Three weeks left!!!

With just over 3 weeks until the big day, we are all getting very excited. If you haven't already done so, please do register to attend the event, you can find the link on our 'Registration' page.

We hope to see you there!!

Let's Start Our Votes!

We've had over 600 suggestions for the collective noun for nurses with over 300 unique terms used. We've compiled the top 15 and we have a poll to see whih is the preferred term. Please click on the 'Pack of Nurses' Tab above to vote for your chosen word.

The top 15 suggested collective nouns for nurses account for over 1/3 of all #PackofNurses suggestions:

Angel
Blessing
Care/Caring
Choir
Comfort
Compassion
Dedication
Hero
host
kindness
Miracle
Nightingale
Nurture
Pride
Ward

Please tweet us on #PackofNurses

Registration is Live!

Registration is finally up, please click HERE to register yourself on Eventbrite, or click on the 'Registration' tab above for more information

Campaigning for Recognition and Identity of Nurses

We have some very exciting news! Between now and Wednesday 18th April, we will be campaigning for nurses to be recgonised for who we are and what we do. There's no better time to do this and I'm sure you will all agree!

Please do click HERE for more information, or simply click on the tab that says 'Pack of Nurses' above and submit what you think the collective noun for nurses should be called.

Happy New Year to All!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years.

UPDATE: We have secured most of our speakers now and the time table for the day will be made available by 25th January 2018. Registration will also be open on 31st January so do watch this space.

Thank you to all those who completed the questionnaire, the topics that you have chosen has been collated and the results can be found on the Questionnaire page. 

The topics for the congress will be as follows: (May be subject to change)

Debate Sessions:
1. Gender Inequality: Incentivisation of Men Into Nursing
2. Are Mental Health Nurses, Nurses?
3. A review of Nursing Education: Should Nursing be Taught in Hospitals?

Discussion Group:
1. Will the NMC Review of Nursing Education Impact Student Nurses' Development?
2. Raising Concerns and Whistle Blowing
3. How will Brexit Impact on the Nursing Workforce in the UK

Workshops: 
1. The Transition Period from a Student Nurse to a Qualified Nurse
2. Recruitment - What are employees looking for?
3. Sharing Elective Placement Experience

For more information about our Programme for the day, please click into the 'Congress Programme' tab above

Keynote Speakers Confirmed!

We are pleased to announce our two confirmed keynote speakers for the congress. To find out, click on the 'Congress Programme' tab above.

Questionnaire results so far...

We've had a really good response from all of you who completed the questionnaire, please click into the 'Questionnaire' tab above to see the results so far. If you would like to tip the scale closer to the topic you're interested in but haven't completed the questionnaire then please do vote for your choice now by clicking on the link below.

Click here for the questionnaire!

Welcome to the Student Nurse Congress Blog Site

SAVE THE DATE!!!

Date: Wednesday 18th April 2018
Time 09:00 - 17:00
Venue: St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT

The purpose of the Nursing Congress is to help nursing students to recognise and expand their knowledge in regards to nursing education, care and practice. It will be an opportunity to provide students with a platform to meet students from other universities across different fields of nursing and across all year groups where they are able to develop, learn and share nursing experiences and practices together. The ultimate goal is to encourage and stimulate students to increase their participation, engagement and attention with their nursing profession and to hopefully provide students with the opportunity for both personal and professional development.

The student congress will be designed to enhance a unique integrated academic experience. This will be achieved by developing a culture of collaboration between students, academics and other health professionals to be a part of the committee group to help develop and organise the congress together. As well as inviting academics and other health professionals to facilitate discussion groups and debates.

The Congress will consist of the following:

1) Key Note Speakers who will frame the day - I can confirm that we have Jane Cummings, Chief Nurse of England as one of our Key Note Speaker

2) Debate Sessions

3) Discussion Sessions

4) Interactive Workshops

Please do bear with us, we are still in the early stages of organising this congress and will hopefully have more information up soon.