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85th Anniversary Tea Party celebrations
The Anniversary Tea Party on the 27th April 2023 was a great success creating an opportunity for guests from Scotland, Wales and England to share in our celebrations of 85 years of the ABPN advocating for children’s nursing education and children’s nursing. Our guests included local dignitaries, members and ex-Officers of the Association. We were delighted to appoint eight Honorary Fellows. We thank Kyowa Kirin for their sponsorship of the event.
We are delighted to be able to share a short movie of the event.
You can read the Presidential Address (Prof Bernie Carter) and the Chair's Address (Caron Eyre).
The Anniversary Tea Party on the 27th April 2023 was a great success creating an opportunity for guests from Scotland, Wales and England to share in our celebrations of 85 years of the ABPN advocating for children’s nursing education and children’s nursing. Our guests included local dignitaries, members and ex-Officers of the Association. We were delighted to appoint eight Honorary Fellows. We thank Kyowa Kirin for their sponsorship of the event.
We are delighted to be able to share a short movie of the event.
You can read the Presidential Address (Prof Bernie Carter) and the Chair's Address (Caron Eyre).
ABPN Press Releases (Archive)
ABPN Press Release: 24th March 2023
Defending the value of field-specific pre-registration training for children’s nurses. abpn_press_statement_value_of_pre-reg_field-specifc_child_training-final.pdf
ABPN Press release: Chair of ABPN 22nd April 2022
For information about Caron Caron Eyre's appointment, please click the link https://bwc.nhs.uk/news/caron-eyre-director-of-nursing-quality-governance-elected-chair-of-the-association-of-british-paediatric-nurses-4614/
ABPN Press release: Ukraine 1st March 2022
For information about the ABPN's statement on Ukraine, please click the link: ukraine_statement-abpn_press_release_1st_march_2022.pdf
ABPN Press Release: 24th March 2023
Defending the value of field-specific pre-registration training for children’s nurses. abpn_press_statement_value_of_pre-reg_field-specifc_child_training-final.pdf
ABPN Press release: Chair of ABPN 22nd April 2022
For information about Caron Caron Eyre's appointment, please click the link https://bwc.nhs.uk/news/caron-eyre-director-of-nursing-quality-governance-elected-chair-of-the-association-of-british-paediatric-nurses-4614/
ABPN Press release: Ukraine 1st March 2022
For information about the ABPN's statement on Ukraine, please click the link: ukraine_statement-abpn_press_release_1st_march_2022.pdf
Presidential News
Professor Bernie Carter was appointed President of the Association in March 2020. To read more ehu.ac.uk/5wx
Professor Bernie Carter was appointed President of the Association in March 2020. To read more ehu.ac.uk/5wx
Past activity
We were involved in undertaking a national survey of student nurses from across the UK who were currently studying to register as an RN (Child). This survey was linked to the Shape of Caring consultation and provided evidence to against the call for generic nurse training and the need for high quality education to specifically educate future nurses about caring for children, young people and their families.
The first paper published from this survey and associated work is:
Carter, B., Clarke, D., Crawford, D., Smith, F. (2015) Generic training will not prepare nurses of right calibre to care for children and families. Nursing Children and Young People. 27, 6, 8-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.27.6.8.s8 Open access
We were involved in undertaking a national survey of student nurses from across the UK who were currently studying to register as an RN (Child). This survey was linked to the Shape of Caring consultation and provided evidence to against the call for generic nurse training and the need for high quality education to specifically educate future nurses about caring for children, young people and their families.
The first paper published from this survey and associated work is:
Carter, B., Clarke, D., Crawford, D., Smith, F. (2015) Generic training will not prepare nurses of right calibre to care for children and families. Nursing Children and Young People. 27, 6, 8-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.27.6.8.s8 Open access
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