Occasionally I like to mix work and pleasure. I love just having a creative morning. I think even very design skills are sorely undervalued and under estimated in HE. But this morning I thought I’d make somthing important to both #UniversityofManchester and #Nursing #Design #HigherEducation

Had an amazing time at the #PlayfulLearningAssociation meet up hosted by #MMU such a positive creative environment, collaborating shareing / testing ideas and meeting new people and in the name of Play in Adult Education. Loved it 🥰 #Education #Play #PlayfulLearning

Today I’m starting to plan my first ever piece of research 🧐 no matter how small it might be !! I’m going to look at how we teach nurses in the UK to influence Ppolicy and Ppolitics.feels incredibly powerful to be doing this In the home of the first Nursing Degree. 😁😁@uomsoss.bsky.social #FMFTW

So today I’m hiding Easter Eggs all over my module space…..Why ?? Answers on post cards 🥚 🐣 #PlayfulLearning

Educators of the world, does anyone know where the British Dyslexia Association style guide has gone ? Has it just been removed or has the guidance changed ? #inclusivedesign #Inclusivity #Education

This was super cool finding Alan Turing’s blue plaque and seeing the building where the first computer was built #UoM 🐝

Wow, welcome back David! You've not changed a bit 😍

13 years ago I graduated from the University of Manchester with my Diploma in Nursing ready to embark on the greatest adventure in the greatest profession in the world! Today 13 years on I return to @manchester.ac.uk as a Lecturer in Nursing 😁💜🐝 #NewJob #Education

And that’s all folks!! My last day at @uclan.ac.uk as a lecturer ! What an amazing time, with a fantastic team, great place to work!! I’ll miss it dearly ❤️ #Education #Uni

‘Keeping NMC proficiencies 5.12 & 7.13: a mandate for change’ David Collett discusses the NMC education review and why he thinks the proficiencies that state that student nurses should be taught about political influence and policy should be strengthened. #nmc www.nursingtimes.net/education-an...

My last article as a Lecturer at University of Lancashire As Nurses our education standards tell us we should learn about how to influence policy and politics, but do we really teach it ? #Nurse #NHS #Nursesky #HealthEducation #Education www.nursingtimes.net/education-an...

Happy Stone & Sky day !! 🥳🥳 I’m so excited for this ! Now there’s 10 books (+novellas and graphic novels) what are we calling it ? RiverVerse ? The Vestigum Continum ? The Fox Collectice ? I need to know 🤣🤣 👮 🧙 🦊 @benaaronovitch.bsky.social

Wahoooo passed my PgCap with D2 Fellowship to Advance HE 🥳🥳 I also grew some radishes 🫜oh and I got engaged at the weekend 💍 and I can now bend my knee to 45 degrees 🦵 oh and I got a new Job as a lecturer at the University of Manchester 🐝 Growth in so many ways 🪴🤣 Thankyou Universe

Well this isn’t ideal 🤣🙈 life on the other side but I must say every interaction Ive had so far from paramedics nurses drs HCAs and domestics, pharmacists physios and OTs has been exceptional ! #NHS

I’m writing my PgCap research proposal. If anything I’m winning the best title competition 🤣. WHAT DO WE WANT ? we’re not sure. WHEN DO WE WANT IT ? At some point. How do we educate undergraduate nurses to influence policy and politics in the UK. #SOTL #Nurse #Education

Funko Me : I’ve been using #AI a lot recently as a study tool. Having it identify further papers for me, summarise documents and ask me questions. When used appropriately it is such a powerful tool for thinking and learning. 🤖 what are others doing with it ? #education

Can we all agree Jo Martin needs her own series #DoctorWho

The many faces of my nursing career, some how those uniforms seems to get bigger and bigger over the years haha 🤪 🤣 But i've loved and still love every minute. Happy International #NursesDay #Nurse #InternationalNursesDay 🥳

And for today’s lesson what does a box of Lego, Bomb Disposal and a pack of Playing Cards have to do with Learning Disability Nursing ? 💣 🧱 ♦️ #Nursing #Education #Academic

Proud PT moment. When you help on of your 2nd year Students Nurses to get published after sparking there interest during our new policy and politics module 😁😁 well done Romy @uclan.ac.uk #Nurse #Education #StudentNurse #NHS www.nursingtimes.net/students/stu...

Just finished my slides for our 2nd year Policy in Nursing module and thought I’d add some real life examples of nurses who impacted policy past and present. Because you know Nurses are ace and we change the world !! 🩵 #Nurse #Education #NHS @alisonleary1.bsky.social @dameanionwu.bsky.social

And just like that the world is good again and I’m back in my happy place !! I can’t describe enough how beneficial I find getting to work up here ! @uclan.ac.uk student centre roof garden, 🪴 🌺 ☀️ #Education #Academia

We've just added the Journal of Advanced Nursing @jadvnursing.bsky.social to our Nursing and Health Journals starter pack. go.bsky.app/JvQSYAT

New #FreeAccess article by @debrae.bsky.social, "Why Writing Matters in Nursing: Reflections on the Connections Between Nursing and Writing" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The number of people applying to study nursing is at a record low, UCAS figures show. The government must launch an urgent student recruitment campaign, as 35% decline in numbers applying to study nursing in England highlights a broken nurse education model. Read more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4htA0IS

Made it into the Print copy of the @nursingtimes.bsky.social exciting 🥳 might have to frame this one ☝🏼 #NHS #NurseSky

I even got a special mention in Steve’s Article 😁😁

So the question is … what do I do with this giant roll of paper and 25 student nurses ?? Giant paper airplane ✈️ one massive essay ✏️ a tapestry 🖼️ who knows 🤣 ideas on the back of a postcard #nursesky #Education @uclan.ac.uk

🗨️The lack of structured processes during corridor care undermines teamwork and fosters an environment where safety protocols may be bypassed to save time🗨️ How corridor care in the NHS is affecting safety culture: A new blog by our Associate Director Claire Cox www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...

‘Adoption of corridor care nursing must be resisted at all costs’ David Collett calls on the profession to reject corridor nurse roles and show it is not what nurses want to be developed. #nurse #nurses #nursing #health #healthcare #hospital #nhs #corridorcare www.nursingtimes.net/hospital-nur...

My latest opinion article for the @nursingtimes.bsky.social 🥳🤩 As a profession we must resist the formal adoption of corridor care nurse roles and boycott the application process in protest #Nursesky #Nurse #NHS #RCN www.nursingtimes.net/hospital-nur...

"Safe and good quality care cannot co-exist with treatment in corridors." In the midst of huge winter pressures, NHS principles on care in “temporary escalation spaces” threaten to take leave from reality, say Julian Sheather and Matt Phillips www.bmj.com/content/388/...

A6 I think it’s important to build the evidence base not for now but the future, the lack of unsupervised risky play in gen alpha ect and its effects on socialisation mental health and anxiety could lead to a reduction in play in learning in the future #lthechat

Should nurses refrain from applying for corridor nurse jobs as a form of protest, does applying for these jobs legitimise corridor care ? #Nursesky #Nurse #Nhs

All set up for this afternoon Theatre Simulation with our second year students. Feeling pretty impressed if I don’t say so my self @uclan.ac.uk #NurseSky #NHS

So excited to be teaching our Student Nurses about Theatre today in our amazing simulated theatre space. This is actually better than my old procedure room in the NHS 🤣 nice to be donning a gown after all this time 😆 @uclan.ac.uk #Nursesky #NHS

Time for book number 2 of 2025 only 13 more to go 📖📕 intrested to hear what @jujuliagrace.bsky.social has got to say. Not many books on this subject especially by health professionals. #NurseSky #NHS

Finished my first book of 2025 !! Dead Men Walking literally the Warhammer version of a love story if you take out all the grim dark death only 14 more books to go In this years challenge. #Books #Reading #Warhammer #Blacklibrary

Unsafe and undignified treatment in corridors, cupboards and car parks is not acceptable and must end. Read our full letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP and NHS England, calling for an end to treating patients in unsafe spaces ➡️ bit.ly/424Q8f7

Intresting find today when out book shopping 📕 maybe one for our Nursing Policy and Politics module #NurseSky #UniOfLancashire

If this is true this is nuts !! Corridor care can not become normalised. Nursing patients in displaced areas where there is no clear resource allocation or clarity on who is looking after the patient is akin to disaster management and puts nurses at risk. #Nursesky #NHS

The UK government has launched an independent commission to reform adult social care in England. Social care reform is long overdue, but the issues affecting the nursing workforce can’t wait 3 years for change. Nursing must be at the heart of the commission. Read more ⬇️

Happy New Year 🥳 the futures bright the futures orange 🍊

I think the passing of the assisted dying bill and subsequent motions is at least a start to having a clear framework on this subject and a greater national debate on death and dying. #dyingmatters #NurseSky

Amazing speech by @kitmalthouse on assisted dying. “We are a thousand year democracy” surely this government can legislate this and get things right . Do our politicians not have faith in there own ability to legislate in a way to give people both choice and protection #dyingmatters #nursesky

Fantastic speech from MP Kim Leadbeater on assisted dying bill 🧾 there’s a lot of talk about fixing systems. The fact is there are just some things medicine cannot do. The choice is continue to try and minimise suffering for all or actually end suffering for some. #dyingmatters #Nurse

People have no idea how happy I am to have finally solved my first ever Quick Cryptic crossword clue haha it’s taken me weeks to get this far 😂😂 “Spear a fish (4)” I can die happy now #Crossword #Puzzle 🧩

Here’s an article I wrote last month, thought it was worth a retweet given the Governments choice not to include any nurses in leading the new reforms. And now changes to agency #nurses gives me the feel our profession will become the pawns in #NHS chess ♟️ www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/huge...

I'm officially a reference 🙌🙌 My first clinical article on Chest Auscultation with some consideration to Mental Health settings. (Collett 2024). 😁😁 #nurse #academic www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1...