Jenny Knight

Challenging the system.

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Happy to be of assistance.

The new patient support assistant role showed one ward how much they had been missing, says Jenny Knight.

Small steps with big results.

March 3 marks the second NHS Change Day, which aims to inspire and encourage staff and the public to pledge to do something to improve care.

The memory services team.

In the award-winning memory services at Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Carlisle, assistant practitioners are an essential part of the team.

Shifting the focus from disease.

Rhiannon Beaumont-Wood was appointed the first ever director of nursing for Public Health Wales in April. She hopes the role will raise the profile of nurses and midwives, highlighting their contribution to improving health outcomes for the people of Wales.

My appointment changed everything and the pattern had been broken

Princess Campbell arrived in Bristol from Jamaica as a 19-year-old in 1962, and got a job in a tobacco factory. Although the money was good, the work was unsatisfying. ‘At the time nursing pay was poor, but I would sit in the factory thinking “What is my purpose in life?” I knew there were people who were not well and who needed help. I had to try to help them for the sake of my own fulfi lment and happiness.’ Ms Campbell decided on a career as a nurse – and found her purpose in life. Her plan was to gain as much training as possible and then return to Jamaica. After qualifying as a state registered nurse, she gained a qualifi cation in mental health nursing. Early in her career, while working at a mental health hospital in Bristol, she completed a management course – only to be warned it would not get her anywhere. ‘I noticed there were no black sisters. Other nurses at the hospital told me that, because I was ambitious, I would have to move because I would not win promotion if I remained.’ Instead, Ms Campbell went to see the principal tutor and asked why black people were not promoted. He told her that white nurses would not work for a black sister. She suspected that was not true because she regularly acted up as sister to cover holidays and sickness. To challenge the system Ask Paulette Lewis what the biggest contribution made by the Nurses Association of Jamaica (UK) is and she is quick to reply. ‘It is about having a platform for supporting nurses and black minority and ethnic (BME) communities in their health, education and wellbeing,’ she says. ‘It is building partnerships with other organisations, nationally and internationally. It is also about having fun.’ This year the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) celebrates its 35th anniversary. Launched in 1978 to support nurses coming from Jamaica to work in the UK, it has grown over the years into a History of partnership

The pathway to successful learning.

My roles as an RCN learning representative and an assistant practitioner have given me insight into the challenges faced by all staff. It can be diffi cult to access training, for example, so promoting the trust’s learning resources can help people develop their knowledge and skills. Since starting work at Cumbria Partnership NHS Those who are employed take a short induction course before entering a six-month preceptorship scheme, which comprises theory and practical training under the guidance of a personal mentor. Assistant director of nursing at the trust Sue Sadiq explains: ‘The scheme began in December 2011 and the preceptorship programme describes what our The pathway to success l learning

Working out where it hurts.

E-learning Health Education England (HEE) is to give free e-learning access to midwifery and health visiting students and their tutors, as part of its e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) service. The idea is to ensure students have access to specialty-specifi c e-learning courses that are mapped to their curriculum and learning needs. Currently, HEE’s e-Learning for Healthcare Service can be accessed free only by those working in the NHS. The two groups have been chosen because HEE has several courses already available that are appropriate for their needs. More information from anna.gontarz@e-lfh.org.uk

Helping people breathe easier.

The British Lung Foundation (BLF) is recruiting more respiratory nurse specialists to care for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma in areas where prevalence is high.

Nurse holding court: Jenny Knight talks to coroner Catherine Mason

Englands only nurse coroner, Catherine Mason, says that other coroners pick her brains because of her nursing background and knowledge of hospital procedures.