RCN Nursing Awards 2023

Dear CHAIN member,

We would like to draw your attention to the following opportunity. 

Please pass on as appropriate. Thank you.
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RCN Nursing Awards 2023

The RCN Nursing Awards invites nurses, students and nursing support workers to share their innovations and expertise and celebrate their contribution to improving care and outcomes for their patients.

Entries are open to individuals and teams in 15 categories covering the diversity of nursing.

The awards will be judged by an expert judging panel chaired by Foundation of Nursing Studies Chief Executive Joanne Bosanquet.

Alongside nominations from colleagues and individuals, the Patient’s Choice category will give the public an opportunity to nominate a nurse or nursing support worker who has made a difference to their lives. The winner will be decided by public vote.

The awards are open to nurses, midwives and health visitors registered to practise in the UK and the Channel Islands, as well as nursing students, nursing support workers and nursing associates.

The deadline for entries is 28 April.

For more details please see:
https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/uk-prestigious-rcn-nursing-awards-2023-now-open-for-entries-280223

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Regards,

Irina Johnston

CHAIN Administrative Assistant

Invitation to participate in research: Supporting midwives to provide emergency maternal & neonatal care in rural communities with limited resources

The challenges of providing quality midwifery care in rural and remote communities are significant, particularly in low and lower-middle-income countries. I am excited to invite midwives, midwifery educators, health service managers and Ministry of Health personnel from the focus countries listed below to participate in a PhD research study. Our research team aims to identify ways to better support midwives providing emergency maternal & neonatal care in rural communities with limited resources. Insights gained from these different perspectives will help us provide evidence for policy, education and practice.

Please consider participating in the study and/or sharing the link with your colleagues.

To participate in our online surveys, please use the following links:

Midwife/nurse-midwife survey: https://lnkd.in/eD4YSQnn

Educator/Manager/Ministry of Health survey: https://lnkd.in/gphj-i4D

If you would like more information, or if you are interested in participating in an online in-depth interview to discuss these issues, please email: Kristen.Graham AT anu.edu.au

Further information is also available at https://nceph.anu.edu.au/research/projects/strengthening-primary-care-midwives-preparedness-readiness-emergency-maternal

Focus countries: Sub-Sahara Africa: Burundi, Eswatini, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South & SE Asia: India, Pakistan, Philippines, Pacific: Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu

This study has ANU ethics approval (Protocol 2022/492)

Thank you Kristen

Kristen Graham PhD candidate

National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health ANU College of Health and Medicine The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2600

HIFA profile (and my source): Kristen Graham is a PhD Candidate at the Australian National University, Australia. Professional interests: Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health; Midwifery; Workforce capacity building in rural and remote low resource settings. kristen.graham AT anu.edu.au

#iwd2023 #internationalwomensday
Ack. All midwives. PJ

The Phillips Ives Review

Call to action:  please share widely across your networks.  If you would like our comms pack to promote the review in your organisations in health and social care, please let me know.  

The Phillips Ives Review has launched and will provide evidence and inform strategy; ensuring that nurses and midwives are given access to the knowledge, skills and education required for safe, effective digitally-enabled practice.

We’d like to invite anyone working in nursing or midwifery practice, or interested in this area to share your ideas, case studies and experiences on our engagement platform until 21 August. 

"The Phillips Ives Review was launched virtually on 26 May 2022 by its Chair, Dr Natasha Phillips, Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO), NHS England and International Vice-Chair Dr Jeanette Ives Erickson (USA).

This year long in-depth study will identify what is required to enable the meeting of the CNIO NHS England's aims for Nurses & Midwives:

• To ensure nurses and midwives are empowered to practice and lead in a digitally-enabled health and social care system, now and in the future.
  
  
• To ensure nursing and midwifery practice is fully supported by the use of digital technology and data science.

The Review will bring together national and international experts with expertise in nursing and midwifery and beyond, to investigate, critically appraise and make recommendations to ensure the breadth of ambition and scope of future practice of the pre and post registration nursing and midwifery workforce is captured."

My source: FutureNHS - https://future.nhs.uk//home/grouphome

Global opportunity for midwives & nurse-midwives to contribute to 'Midwives in Focus' research

Dear Colleagues,

In partnership with Coventry University and Jhpiego (with support from the Nursing Now Challenge) we are hosting the 'Midwives in Focus' programme.

We need to recruit 1000's of midwives and nurse-midwives from around the world to participate in our global survey exploring professional identity, midwifery leadership and the representation of midwives around the world.

Survey link here - please complete and share

Survey Link: https://bit.ly/3uERMmZ

Please complete this and share with colleagues.

Thank you

Dr Sally Pezaro 

My source: GANM (Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery).