Workforce
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- Press release

- Report
District Nursing Today: the View of District Nurse Team Leaders in the UK
The QNI has published a new independent report, 'District Nursing Today, the View of District Nurse Team Leaders in the UK'. It is the first general review of the district nursing profession to be released since the publication of ‘2020 Vision Five Years On’ by the QNI in 2014.
- Press release
New Project to Boost Understanding of Community Nursing Workforce
The International Community Nursing Observatory (ICNO) will have responsibility for analysing data and trends in the community nursing workforce data in greater depth.
- Event
QNI Annual Conference 2019
The 2019 QNI Conference took place across 2 days in September 2019

- Guidance
- Learning resource
- Policy
- Report
Nursing in the Digital Age
'Nursing in the Digital Age, Using Technology to Support Patients in the Home' seeks to determine how far new healthcare information technology has changed in the previous six years and how skills and attitudes within community services have adapted.

- Guidance
- Learning resource
- Publication
- Transition
Transition to Care Home Nursing
This resource is intended for registered nurses who may have overall responsibility for nursing within the care home environment, as well as educators, students, and unregistered carers who work in this setting. You can download a sample chapter via this link or purchase a complete hard copy from The QNI Shop.
- Case study
- Project
Practice Development in Community Palliative Care
The key goal of palliative care is the achievement of best quality of life for patients and their families.

- Case study
- Project
Patient Visit Scheduling Tool
A project improved the experience of housebound patients through a new IT patient allocation system. The improved reliability of timed visits by District Nurses and has been widely adopted elsewhere.

- Policy
- Report
Rising Stars Evaluation
The Queen’s Nursing Institute has published new research into its Fund for Innovation and Leadership programme.

- Project
- Publication
- Report
Impact Report 2013-2014
Fund for Innovation and Leadership projects 2013-2014

- Publication
- Report
2020 Vision: Focusing on the Future of District Nursing
This report published in 2009 provided a snapshot of the District Nursing profession at that point in time. It has since been widely referenced in other publications and research. The QNI published an updated report in 2014 to show how conditions affecting the profession had changed in the previous five years.

- Guidance
- Learning resource
- Policy
Smart New World
An overview of how new mobile technology is changing the face of community nursing, published by the QNI in 2012.

- Policy
- Publication
- Report
Nursing People at Home Report
A major report based on a public survey, illustrating the key qualities of competence, confidence and caring that people value in nurses who are carrying out a home visit.

- Policy
- Publication
- Report
2020 Vision: Five Years On
This major survey of over 1000 District Nurses was published in 2014. It provides an overview of the state of the profession, and the data is compared to the previous survey carried out by the QNI in 2009.

- Consultation
- Practice standard
- Report
Discharge Planning: Best Practice in Transitions of Care
This report, ‘Discharge Planning: Best Practice in Transitions of Care’ is based on qualitative research, focus groups and literature review. Discharge planning was identified as a major current issue for nurses and patients in the QNI’s 2014 survey of District Nurses, when 83% reported that communication with hospital staff was poor.

- Policy
- Publication
- Report
District Nurse Education Report 2012-13
This report is the first annual report into the number of District Nursing Specialist Practitioner courses and the number of students enrolled. The report has since been repeated in subsequent years to establish what trends are emerging in these numbers.