Apollo is always happy to share great evidence supporting clinical nurse specialist practice. Collaboration and disseminating evidence is what we are all about and so when nurses are prepared to share their work with others nothing gives us greater pleasure than to share it. Recently Debbie Warren from The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) contacted… Read more »
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Welcome to the Apollo newsletter
Autumn is fast approaching, evenings are drawing in and the leaves are falling from the trees – where does the time go? Apollo launched in February this year and already over 7300 people have visited Apollo, viewing over 40,000 pages! The most used pages at this time are from the Showing How I spend my time section (Job Planning and… Read more »
What’s in a name?
Recently we have heard of proposals to increase the number of Physicians Associates. Did you know about this role? No me neither? In our guest blog today, Grumbling Appendix discusses the role and the implications for nursing. click here to read blog. Is this an opportunity for nursing to clearly articulate the role of Nurse… Read more »
Tailoring job descriptions
Accurately describing the skills and key functions and outcomes of your role is important. On Apollo we have focused on accurately explicating your role using a job plan, click here to view job planning. It could be argued that your job description also needs to accurately reflect your role but many nurse specialists have commented on the… Read more »
Sustaining Specialist Nurses Practice
As human beings, we all need support, to feel nurtured, educated, to feel loved, to feel secure and safe. So its not unsurprising that as Specialist Nurses we need that too. These needs might be given slightly different names such as resources, continuing professional development and organisational support, but it amounts to the same thing…. Read more »
Can social media really help support nurses continuing professional development?
Like me, you may be relatively new to Social Media, you may post the odd Facebook holiday picture or look at some YouTube postings. But, if like me, you will not for one moment have considered that a platform such as Twitter might inform and develop your professional practice. I have been using twitter for… Read more »
Transforming London Nursing
As Specialist Nurses, we can feel that during periods of change or service redesign our views are not requested or heard. For those working in and around London, you have the opportunity to change that. Caroline Alexander, NHS England Chief Nurse for the London region is asking for your views to develop a new shared… Read more »
Speaking up for your service
Apollo’s remit, it’s raison d’être, is to support specialist nurses speak about the value, impact and outcomes of the services they provide for patients. Last week I read an editorial in an international journal which particularly resonated with me. The editorial, in the International Journal of Urological Nursing, written by Jerome Marley, explores the ‘lens’… Read more »
SoMe: Connecting the Specialist Nursing Community
Today’s news piece has been written for us by Jayne Hardicre who is a Lecturer in Nursing (Adult Field of Practice), at the University of Salford In the hustle and bustle of our busy working lives we can sometimes feel isolated; either within our professional groups or as individuals. This can also be true of the… Read more »
Job descriptions and job planning……. can they be standardised ?
It is acknowledged that the CNS role is diverse and complex. Evidence demonstrates that CNS’s reduce inefficiency, drives innovation and improve the quality of care and the patients experience. Despite significant role development and evidence, there remains a lack of clarity and understanding about the roles, titles and responsibilities of CNS’s. As a response to this many… Read more »