Next Generation Nightingales.
May
The Complete University Guide 2011 today (Thursday 20 May) announced that the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s is the only university in London to be ranked in the top ten British universities for nursing.
Two lecturers from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s were announced as winners of the Marjorie Simpson New Researchers' award 2010 at the RCN International Nursing Research Conference in Gateshead last week.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate, Fellow and King’s alumnus, made an address to a congregation of 2000 nurses, midwives, students and health care professionals at a memorial service at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12 May to celebrate the life and work of Florence Nightingale in the centennial year of her death.
On Wednesday 12 May the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, King’s College London celebrated the completion of an innovative educational collaboration with London College of Fashion (LCF) to design a prototype uniform for nursing and midwifery students.
On Wednesday 12 May the music of John Browne, composer in residence at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London, was performed by the Westminster Abbey Choir at a memorial service at the Abbey to celebrate the life and work of Florence Nightingale in the centennial year of her death.
Following a £1.4million redevelopment, the Florence Nightingale Museum reopens on Wednesday 12 May, the birthday of Florence Nightingale and International Nurses Day.
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s has achieved its best response to date in this year’s National Student Survey, in some areas seeing a rise in response of over 15 per cent.
April
The future of diabetes nursing in Europe received a boost this month following the appointment of Professor Angus Forbes as the newly created Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) Chair in Clinical Diabetes Nursing at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London. The position is a collaboration between FEND, King’s College and the Diabetes Centre at King’s College Hospital (KCH).
Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, Head of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s, warns in the British Medical Journal of a ‘care squeeze’ in the NHS for government following next week’s general election.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s. To commemorate the event the School has recently launched a special microsite.
March
Professor Ann Keen MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Health, spoke at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery’s Nightingale Breakfast series on Tuesday 16 March.
Sarah Brown joined students and staff from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s on Monday 8 March to celebrate International Women’s Day with a cake sale - raising money for the White Ribbon Alliance.
Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, Head of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King’s, was a member of the Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England which delivered their report to Prime Minster Gordon Brown at Number 10 Downing Street last week.
On Friday 26 February The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London became the only Russell Group university in London to offer a two year Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) in Nursing which forms part of the School’s pre-registration education programme.
The PG Dip will give graduates with relevant undergraduate degrees and health care related experience the chance to study at postgraduate level.
On the 27-28 February the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery and curators from the Imperial War Museum used film to celebrate and analyse nurses' contributions to war - from Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole in the Crimean War to 21st century nursing in Iraq, via 20th century wars.
February
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King’s College London is partnering with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to recruit an inaugural joint Professor of Midwifery.
Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, Head of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King's, discusses the history of the hospital gown design on BBC Worldservice's 'Health Check' programme.
Professor Ian Norman of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s visited the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain on 3-6 February 2010. The visit was sponsored by the European Union under its Lifelong Learning Programme for promoting staff exchange across European Universities.
January
Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, Head of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s gave a speech to nurses and midwives on Tuesday 19 January at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust who began their Florence Nightingale centenary celebrations with the launch of The Year of the Nurse and Midwife.
On Tuesday 19 January BSc Nursing Studies (Adult) student Angelina Kennedy was awarded the Jelf Medal for the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery. This is the highest honour the College can bestow on students.
A PhD student from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London has been providing expert breast cancer treatment and care advice to writers at the award winning soap, ‘Coronation Street’, in a prominent breast cancer storyline.
Professor Peter Griffiths and Dr Sarah Robinson of the National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU) at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s have been commissioned by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to analyse the potential risks and benefits relating to the regulation of healthcare support workers in the UK.
The British film director Ken Russell visited the School of Nursing & Midwifery to interview Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, Head of School, and John Browne, the School’s composer in residence, for an article for The Times.