Day 2 of show casing the teams that make up the front door for #InternationalNursesDay pic 1 is ward 5 HDU and pic 2 is the amazing ED Team! I wasn't allowed to not be in the photo. For #eurovision2024 ward 5 chose storms don't last forever by suri and ED chose Waterloo by abba

In the lead up to International Nurses Day, some of our nurses and health care support workers share why they love their jobs and tell us about the learning opportunities at NHS Borders

See the thread below to hear from Kathy, Lynsey, Juliette and Shaneen

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Florence Nightingale Foundation Juliette tells us about her professional development in NHS Borders and what she loves about her role as an Assistant Practice Educator

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Florence Nightingale Foundation In the lead up to International Nurses Day, Shaneen tells us about some great learning opportunities at NHS Borders

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Florence Nightingale Foundation Lynsey tells us about her experience with quality improvement at NHS Borders as part of the Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship and wishes her team and everyone at NHS Borders a happy International Nurses Day

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In the lead up to International Nurses Day, Kathy tells us about her experience with the Florence Nightingale Foundation Programme and why she loves being a nurse

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Christine, our Nurse Consultant/Strategic Dementia Lead for Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership answers some FAQs about appointing an Power of Attorney

Watch part one now!

Find more information here 👉
nhsborders.scot.nhs.uk/poa-march24

mypowerofattorney.org.uk

Today's #internationalnursesweek showcase is of Ambulatory care and H@N team and myself and Diane Keddie CSM (cardiology nurse to traid) as its also #Eurovision2024 songs chosen are making your mind up, what's another year and ooh ahh just a little bit

2 worthwhile days spent NHS Borders Borders General Hospital raising awareness of The Scottish Borders Learning Disability Service as part of #ScotLDWeek24 . Really good engagement from members of the public and staff. Lots of ideas for next year!

📢SAVE THE DATE Tues 3 Dec 2024
'Bereavement in the modern world: Kindness in the chaos'
Delighted to announce details of NHS Education for Scotland (NES)'s 2024 International Bereavement Education Conference
Parallel session & poster abstracts welcome
➡️nes.scot.nhs.uk/events
#NESBereavement2024

'How do we talk about dying to people who are closer to that eventuality than we are? My parents are 91 and 93 and over lunch we had a conversation about dying.'

Read our BGS Blog by Pippa Collins for Dying Matters Week. #TheWayWeTalkAboutDyingMatters bgs.org.uk/blog/the-perfe…

This Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week discover online courses for parents from the Solihull Approach. ‘Understanding your own trauma’ can help support mental health & family wellbeing. For those living in Scotland, courses are free - inourplace.co.uk/scotland Scot Gov Health

Happy Scottish LD week! We are proud to work closely with fantastic colleagues at #SCLDNews in developing the right training & education for the workforce to improve health inequalities for people with learning disabilities #ScotLDWeek24

Happy Scottish LD week! People with PMLD often have difficulties adjusting their body position. Your Posture Matters aims to inspire services to work together to protect body shape, improving posture, breathing & pressure care - learn.nes.nhs.scot/60811
#ScotLDWeek24 #PAMIS

Happy Scottish Learning Disability week! We are launching our ‘Essentials of Learning Disability’ resource on 9th May. These e-modules aim to equip learners with tools to improve well-being & quality of life of people with LD across Scotland. Sign up here forms.office.com/e/KwdpXBd1Qi

Only a few places left on our Realistic Conversations: Shared Decision Making in Practice workshop for NHS Borders staff.
12th June - Borders General Hospital
FREE
NHS Borders NHS BordersCPP
Book your place quickly to avoid disappointment ⬇️
ec4h.org.uk/workshop/how-t…

Congratulations to our finalists in the 'Top Team' category at our upcoming Celebrating Excellence Staff Awards! ⭐️

You can read a bit about why each team has been nominated below.

Good luck to you all at the awards ceremony later this month! 🍀

Delighted to be shortlisted in the learning disability nursing category along with my fellow QN cohort Heather Duff QN Kerry Anderson QN Karen Laing Carole Morrow Craig Bell QN Cat Jamieson Zoe Lightbody QNIS NHS Borders