Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland

This editorial investigates the long term effects that COVID-19 had on very aspect of life and what implications this may mean for community nurses. COVID-19 has disrupted almost every aspect of life since 2020. The initial and continuing challenges around the virus and its manifestations has required practitioners and researchers to respond at pace using approaches akin to 'natural experiments', given the many factors out of their control.

Crystal Oldman explains how the pandemic provides an opportunity to articulate the value general practice nurses bring to primary care

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK, community nurses have responded – as they always do – with creativity, innovation and collaboration, and by placing the needs of the individual, family and carer firmly at the centre of their healthcare focus.

There is much we can learn from our Australian nursing colleagues in the coming months of consultation on the future of post-qualifying nurse education, says Crystal Oldman

Community nurses can support socially isolated people who have experienced fraud – and help to prevent it happening again

The Queen's Nursing Institute and the Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland have published voluntary standards for senior practice nurses. Mary Saunders explains why the standards were needed and how they will be used

This year the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) celebrates its 130th anniversary, and we are as relevant today as we were in 1887.

During a week in Japan, Crystal Oldman delivered a lecture on the ways in which UK nursing services in the community are addressing health needs. Here she considers how we might learn from their approach to public health.

Crystal Oldman looks at how new public health approaches can help to reduce dependency on health professionals and encourage sustainable development of the community's health.