Celebrating Children and Young Peoples Nursing (Hybrid Event)
15 Aug 2024, 17:30 - 19:30
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Join us in person or online to celebrate the incredible work of Scotland’s nursing staff and hear from expert children’s nurses.
Join our finalists in the Children’s Nursing category of our RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards for an evening of celebration and discussion. These nursing staff have played a key role in ensuring children receive the best start in life and have made an outstanding contribution to the care of children and young people. Hear too from our Highly Commended finalist in the People’s Choice category of our RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards, the Scottish public’s opportunity to thank a nurse, midwife or nursing support worker who has made a difference to their, or a loved one’s, care.
Join us in person from 5.30pm and enjoy free refreshments and a chance to look around the Once Upon a Time history of children and young people’s nursing exhibition before talks from 6pm. Join online for talks and audience Q&A from 6-7.30pm.
Speakers include:
- Providing care, support and advice to care experienced children and young people up to the age of 26, hear from Winners of the RCN Scotland Children’s Nursing and Midwifery award, the Care Experienced Young People's Service from NHS Tayside. Hear from Stuart Bell, Community Nurse Team Leader, about the team of nurses and midwives who work closely with social workers, school nurses, doctors and other services to promote the health and wellbeing of these young individuals; and how the team has improved the experiences and health outcomes of young people by providing them with support, access to services, and a sense of safety and trust.
- With dedication to delivering high-quality acute inpatient mental health care for mothers and their babies, hear from Runners up of the RCN Scotland Children’s Nursing and Midwifery award - the West of Scotland Mother and Baby Unit at Leverndale Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. Hear from Chloe Meechan, Charge Nurse, about the team accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Perinatal Quality Network and the therapies they offer to enhance the mother-infant relationship and about improvements they have implemented including introducing peer support workers, developing pathways for fathers, partners, and carers, and promoting health and wellbeing awareness.
- Hear too from Highly Commended finalist in the People’s Choice category of our RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards, Derek Jolly on establishing an advanced nurse practitioner team in Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) providing care for extremely ill children and young people. Derek Jolly, Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS), has been instrumental in establishing an advanced nurse practitioner team in children's hospices, providing care for extremely ill children and young people. Hear how Derek has sought innovative solutions to challenging situations and his ability to instil confidence and comfort in stressful environments, through his work in hospitals, hospice settings and homes, ensuring families can spend quality time with their children facing life-limiting conditions
Find out more about RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards
RCN Scotland Headquarters (Edinburgh)
42 South Oswald Road
Edinburgh
EH9 2HH
2.5 miles from Edinburgh Waverley Station
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