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Learning, printing, filming and being lovely

Hello lovely bloggers, and fans of reading blogs, it is me, Kate Bentham, here as your Weekly Blog Club host for week 13. How has your week been? Good Easter break? Glad to see that some of you have been

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Growing and glowing

Hello Weekly Blog Club fans, it’s Kate Bentham here, glad to be your host for week 5. It’s my first week as host since we reconvened and I’m glad Weekly Blog Club is back. It’s the reason I first started to blog,

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First impressions count

When preparing for a new job, as Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, Paul Gray visited a number of NHS Boards to meet staff and patients. He was inspired by what he found. Then a few days before starting, tragedy hit so many when

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Learning, earning, writing and socialising

Do you remember week 48? I know it was a while ago so you might have forgotten. For me (Kate Bentham) Week 48 has been sneering at me every time I logged on. It’s been playing on my mind. It’s

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Learn a single trick

A excellent blog this week from the people at Person Centred Dumfries and Galloway sharing their views on a Learning session on focused People at the Centre of Health and Care. The blog includes information on the #HelloMyNameIs campaign for all

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Born to be a Nurse / Taught to be a Nurse or Forever a Student

A thought provoking blog from David Barton which begins by looking at whether all nurses should be educated in university. The blog also considers if nurses are born with the qualities needed or if it is possible to learn, and

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A magical montage

Big congratulations to the Scottish Health Monthly for curating a fine collection of health related blogs for 6 months now. Again, the quality and variety of blogs for June is amazing, and anyone with an interest in health related matters

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Who is Molly Case…?

On the Dumfries and Galloway blog we hear from Alice Wilson an Associate Nurse Director who blogs about how the use of social media helped generate a buzz around a talk from a second year nurse student at the Royal

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ECCF personal and professional improvement

Graham Kane has recently completed the Early Clinical Careers Fellowship (ECCF) which is an initiative unique to Scotland designed to assist talented newly qualified nurses and midwives develop the personal, professional and academic skills they need to become nurse leaders.

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Daffodils in full bloom

A wonderful blog from Ros Gray,on the Ayrshire Health site which brought a tear to my eye. Ros looks beyond the technical care of patients and focuses on  compassionate, person centred care, and ensuring patient safety. Lots of important questions

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