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A new year is a good time to reflect and regroup and this tweetchat aims to do just that ... on nursing ! Nursing is pretty tough right now so this is an excellent opportunity for us to think about why we are so passionate about this profession and how we support one another. This tweetchat will be exploring the following questions:Pre chat poll: How may years have you been a nurse for? Do you feel that the public image of nursing / nurses is a true reflection? Do you feel the public's perception of nursing has changed since the start of the pandemic? Tweetchat questions:What / who inspires to to keep nursing? If there is one thing you could change about your job what would it be? If you were designing an advert for nursing what three words ...

Falls risk assessments are a common part of nursing practice, we complete them as a matter of course for many of the people we care for ... yet how often do we stop and think about falls? All Our Health (2021) states "Falls and fractures are a common and serious health issue faced by older people in England. People aged 65 and older have the highest risk of falling; around a third of people aged 65 and over, and around half of people aged 80 and over, fall at least once a year. Falling is a cause of distress, pain, injury, loss of confidence, loss of independence and mortality." Falls have a major impact on both the health and wellbeing of the people we care for ... so isn't it time that we thought beyond risk assessments and thought more a ...