The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has published new Standards of Education and
Practice for community practice teaching. This is the seventh in a series of standards developed and published by the QNI since 2015.
Growing up, my understanding of what a nurse does was limited. In school I learnt about Florence Nightingale, the ‘Lady with the Lamp’, and at home I dressed up in a nurse’s uniform for a fancy dress party.
Damon Thompson and June Campbell discusses a Scottish project aimed at increasing the awareness of the needs of people with dementia and their carers, through providing teaching sessions and information packs for district nurses and health visitors.
