Fiona Stratton

We’re looking for a new Clinical Nurse Manager to lead and develop the Health Visiting Team in Midlothian HSCP. Advert live on jobtrain and closes on 11th June. Please share! We have a great team that’s doing some fabulous work! @patwynne70 . apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

@patwynne70 @eilidhwynnebti1 Even at Scutari Pat? 😂

New experience for me - never camped - but great to be at this event (as a spectator, supporting @eilidhwynnebti1) - next year could be me!!!

Organizations don't have great records because they figured out how to eliminate human error. Organizations have great records because they catch and correct error. And that takes practice. 📕Quote from pg162 in #RightKindOfWrong, my book on #FailingWell: bit.ly/RKWBook

Tomorrow at 2pm, join @TheQNI for their #InfectionPreventionControl Nurse Champion meeting. The theme is 'To glove or not to glove'. Book a free place here: shorturl.at/rCMYh

New paper ‼️⬇️ "This is nae a life, it's an existence" housebound person living w/ obesity, +hidden functional struggles of living w/ larger body, sense of being stuck & implicit weight bias in care services. So under researched, so much to improve. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/20…

A study from #PennNursing’s @Penn_CHOPR reveals that replacing RNs with lower-wage staff leads to higher mortality, readmissions, longer hospital stays, lower patient satisfaction, and increased care costs. Read more: bit.ly/4egZS9x.

A national shortage of district nurses has been highlighted by a coroner in a warning to @VictoriaAtkins after a man's death. The number of district nurses has more than halved since 2010 and repeatedly highlighted by @TheQNI as a safety risk:

Apply for a postal vote. gov.uk/apply-postal-v…

NEW PAPER ALERT: Some papers are a milestone and this is one of those. A project 5 years in the making! @tgharaiybah @LagoLuise @Prof_Ritin @UoWnursing @ACUmedia #safestaffing Effects of the nursing practice environment, nurse staffing, patient s... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Hearing @alisonleary1 speak on “Why ratios now?” - so powerful. Clarity on what ratios do and don’t do. “Ratios are a REDLINE to manage risk. They are a fail safe. They are NOT a workforce model to plan staffing” #safestaffing #valuenursing #protectthepublic #nurseptratios

Pleased to announce a new FND pathway for Scotland organised by NHS Scotland Centre for Sustainable Delivery. @NHSScotCfSD nhscfsd.co.uk/media/zt0h0s0k…. Thread 1/

Only 1 week until BGS Spring Meeting 2024! We're getting ready to hear the latest scientific research and best clinical practice, plus looking forward to our social programme including conference dinner and policy breakfast. #BGSConf Register now at bgs.org.uk/spring24

📢NEW BGS REPORT📢 ‘Reablement, Rehabilitation, Recovery: Everyone’s Business’ focuses on reablement and #rehabilitation for older people and highlights the variation in provision across the UK despite evidence of significant benefits. bgs.org.uk/rehab #BGSRehab

Want to improve your ReSPECT discussions & create more useful ReSPECT forms? Try this structure, devised by Geris trainees @twiggmartha1 & @GSC_DeSilva. Full-res PDF (to print off) at lindadykes.org/downloads and it's #FOAMed - please do share by whatever means you like!

Good nursing is not a ‘nice to have’. It is the essential ingredient for cost effective care. Resourcing nursing properly makes good economic sense AND saves lives. #IND2024 #InternationalNursesDay #valuenursing

"Nursing care of older people goes beyond the confines of a hospital bed or a care home. It's about empowering older people to live their best lives, to feel valued & respected" #NursesDay @Ageing_Better @IndependentAge @CNOEngland @TheQNI @IndependentAge bgs.org.uk/blog/nurses%E2…

Great job opportunity, come work with us!!! 😀 apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?… #PracticeLearning

This Sunday is International Nurses Day. Angela Neil, Clinical Facilitator at Midlothian Community Hospital shares what she loves about her job. #IND2024

@naomisnitch @DnQmu @NHS_Lothian @MidlothianHSCP Congratulations Naomi !

So grateful to all who have encouraged, supported, challenged and taught me in these past 18 months. It is now with great excitement and joy, and also a little nerves that I put on my navy uniform for the first time. @DnQmu @NHS_Lothian @MidlothianHSCP

@SolaniPattuzzo Great news!

I am delighted to tell you all that I got a job offer as a band 5 newly registered nurse at MCH. I am over the moon today!!!