Sam Foster

Blended learning: the future for nursing?

‘The blended learning nursing degree aims to help to attract those who may previously have faced barriers to a career in nursing’ .

The importance of leading with care

‘Nurture and care for yourself … look after each other and be able to talk about the emotional side of leading through the pandemic.’ .

The return-to-work conundrum

BAME staff and microaggressions

‘There's the feeling that sometimes you're not understood, or you're treated maybe a bit differently … Or sometimes there could be comments made about your culture, your food, languages you might...

Burnout: a continuing problem

‘Compassionate and collective leadership (individually and institutionally) are core to ensuring staff have the right support.’ .

A different way of nursing

These are the hands that care

‘These are the Hands/That touch us first/Feel your head/Find your pulse/Make your bed … And these are the hands that … Log the dose/And touch us last.’ .

Ensuring safe practice during the pandemic

Open visiting in the NHS

Leadership in the time of crisis

Hall (2020) states that ‘great leaders care about their employees as people first and workers second. That distinction may not be noticed during a typical workday, but it becomes critical during a...

Just culture and staff wellbeing

‘A just culture considers wider systemic issues where things go wrong, enabling professionals and those operating the system to learn without fear of retribution’ .

We still need international applicants

Our support programme commences at the nurse's arrival in the Trust where they are settled into their hospital accommodation and provided with a welcome pack. The following day a welcome morning is...

Understanding complaints

‘Our role is to set the standards in the Code, but these are not just our standards. They are the standards that patients and members of the public tell us they expect from health professionals....

Funding is only the start of fixing CPD

Facing up to financial hardship

‘With financial hardship becoming a very real issue for nursing staff, I feel it is important that we understand how as senior leaders we might signpost support for our colleagues or support them...