I attended the RCN School Nurses Conference in London today. School nurses are critical in the delivery of the Healthy Child programme. This in turn is vital to our aim to increase resilience and hopefulness in children. Wendy Nicholson from the Dept of Health emphasised the important leadership function that they have with young carers. Young people want their nurses to be nurses. The development of a public health pathway for young people in the Youth Justice System was presented as an important development. The relationship between poverty and risk of exploitation was described by young carers themselves and also their need for non-judgemental support. There is an intention to develop an e-learning programme .
I presented on CSE looking at our learning for health. Their was tremendous interest and from the audience and an acknowledged lack of experience about the subject, and discussion about how to engage with this, especially in independent schools. We had good nursing media interest.
My little treat was to chair a my nursing colleague Jason’s presentation on sports injuries from an emergency department. His entertaining coverage of the subject had all of us better informed on young people with injuries and what to do as first aiders. All the wasted tubigrip I’ve used over the years!
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