How leaders can empower
Home To celebrate Armed Forces Day, Major Michael Collins (SO2 Implementation) from the Department of Research and Clinical Innovation (Defence Medical Services) has written a reflective blog on his journey of empowerment. Mike, a FNF scholar and Alumni Champion, shares how being empowered as a student nurse inspired him to empower others during his leadership career in military nursing… […]
Windrush Day – a personal reflection
Home Mwansa Mulenga is a Senior Corporate nurse at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust and a FNF Alumni Champion. In this personal blog, she shares what Windrush Day signifies to her and reflects on what it means to be an internationally educated nurse in the UK. “I attained my nursing […]
“An experience of a lifetime”
Home The HotHouse Women’s Leadership Retreat at the Eden Project in Cornwall offers an uplifting and illuminating experience. FNF Scholar and Alumni Champion Carole Young recently spent time there and came away transformed. In this inspiring blog, Carole, an Independent Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant & Educator and Professional Nurse Advocate, shares her reflections… “My FNF […]
Leadership Development for IENMs – TweetChat Alert!
Leadership Development for IENMs – TweetChat Alert! Home Leadership Development for IENMs – TweetChat Alert! With an outstanding and growing reputation for providing leadership development programmes which address specific needs of nursing and midwifery staff, we at the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) are pleased to share our plans to create a bespoke, blended Leadership Programme […]
Calling all #TeamFlorence members and alumni!
Home The Florence Nightingale Foundation has been commissioned by NHS England/Improvement to explore the influence of leadership, culture, and hierarchy on clinical staff, including students, raising concerns relating to patient deterioration. The work will inform a national programme of activity to improve early clinical action or support which could prevent deterioration. The first phase of […]
Nurses and midwives recognised in the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours
Home The Platinum Jubilee weekend was a truly joyous celebration, and along with Paddington enjoying tea at Buckingham Palace, our absolute highlight was the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours. We were thrilled that so many exceptional nurses and midwives were honoured, and proud beyond belief to see Florence Nightingale Foundation scholars, alumni, members, mentors and supporters […]
Star Alumni Series: Sarah Herbert
Meet our latest Star Alumni, Sarah Herbert, Deputy Chief Nurse at University Hospital, Southampton. Here she shares her thoughts on how a FNF scholarship boosted her passion as a nurse leader…
FNF Webinar: Clinical Supervision for Students
Home Did you miss our FNF Policy Webinar on Clinical Supervision for Students? Not to worry – this blog has got you covered! With over 150 attendees present, we at the Florence Nightingale Foundation were honored to have guest speakers from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the Foundation of Nursing Studies, Educators, and Students […]
So much joy and emotion at this year’s Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service
Home The Procession of the Lamp It has been a week since the 2022 Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service at Westminster Abbey and we are still walking on air. Sharing this most wonderful and poignant occasion with many of the Florence Nightingale Foundation’s scholars, alumni, students, friends and supporters was joyous and deeply affecting. It was […]
Professor Greta Westwood: “I am inspired by brilliant nurses and midwives. I work hard for them every day.”
Home The classic fashion house Brora has done a fabulous shoot and portrait piece with Florence Nightingale Foundation’s CEO Professor Greta Westwood CBE. And our wonderful friends at Brora have kindly shared the article with Team Florence… Greta, a Registered Nurse of 39 years, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the nursing and midwifery […]