Back at work today after taking some time off following the amazing @baccnuk.bsky.social #BACCNConf20225 which left me really inspired and proud to be part of this community. Here’s some of my favourite photos of the 2 days
Karin Gerber RN
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Critical Care Outreach ANP & Lead ACP for Education & Workforce; BACCN Conference Lead; Love running, swimming, rambling & coffee. All views are my own
BACCN Conference has come to Blackpool. Who else is slowly making their way here? #BACCNConf2025 @baccnuk.bsky.social
Really excited to see this paper published in the lead up to #BACCNConf2025 "Marking 40 years of the BACCN Conference” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @baccnuk.bsky.social
Only 20 days to go! 💙 At #BACCN2025 we’re building on last year’s supportive vibe with new Health & Wellbeing initiatives: 🐾 Therapy dog 🧘 Reiki & mindfulness with Poppy 💬 Support from Dr Polly Fitch 🌿 Quiet room with keynote stream We can’t wait to welcome you! 💙 www.baccn.org/conference/p...
@baccnuk.bsky.social would like to warmly congratulate Prof Aisha Holloway on becoming the new Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland. We were very honoured to have had her join us at our conference in Aberdeen last year 🙌
@baccnuk.bsky.social Looking forward to tomorrow at the Royal London trauma study day, with the BACCN representing and recruiting!
Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study
Caregiver concern for clinical deterioration is associated with critical illness in paediatric patients and, after adjusting for variables including abnormal vital signs, had a strong association with...
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Calling all Advanced Critical Care Outreach Practitioners within Thames Valley & Wessex and North West London Critical Care Networks to please complete this survey. Tell us about you #advancedpractice #learningtogether
I'm excited that the focus groups for this study will take place tomorrow. If you are either an Outreach Practitioner or a Line Manager / Service Lead within Thames Valley & Wessex or North West London Critical Care Networks there are still time to join in and make your voice heard #advancedpractice
Question to @nmcnews.bsky.social and @hcpc.bsky.social How do practitioners who are registered with the NMC/HCPC but working as either an Anaesthesia Associate or Physician Associate revalidate? Second question: can you simultaneously be registered with the NMC / HCPC and the GMC? #governance
Thanks to everyone who submitted abstracts for #BACCNConf2025! It is your time and effort that makes it a success. Our scientific committee will review all submissions, and we'll notify you of results by early June. Together, we create THE Critical Care Nursing Conference! 🙌
Thanks to everyone who submitted abstracts for #BACCNConf2025! It is your time and effort that makes it a success. Our scientific committee will review all submissions, and we'll notify you of results by early June. Together, we create THE Critical Care Nursing Conference! 🙌
A big thank you to all those across Critical Cate working this bank holiday 😘
Do you have a project or piece of work that you want to share? 👉Then why not submit an abstract for #BACCNConf2025 Simply visit www.baccn.org/conference/a... and submit before the closing date 18 April (midnight) #safetycriticalprofession #criticalcarenursing
Have you send this to your MP yet? Its time we stand up and protect nursing 🙌https://action.rcn.org.uk/page/166204/action/1?locale=en-GB
Tell your MP to #ProtectNurse
I've told my MP to protect the title nurse in law. Will you? Together we need their support to see the bill up before government given time for debate. Only registered nurses should be able to use the...
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Calling all Advanced Critical Care Outreach Practitioners within Thames Valley & Wessex and North West London Critical Care Networks to please complete this survey. Tell us about you #advancedpractice #learningtogether
📢One week to go!📢 BACCN Members have 1 week to benefit from the lowest registration rates for this year's BACCN Annual Conference - book your place now! Link to book: www.baccn.org/conference/ We cannot wait to celebrate 40 years of BACCN Conference with you in Blackpool!
New! Early career nurses employed in critical care nursing in the UK for less than a year can apply for a conference grant immediately upon joining Conference grants provide waived conference fees + funding for travel/accommodation costs. Join BACCN today: baccn.org/register/ #criticalcarenursing
Really excited to be part of this exciting collaboration www.baccn.org/mediacentre/... #criticalcarenursing #onehealth
One health: unique critical care approach for nursing | News | BACCN
The one health approach is a collaborative strategy that considers the health of people, animals and the environment to be interdependent, and aims to improve global health (WHO, 2017). Laura Edwards and Karin Gerber explain this cross-professional strategy which addresses global issues in a recently published article in VNTimes.
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Thank you to Julia www.byjuliabakay.com for helping BACCN to design the #BACCNConf2025 logo, where we are celebrating 40 years of advocating for Critical Care Nursing. Registration and abstract submission are now open: www.baccn.org/conference/
Finally! FDA releases draft of guidelines for performance testing of Pulse Oximeters that includes addressing skin pigmentation. www.fda.gov/regulatory-i... @iwashyna.bsky.social
It was a real honour to write a reflection on our discussion with @SarahDiGregorio at the recent @BACCNUK Conference. Special thanks to Latifat Awotedu, Stephen Cutler, Joanna Mann, Katie Blackwood, and Madeleine Varley for your insight onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14785153...
<em>Nursing in Critical Care</em> | BACCN Journal | Wiley Online Library
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Really enjoyed talking to Teena Mackenzie of the BDNA about my advanced practice journey #learningtogether www.linkedin.com/posts/teena-...
Teena Mackenzie on LinkedIn: Listen now to this BRITISH DERMATOLOGICAL NURSING GROUP podcast on…
Listen now to this BRITISH DERMATOLOGICAL NURSING GROUP podcast on Advanced Practice. Thank you Karin Gerber for your expertise. Always fantastic to work with…
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Thank you Suzanne Bench @nickicredland.bsky.social and Chris Hill for asking me to be part of this amazing book. Is was a real honour & pleasure and it’s great to see it for real @BACCNUK #criticalcarenursing #learningtogether
#covidinquiryuk. youtu.be/4wSYxatO2cU? Some of the recommendations: A suitably educated & trained workforce. Safety critical nurse ratio’s enshrined in law. Full & proper engagement with the nursing profession. Professional representation equivalent to medical representation. @thercn.bsky.social
UK Covid 19 Inquiry - Module 3 Hearing - 28 November 2024 AM
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Reminder to the NHS staff among you that there’s a workforce consultation in process with imminent deadline of Dec 2 I think. It’s your chance to have a say, especially if you want to put staff well-being front & centre. change.nhs.uk/en-GB/
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Researchers found that to address the epidemic of mental ill health among HCPs, workers needed: Targeted MH interventions Hot food Rest areas/lockers Free parking Essentially staff just need to be valued & treated like human beings. Rocket science it is not. evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/system...
NHS staff psychological wellbeing: system-level changes needed
System-level changes such as improvements in working conditions are essential in order to improve the psychological wellbeing of NHS staff.
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