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Enjoy a short visit or a long day out at a National Gardens Scheme garden and show your support for one of the QNI's major funders.


The Queen’s Nursing Institute is the charity dedicated to improving patient care by supporting community nurses

community nurse at work

We do this by:

  • Investing in community nurse-led projects and providing support to community nurses in need
  • Involving community nurses in shaping the policies that affect them
  • Inspiring community nurses to reach their full potential for the benefit of the community

Our remit includes all nurses and midwives who work in the community in any field or specialty, in the NHS, voluntary or private sector, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Upcoming events

Nurse Partners, Manchester, 11 March 2010
Transformational Guides, London, 17 March 2010

Click on the links to find out more and register your interest. Places are limited so please contact us as soon as you can.

Karen's back from sailing the Atlantic for the QNI!

On October 24th 2009, Karen Melling, a former district nurse and senior Lecturer and Tutor at Gloucestershire University set off to sail the Atlantic and raise money for the QNI. Two months later, she's back!
Read all about her adventure here...  
 

Nursing in the home – QNI focus for 2010

2020The QNI will be following up its report ‘2020 Vision – focusing on the future of district nursing’ by increasing the emphasis on its work to protect and improve the quality of nursing care delivered to people in their own homes.

You can read the Trustees’ and Director’s views in this new article, reproduced with kind permission of the British Journal of Community Nursing.

VACANCIES

Trustee

Following the resignation of a long-serving Trustee, the QNI wishes to recruit an additional Trustee with a community nursing/primary care background. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic person to contribute to a high-profile charity at a time of enormous change in community services. To find out more, please click here.

Temporary project manager, Homeless Health Initiative

For more information please click here.

News in brief

Outstanding Service Award

The closing date for applications is 8 February.

 For more information please click here.

Find out more about becoming a Queen's Nurse.

To see profiles of some current Queen's Nurses, click here.

To register your interest click here. The next submission date for applications is 19 March 2010.

2020 VISION - Focusing on the Future of District Nursing

The full text of this major document is now available online. Click here for more information.

QNI NEWS

The Autumn/Winter edition of QNI NEWS is available here - a bumper six page edition with all the latest news. The Spring edition is coming soon...

 

Click below to visit our award-winning website of district nursing heritage...

150th anniversary of district nursing