Professor Greta Westwood Shares the Motivation Behind FNF’s Rebrand
Home “Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backward.” Florence Nightingale Like so much of her wisdom, these words shared by Florence Nightingale resonate today. Progression across the nursing and midwifery professions is so important as nurses and midwives prepare to nurse beyond the pandemic. Understanding the latest developments […]
Look Out for FNF’s Amazing New Rebrand
Home We are so excited to tell you that very soon the Florence Nightingale Foundation will be unveiling an amazing and brand-new look! As the nursing and midwifery community evolves and grows, so do we. Our mission to deliver outstanding scholarships and leadership programmes continue and in line with that, we want to offer the […]
Nurses and midwives – embrace your digital skills!
Home Our new partnership with the Digital Health Chief Nursing Information Officer Network is a very exciting step forward for FNF. Simon Noel, Chief Nursing Informatics Officers at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and FNF scholar Dione Rogers, Deputy Chief Nurse/Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, are leading the digital […]
Star Alumni Series: Ruth Wall
I’m Ruth Wall, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, and I completed the Windrush Leadership Programme. The way I heard about the programme was through one of my managers in medicine. She said, “This will be great for you, I think you should do it – I’ll be your sponsor and support you in whatever you need.”
It changed my pathway and opened my eyes. I think it was the first time I’ve been in a room with 70 people who look more like me – that doesn’t happen on training courses in organisations. There were people of all different races, religions, cultures, genders. It was very varied, and we obviously connected well with each other because we’re still connecting every day.
Nightingale Frontline services boosted for newly registered nurses and midwives
Home In conjunction with NHS England and NHS Improvement’s National Retention Programme, we’re increasing Nightingale Frontline services for newly registered nurses and midwives. The Covid 19 pandemic has had a huge impact on everyone who works in health care, and for newly registered nurses or midwives who have qualified during this period, it’s been immensely […]
Star Alumni Series: FNF Scholar Leonie Brown reflects on Windrush Leadership Programme
I was lucky to be one of the 44 offered the opportunity to be on the Windrush Leadership Programme for BAME nurses or midwives who are or were descendants of the Windrush generation.
What made the programme such a success for me was the quality of the people running it. They are true experts in their fields.
Star Alumni Series: Belle Barcelona
The programme has taught me to celebrate my achievements.
Star Alumni Series: Dr Nikki Cotterill and Improving Confidence in Continence
The scholarship was phenomenal from start to finish. It provided such a breadth of learning that was needed at that stage of my career.
The modules were extremely empowering, stand-out learning opportunities as they enabled an exploration of my potential to be a leader, and understand how to be effective for the benefit of patients, colleagues, and the wider system.
The ICON interview study: Stigma and Support during Covid-19
The ICON interview study: Stigma and Support during Covid-19 Home At the outset of the pandemic, the Florence Nightingale Foundation and Burdett Trust for Nursing generously pledged funding for a piece of work to examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on frontline nursing staff’s psychological health as a way to aid their long-term recovery. […]