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PIDP 3100 – Assignment 4 Blog Post; Trends in Nursing Education

As both a nurse and a Regional Chairperson, I have access to the BCNU “Update” Magazine in both digital and print formats. The most recent edition, July/August 2019, was on par to other editions in that it gave a great summary of different topics affecting nurses across BC. Of particular interest in relation to this weeks blog post is the story on pages 39-41 reflecting what a growing number of nurses and nursing students are bringing focus to – Climate Change. The article talks about how climate change is affecting heath in situations such as air quality, forest fires, droughts and their effect on cardiovascular health. The article also outlined how nursing students noted their 4 year curriculum did not give any significant time to learning more about climate change – something the students feel is “… the biggest public health issue of the century…” (Page 40). The students took the opportunity in their Leadership courses to create a nursing organization – Nursing Students for Environmental Action Today (NEAT) to begin working to change the focus of their educational program and institution. The article has further reference to the BCNU position statement on Climate Change – set to be published later this year which students were invited to collaborate on.

This article demonstrates how students themselves are changing the trends of nursing education and the focus of their studies. When I attended nursing school, our ideas were listened to, but little uptake to realize new focus ever occurred. It is exciting and empowering for me to see nursing students having the ability to positively impact the future of nursing and be supported to do so. Nursing students can access online programs, obtain some credit for volunteer and union activities, and as shown by the referenced article – make a change to bring attention to an issue of importance to them.

Young Nurses Take Action on Climate Change (July/August 2019). Update Magazine. Retrieved from https://issuu.com/bcnursesunion/docs/update_july-august_2019?fr=sZDJhNDE4MDY1

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My First Blog Post

Leadership and mentorship in Nursing

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.

This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Please keep an eye out for school assignments and an ongoing journal of my cosplay achievements and tutorials

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Teri Forster’s Blog

This is my first foray into the blogging world, and despite all the activities I am involved in, it is for a school assignment, not a hobby. A bit about me – I am a nurse in Prince Rupert, BC and I currently hold an elected role within the BC Nurses Union as the North West Regional Chair. I graduated nursing in 2002, and since then have worked in a variety of rural and large urban hospitals in several areas including Acute care, Community/Primary Care, Emergency, Hemodialysis and Mental Health/Psychiatry. One of my favourite roles was as an Adolescent Health Nurse. In this role I went into schools and taught students on a variety of topics such as peer pressure, sexual health, conflict resolution, hygiene, substance use and more. I enjoyed developing my own program and learning from the students what did and did not work best. Currently as part of my role as a Regional Chair, I was elected as the Council Liaison for Student Nurses. In this role, I work with student nurses across the Province to improve issues of importance to students and to educate students on the benefits of activism and unionism. I began this program because I hope to improve the way we are educating our student nurses as well as our current union members in a better way.

Some fun hobbies this blog may one day expand to include cake decorating and cosplay – more on these topics as time goes on.

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