黑料社 celebrated the contribution made by nursing staff at a special event to mark International Nurses Day (#IND2023 ).
This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淥ur Nurses, Our Future鈥 echoing the name of the International Council of Nurses鈥 (ICN) global campaign to achieve better global health for all.
The special reception organised by the University鈥檚 Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at the West Downs Centre on Thursday was opened by Deputy Head of Nursing, Ian Winkworth, who reflected on the impact of Florence Nightingale鈥檚 work*. The event featured presentations by a selection of distinguished guest speakers who spoke about their experiences and professional journeys in nursing.
Paula Hull, Director of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, described how 鈥淣ursing is about the art of people, walking alongside people at some of the challenging times in their lives鈥.
Jonathan Beebee, CEO at PBS4, an organisation which supports people with learning disabilities, and Professional Lead in Learning Disabilities at Royal College of Nursing, and Juliet Borwell, Quality Lead for Practice Learning for Health Education England, both described how nursing had led them up unexpected career paths.
Students, staff and guests were inspired to reflect on the lifelong learning that a career in Nursing involves, captured by speaker Katie Pritchard Thomas, Deputy Chief Nurse at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who said that every day was still a learning day for her.
Justine Clements, Business Development Manager at the Faculty of Health & Wellbeing, said: 鈥淭he interesting diverse professional journeys of the speakers demonstrated the varied career pathways open to our students and highlighted the art of the possible.鈥
黑料社 is proud to offer undergraduate degree programmes in all four fields of Nursing (child, adult, learning disabilities and mental health) as well as a Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeships (RNDAs) in all four fields.
Pictured above: Paula Hull and second year Nursing student Natasha Evans.
*International Nurses Day is celebrated on Florence Nightingale鈥檚 birthday.
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