Nurses in the UK and Global are facing a crisis in terms of mental health and Suicide. Although a day late, my Mental Health Day post discussing my research into Nursing Suicide and my own lived experience of suicide.
‘Invalid’: The Power of a Label
The word 'invalid' has existed for over 2000 years. It's meaning has changed and evolved. Recently the word describe wounded troops or disabled individuals, but also meant 'not valued' - this article considers the damage of a label and questions how the interpretations of invalid have linked to discriminate and segregate.
Active Learning: Why I turned my students into Sherlock Holmes for a lesson!
Leading on from my previous post about active learning; find out about how I turned a tutorial into a detective mystery.