10 May, 2019 Plugging into the Energy of the Future By Bev Matthews RN MSc When i first joined Horizons nearly 18 months ago to work on this exciting programme to transform perceptions of nursing and midwifery, I...
09 May, 2019 International Nurses Day 2019 By Bev Matthews RN MSc Sunday 12th May is International Nurses Day, a day which was originally suggested back in 1953 but it wasn't until 1974 that the ...
03 May, 2019 Positive Choices, Positive Commitments for Learning Disability Nurses By Bev Matthews RN MSc Positive Choices, Positive Commitments is a thriving network, information exchange, social forum and support mechanism. Members connect...
17 Apr, 2019 Arranging a Meeting with Your MP: April Nursing and Midwifery 30 Day Challenge By Bev Matthews RN MSc 30 day challenges are a great way to get involved with transforming perceptions of nursing and midwifery. This month’s challenge is to...
12 Apr, 2019 From Surviving to Thriving: Taking responsibility for inclusion and diversity in nursing and midwifery By Bev Matthews RN MSc Transforming Perceptions of Nursing and Midwifery is important for each and every one of us, and some areas require special focus. Black...
21 Mar, 2019 Going Global with Randomised Coffee Trials By Bev Matthews RN MSc March is Randomised Coffee Trial (RCT) month for Nursing Now England and Transforming Perceptions of Midwifery Ambassadors: that is, our...
08 Mar, 2019 TB Nurses Harnessing the Power of Social Media By Leigh Kendall Earlier this week I had the pleasure of presenting to tuberculosis (TB) nurse leaders about the harnessing the potential of social media...
08 Mar, 2019 Looking Back to Move Forward: Transforming Perceptions of Nursing and Midwifery By Bev Matthews RN MSc Wow, what a year! A thriving community of activist nursing and midwifery Ambassadors, challenging the status quo and creating a different...
07 Mar, 2019 Building Networks: The Power of Randomised Coffee Trials By Zoe Lord The Nursing Now England and Transforming Perceptions of Midwifery 30 day challenge for the month of March is focusing on taking part in...
07 Mar, 2019 It Starts with the Dressing-up Box By Bev Matthews RN MSc "What do you want to be when you grow up?" We've all been asked a version of this question at some point in our lives. For many of us,...
05 Mar, 2019 Returning to Practice: Becoming a Nurse Again By Bev Matthews RN MSc Letting my Personal Identification Number (PIN) lapse from the Nursing and Midwifery Council was a big decision as it meant that I could...
06 Feb, 2019 Tackling Unwarranted Variation in Nursing and Midwifery By Bev Matthews RN MSc This month's challenge for the Nursing Now England and Transforming the Perceptions of Midwifery programmes is about reducing...
04 Feb, 2019 Inspiring Future Nurses with Mini Uniforms for Children By Bev Matthews RN MSc Year 5 students at Percy Shurmer Primary Academy in Birmingham were excited to help launch new #futurenurse mini uniforms for children...
11 Jan, 2019 The Response To Nurse Vacancies Must Be Sustainable By Bev Matthews RN MSc Today my opinion piece on responding to nursing vacancies has been published in the Nursing Times. I've focused on the need to make sure,...
21 Dec, 2018 A Collection of Blogs: Celebrating the Voices of Nurses and Midwives By Bev Matthews RN MSc Over the last six months nursing and midwifery ambassadors have been taking part in first half of 12 30 Day Challenges to build positive...
21 Dec, 2018 Joining the Transforming Perceptions 30 Day Challenges By Bev Matthews RN MSc We started the journey of the transforming perceptions 30 Day Challenges back in June 2018 by asking: Are you ready for the Transforming...