The Queen's Nursing Institute

🎄 The QNI has launched its Christmas Giving campaign to raise funds for its Support for Nurses programme, which provides invaluable assistance for the nursing profession: 🟣 Financial support for nurses in times of life crises, such as domestic abuse and significant physical and mental ill health. 🟣 A Keep In Touch scheme, which connects retired nurses with a Queen’s Nurse volunteer for regular phone calls. 🟣 Grants responding to current circumstances including flood and storm grants. This festive season we need your help – for as many people as possible to use easyfundraising for their online shopping! 🎁 easyfundraising is a free and easy way for you to raise money for the Support for Nurses scheme. easyfundraising partners with over 8,000 brands and the QNI receives a free donation every time you make a purchase, so it’s the perfect way to donate while doing your Christmas or January sales shopping – at no extra cost to you! 🙌 It only takes a few clicks to sign up and you’ll be reminded every time you’re shopping on a website that supports easyfundraising! Sign up here 👉 https://lnkd.in/evyAy-bm We are so grateful for your support and wish you a peaceful festive season. Find out more about the QNI's Christmas Giving Campaign here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTVdwdi8 Please do share this with your colleagues, friends and family! 💜

The Christmas issue of our HomeVisit newsletter for retired Community & Queen’s Nurses is now available to read here: https://lnkd.in/eE9RwdhZ Featuring Keep in Touch project updates + QNI news as well as nursing reminiscences, blogs, obituaries, and much more. Happy reading! 🎄

Read our new blog by Stephanie Llewellyn, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner from Hampshire, on her nurse-led innovation project that has just celebrated its two year anniversary: https://lnkd.in/eBAMvt_r #ElsieWaggScholarship @NGSOpenGardens

District nurses are an ‘absolutely vital part’ of the NHS that are often ‘undervalued and understaffed’, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ebjJkiiB

QNI Chief Executive Dr Crystal Oldman CBE RN RHV MSc MA takes a look back on 2024 and considers the obstacles and opportunities for nursing in the year ahead with Nursing in Practice 📰 👇 https://lnkd.in/dTsf_aA5

A summary of our #CareHomeNurses Network meeting, 'Best Practice in #Catheter Care' is available to read here: https://lnkd.in/eEVYJccb Thank you to Caroline Whitehead, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Continence Urology & Colorectal Service for her time + expertise #AdultSocialCare

📢Exciting news! ‘A Clinician’s Survival Guide to District Nursing’ has launched and is currently 25% off at Elsevier! 🎉 Written by specialists in community nursing and edited by Dr Neesha Oozageer Gunowa, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), DN, RN, SFHEA, QN, Senior Lecturer and Community Pathway Lead, at the School of Health Sciences at the University of Surrey and Michelle McBride, MSc, BSc (Hons), DN, RN, SFHEA, QN, Senior Lecturer, Nurse Education at the University of Roehampton, this indispensable new book is ideal for students exploring district nursing as a career option, as well as nurses transitioning to a district nursing team role. 📘 A Clinician’s Survival Guide to District Nursing covers the specialist skills and knowledge nurses need to join the rapidly expanding, increasingly important community nursing workforce. The book is a quick reference guide designed to support autonomous decision making amid the wide range of conditions district nurses are expected to manage, recognising and highlighting the advanced skills of district nurses. It will help the reader understand what it means to work in the community, acquire the fundamental knowledge of clinical skills necessary to ensure best practice, and explore ways of working to ensure optimal care delivery through joined-up health and social services. Thank you to the Queen’s Nurses who contributed to this guide.👏 Available in hard copy or e-book, this is the perfect guide for the aspiring district nurse! 50% of the royalties will be donated to the QNI. 💜 Get your copy here 👉 https://lnkd.in/g6WZEzZS

Read our new blog by #ExtraordinaryQN Alexandra James on her inspiring journey on one of the QNI's #leadership programmes: https://lnkd.in/en8s95Yu

Using NHS data to support patient safety: QNI chief exec Crystal Oldman and Prof Alison Leary are quoted in this article in the Health Service Journal, with RLDatix UK & Ireland: https://lnkd.in/eMk_Fx69

The QNI team had a great time at our staff away day and Christmas get together!🎄 After a morning of talking all of the exciting things to come in 2025, we enjoyed a competitive team quiz (congratulations to the Hot Toddies 👏), and a Christmas lunch celebrating all of our achievements this year. 🎊 Plus we handed out a special award to our top National Garden Scheme garden visitor this year, Nursing Programmes Manager - Fiona Rogers! 👏 Wishing a joyful festive season to our QNI community! 💜