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Deputy Chair: a new & exciting role & opportunity for someone keen to become an active member of the Governance and Development (G&D) Group. Key responsibilities include supporting and sharing the responsibilities and duties of the Chair (Caron Eyre). The appointee will be expected to promote the highest possible standards of governance and support high quality decision making. The G&D Group is a supportive and welcoming group of children's nurses.
If you're interested in finding out more about the role, then please contact Caron Eyre [email protected]
Deadline for applications: 17th September 2024
Please submit a statement of interest (circa 300 words) to Caron Eyre outlining what you can offer to the role.
Update on our Oral History Project
ABPN President Bernie Carter and ABPN Fellow Katrina McNamara handed over the Oral History Honouring Our Past project to Birmingham Children’s Hospital Librarian and Archivist Ann Daly in the peaceful garden outside Magnolia House at the Hospital on 29 July.
A huge thank you to all who have taken part in the National Lottery Heritage Fund funded project. 103 histories were recorded, covering over 37 centuries of children’s nursing history from all parts of the U.K. from the 1950s, through to those currently on educational programmes to become children’s nurses. The overwhelming sentiment was one of pride in our profession and gratitude for the decisions that led them into nursing.
The project will be lodged in the Library of Birmingham and as soon as we have details of how you can access the archive we will share these with you.
ABPN President Bernie Carter and ABPN Fellow Katrina McNamara handed over the Oral History Honouring Our Past project to Birmingham Children’s Hospital Librarian and Archivist Ann Daly in the peaceful garden outside Magnolia House at the Hospital on 29 July.
A huge thank you to all who have taken part in the National Lottery Heritage Fund funded project. 103 histories were recorded, covering over 37 centuries of children’s nursing history from all parts of the U.K. from the 1950s, through to those currently on educational programmes to become children’s nurses. The overwhelming sentiment was one of pride in our profession and gratitude for the decisions that led them into nursing.
The project will be lodged in the Library of Birmingham and as soon as we have details of how you can access the archive we will share these with you.
ABPN Honorary Fellow Webinar Series
We’re delighted to announce the first in our series of Honorary Fellow webinars.
Global, regional and local issues: opportunities for children's nurses
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o Twitter @FionaSmithMMO
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We’re delighted to announce the first in our series of Honorary Fellow webinars.
Global, regional and local issues: opportunities for children's nurses
- Date and time: Date in early 2024, to be announced, so please watch this space.
- Presenter: Fiona Smith, RNC, RNA, Dip in Nursing Studies, BA Health Studies, Masters in Business Admin (Health)
- Summary of webinar presentation: Fiona will be talking about some of the global, European and UK perspectives of the issues facing children and young people today. She will address some of the opportunities that children’s nurses, either individually or collectively can take to tackle and influence services and outcomes for children, young people and their families.
- Weblink to be announced soon!
- Fiona was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the ABPN in 2023.
- Fiona retired from her role as Professional Lead for Children and Young People’s Nursing at the RCN in 2021.
- She is currently volunteering locally, acting as adviser for professional nursing associations overseas, and presents at conferences internationally.
- Fiona is an Honorary Fellow Association of British Paediatric Nurses, Honorary Fellow Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, and Honorary Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Nursing.
o email [email protected]
o Twitter @FionaSmithMMO
o Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004129807679
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).
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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