Jan 22, 2020 My Daddy Is A Nurse: The Teacher's Perspective By Bev Matthews RN MSc About a year ago, as part of work to transform perceptions of nursing, I facilitated a design team to work with Butterfly Books – the...
Oct 31, 2019 Gearing up for the Nightingale Challenge By Bev Matthews RN MSc Next year as part of the Year of The Nurse and Midwife celebrations, the global Nursing Now campaign is also hosting the Nightingale...
Oct 10, 2019 Dyslexia – be proud of your difference by Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England By Bev Matthews RN MSc Rosie Redstone Zoe Lord The Horizons team has been thinking about how to ensure that our activities are accessible and inclusive for all. One example of this is...
Sep 27, 2019 Going Forward with #PerceptionsOfMidwifery By Bev Matthews RN MSc Midwives have a significant contribution to make in delivering 21st Century care as set out in the Interim NHS People Plan. Much depends...
Aug 14, 2019 Going for Gold #NursesActive By Bev Matthews RN MSc We are now into week 2 of #WeActiveChallenge - a challenge for us all to get a little more active than we were yesterday, and the day...
Aug 06, 2019 Because Someone Asked Me ... #NursesActive By Bev Matthews RN MSc Last Friday I was tagged into a tweet by the ever energising Kath Evans inviting me to join the #WeActiveChallenge. Well, I cannot...
Jul 31, 2019 Everyone Can Be A Role Model By Bev Matthews RN MSc Nursing and Midwifery professions are attracting increasingly more people of Black and Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) heritage. There are...
Jul 26, 2019 Return to Practice: It May Be Tough But It's Worth It By Bev Matthews RN MSc Supporting and encouraging nurses with lapsed Nursing & Midwifery Council PIN's or wanting to get back into clinical practice is a not so...
May 09, 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 ...
Apr 17, 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...
Apr 12, 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...
Mar 21, 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...
Mar 05, 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...
Jan 18, 2019 Join Us to Transform Perceptions of Midwifery By Bev Matthews RN MSc The 23rd of January is an important day for midwives as an exciting new programme is being launched to build positive perceptions of...
Jan 11, 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,...