KINGSTON UNIVERSITY NURSING SOCIETY
Kingston
University
Nursing Society
IN THIS ISSUE
Nursing Society
by
Nikki Yun
The Kingston University Nursing
Society has had a very exciting two
years and we’re extremely proud of
the current committee members who
made it a great success. As they draw
a close to their nursing degree and
their career path just starting to
unfold, Nikki Yun, the co-president of
the nursing Society wanted to share
her last year’s journey with all.
The Nursing Society aims to establish
and promote students’ interest in
nursing, furthering their academic
studies and providing members with
social and networking opportunities,
by bringing together all year groups
and across all fields of nursing within
the university. We think it's a great
opportunity for all year groups to join
forces and help each other along the
way in succeeding in becoming a
good, if not brilliant student
nurse/future RN.
So what’s the news for 2014-2015?
At the start of the academic year of
2014, the Nursing Society held their
very own Fresher’s Fayre at Kingston
Hill during the 1st year’s induction
week. This gave the Nursing Society
members the opportunity to meet
new faces and make themselves
available for new students to
approach them. There was such a
positive vibe; it brought a whole new
atmosphere to Kingston Hill. The
feedback from faculty staff members
and students were both encouraging
and supportive, they were left with a
pretty inspired cohort.
There were lots of great plans for
the Nursing Society and they
continued their road to success
with a good number of events
and activities. Read on to find
out what they’ve been up to.
International Nurses Day
Every year nurses around the world celebrate
International Nurses Day. Read on to see how
the Nursing Society celebrated theirs
Charity
What better way to support the community
than to collaborate with a local charity, Charley
Paige Trust? Find out who they are and how we
aim to support this great cause.
CONTACT DETAILS
KUNursingsociety@hotmail.com
@KUNursinSociety
KUNursing Society
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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES 14’-15’
SOCIAL EVENTS
GUEST SPEAKERS
Events and
activities which
took place in the
2014-2015
academic year…
Freshers Fayre 2014
1:
Professor
Diane
MarksMaran,
Clinical
Speciality
in Cancer Nursing
Below: Meet the team (L-R) Janine
Frias, Dario Northwood, Alexie Telan,
Rosalie Alejo, Mary Lopez, John
Sutherland and Nikki Yun
2: Ms Natalie Holbery, Lecturer and
Practitioner in Emergency Care
CHARITY EVENTS
3: Mr Chris Hart, Senior Lecturer in
Mental Health who specialises in risk
management
Macmillan
Coffee
Morning,
raised
over £420
Left: John
Sutherland
and Nikki
Yun, copresidents
standing
proud next
to the
society’s
banner
Race for
Life 5k and 10k - Cancer Research,
raised
over
£1540
Left:
Janine
Frias
and
Alexie
Telan getting ready for their 5k run at
Richmond
Park
Right:
Jessica
Remoy and
Nikki Yun all
geared up
for their 10k
run at Hyde
Park Corner
Meet and
Greet – World
Tea Party
The first meet
and greet event
was well
attended by
both students
and faculty
staff members
4: Transition Period from Student to
Nurse with ex students
5:
Professor
Karen
Norman,
Executive
Director
of
Strategic Development for the
Gibraltar Health Authority
6:
Professor
Jane
Salvage,
independ
ent
health
consultant, author and policy activist
with an international reputation for
leadership in nursing
Greeted and presented to
international students from Hong
Kong
A Festival for International Nurses
Day (read more on the next page)
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NURSINGS’ GOT TALENT
“In contrast to all the recent news of dire warnings about the future of the
International Nurses Day
NHS and nursing from politicians and media in the last few months, we
wanted to use today for an opportunity to celebrate the wide range of talent
“ Nikki Yun
within; and all that is best about our chosen profession
Purpose of the Event
Every year, on May 12, nurses around
the world celebrate International
Nurses Day. But why May 12?
Because it’s the birthday of Florence
Nightingale, the founder of modern
nursing, whose legacy continues to
inspire nurses everywhere. In 2015 we
had fun with Flo, challenged the
stereotypes, and celebrated nursing
in all its gore and glory.
This year the Nursing Society were
given the opportunity by Julia Gale,
our Head of School of Nursing at
Kingston University to work alongside
faculty staff
members, visiting
professors and our Artist in Residence
to organise an event that made us
feel very excited about.
We wanted to showcase Kingston and
St George’s joint Faculty of Health,
Social Care and Education to
prospective
students,
current
students
and
members of the
general public
what nurses do,
as well as the
additional
hidden talents
they have. This
is an opportunity
for the School of Nursing to celebrate
their profession, and promote their
courses.
We celebrated International Nurses'
Day with
poetry,
live music
and
drawing,
and expert
speakers
on
the
challenges
of modern nursing on 15th May 2015.
As part of
the festival,
between
12th-16th
May,
our
Artist
in
Residence
Alban Low
organised a
hanging art
exhibition
from artists
around the
world. A call
out
was
made
to
artists
around the world asking them to
partake and contribute to the
exhibition with the theme 'The Art of
Caring'. A panel of
artists and Kingston
University Nursing
Society
members
has selected 15 of
their favourite art
work, which were
printed at an A3 size,
framed and displayed during the
exhibition.
Who Were the Intended Audience?
Visitors and guests on the day
consisted of pre-reg nursing students,
faculty staff members, external
health professionals and colleagues
and
the
public.
Outcome of the Event
The turnout was fantastic, 251
artwork display from 133 artists
around the world, with 7 brilliant
performances and we had over 200
attendees at the Rose Theatre,
Kingston upon Thames.
On behalf of the Nursing Society, we
wanted to thank everyone who
contributed and attended our event
to celebrate International Nurses Day.
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It
was
such
accomplishment.
an
amazing
“It has taken us one year of nine
persons skilled work to bring together
todays celebration of nursing. When I
suggested they get together to build on
the success of our seminar to celebrate
International Nurses Day last year - I
had no idea that we would end up with
such an ambitious programme in such
an amazing venue. They really are
worth their weight in gold - and I am
grateful for their talents
” Julia Gale
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Chris Hart and Troupe on Turning
Crisis into Drama with:
Role players: Steve Dow, Lindsay
Shepherd, John Berryman and Sarah
O’Donaghue
Students: Stefanie Looker, Lucy
Riddett, David Rooms, and Beth
Lawrence
Art Jazzed Up, with:
Alban Low – Artist in Residence
Bill Mudge – Keyboards
Duncan Eagles - Saxophone
Max Luthert – Bass
Chris Nickolls – Drums
Facilitators: David Tracey and
Michelle Radcliffe
Directed: Chris Hart and Harvey
Wells
PHOTOS FROM EVENT
Hosts
Nikki Yun
John Sutherland
Florence’s Demons and Nurses in
Fiction with: Jane Salvage, Patricia
Ferguson and Louisa Young
Poetry, Written and performed
by Kevin Acott
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Websites:
http://caringandcare.blogspot.co.uk/
Make Do and Mend Written by
Theresa Nash, Performed by
Elizabeth-Rose Esin Kelly “Fudge”
and Narrated by Eli Anderson
https://vimeo.com/131046710
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursingpractice/specialisms/educators/studentsset-out-to-prove-that-nursings-gottalent/5085259.article
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WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO
1. The Rose Theatre for being such
a fantastic host for the event
2. Alban Low for the Art of Caring
exhibition
3. Dr. Julia Gale, Head of the
School of Nursing for her
support and backing
4. Charlie
Hudson,
Society
Coordinator
at
Kingston
MOVING ON
The Final
Goodbyes…
by
Nikki Yun
Since I started my nursing degree, I
have become very passionate about
seeking opportunities to raise
awareness in healthcare as well as
contributing to student life and to
the wider community. I am an active
Care Maker - an ambassador for the
6Cs, an initiative to promote
compassion from the Chief Nursing
Officer of England as well as an RCN
Student
Information
Officer.
I
thoroughly
enjoy
organising
fundraising
events for local and
national charities such as
Heritage 2 Health, Charley
Paige
Trust,
Cancer
Research and Macmillan.
In the first year of my
nursing degree, I arranged for a
group of students to attend an NMC
disciplinary hearing to enhance our
awareness and the importance of
adhering to the NMC code of
conduct, hence enriching the
students’ nursing curriculum. My
contributions resulted in me winning
5
University Student Union for the
support to the Nursing Society
5. Dan Redding for documenting
the day
6. Royal College of Nursing,
Nursing Times, British Journal of
Nursing, and Radio Jackie for
their support in marketing
7.
And finally to the many
people behind the scenes: Karen
Norman, Paul Newcombe, Harvey
Wells, Alban Low, Nikki Yun, John
Sutherland, Jane Salvage, Angela
Richardson and Michele Grainger for
putting the event together and for
making the day so special.
the ‘First Year of the Year’ award
through
Kingston
University’s
Student-led Learning and Teaching
Award in 2013.
me even more motivation to
continue my hard work, passion and
commitment to supporting and
inspiring others, in the hopes that
fellow students experience the same
exciting adventures as me.
My passion and enthusiasm has led
me to successfully cofound
Kingston
University’s first Nursing
Society at the start of my
2nd academic year in
2013. I have made a
commitment by being
involved and taking on a
joint leadership role and working
towards a successful society
ensuring nursing students are
captivated with their academic
studies as well as the social aspect of
university life.
th
On 7 May 2015, I was
shortlisted and won the
‘Most Inspirational Student
Nurse of the Year’ through
the Student Nursing Times
Awards. Following that, on
30th June 2015, I was named
one of UK’s Nursing Times
Rising Stars. My award
success has led me to meet the Chief
Nurse for London, and was then
invited to attend a workshop with
nursing directors to identify ways to
develop a more sustainable nursing
force
for
London.
My achievements to date have given
This is just the start of a very exciting
journey, the Nursing Society will
continue to work alongside the
School of Nursing to celebrate
International Nurses Day next year
May 12th 2016, do watch this space!
I have participated in
a number of ventures
and I hope I have
been a positive role
model
both
academically
and
clinically to other
student nurses, by making a
meaningful contribution to improve
students’ curriculum and to inspire
them towards excellence and the
highest possible standards of care.
I would like to take this opportunity
to thank the many people who have
supported me on the road to
success. One person deserves a
special mention: Paul Newcombe
has been my mentor, my advisor, my
friend, thank you for all your support
and guidance.
It has been an exciting and very
rewarding 3 years, I am looking
forward to starting my nursing
career as a Trauma and Orthopaedic
nurse. The journey ahead is going to
be challenging but definitely one I
cannot wait to start
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PHOTOS
Epsom Hospital
Smile bag delivery
Charley Paige Trust
St Peters
Hospital
TV and Wii
delivery
FAST FACTS
£95,000.00
This is how much CPT have raised to
date. They are keeping an eye on the
running total as once they have raised
£100,000.00 this will be a fantastic
achievement and much to celebrate.
What CPT aims to do…
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Enhance the lives of sick children
Have a positive impact on the
whole family
Give families precious time
together
Make life a little bit easier
Ease financial burdens
Support Ward Playrooms
This is the Nursing Society's first
external collaboration with a local
charity. We're aiming to support the
Charley Paige Trust by fundraising
and help make Smile Bags, as well as
supporting and raising awareness.
It'll be rewarding both in a personal
and professional level for students
and it'll be great to get more student
nurses involved and engaged with us
in this journey.
Charley Paige Trust is a grant
making charity supporting life
limited and disabled children. Their
aim is to enhance the child’s life as
well as supporting their family. There
is much turmoil when a child is
diagnosed with a very serious illness.
Incomes can drop at a time when
extra funds are needed. Small things
can have a BIG impact on the whole
family and make a real difference
when it matters most.
They support children and young
people up to the age of 19 years
from all over the UK. To date
though, the majority of children
they support are in the Surrey,
Middlesex and London areas.
They award travel grants for the
many appointments and for
treatment.
They
purchase
recreational
materials
and
equipment, as well as sensory toys
and equipment for special needs
children. They fund treats for
terminally ill children, special days
out and help with the cost of short
breaks away. They make and donate
Smile Bags to children in hospital,
which are filled with activity books,
stickers, colouring, craft kits and
other fun things. Feedback shows
that they really do make a huge
difference in difficult times. The
Charley Paige Trust make smiles
happen!
“We are really looking forward to
working with the Nursing Society
members at Kingston University from
September. Thanking them so much
for their interest in CPT and we hope
that they too will find it exciting and
”
rewarding in supporting us CPT
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.charleypaigetrust.org.uk
info@charleypaigetrust.org.uk
01932 711196
Charley Paige Trust
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NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Let the Handover
Commence…
It's that time of year again, it's
slightly
overwhelming
with
placement and assignments but it's
all rather exciting. More importantly,
we'd like to hand over the Nursing
Society to the next committee
members and watch the Society
strive and be even more successful.
With the impending graduation of all
current committee members, it was
time for the Nursing Society to elect
its new leaders. After an online
voting poll, Gurlal Jagdev, Charlie
Osbourn, Dan Waters, Lauren
Meet the new committee
members…
Co-Presidents
Charlie Osbourn
Howley, Jessica Remoy, Tzedal
Tesfamariam and Abigail Bailey from
two different cohorts were selected,
they will be leading into new heights
in the next academic year.
nominated into the post, you will do
us proud and no doubt we'll be
expecting many more exciting
adventures to come in the new
academic year, do watch this space!
We wanted to say a big WELL DONE
to you guys who have been
“
So, Charlie Osbourn, 30 from
Harpenden. Doing adult nursing as a
mature student after being inspired
to have a career change and do a
more hands on job. Joined the
nursing society because as a
member in my first year I got a lot
out of the talks and meeting
students from other years and
wanted to help continue and grow
it
” Charlie
“My names Gurlal and im studying
adult nursing at Kingston University.
I chose nursing because I wanted to
be involved with the NHS in helping
people through ill health and
improve public health education. I
wanted to join the nursing society
because I really enjoyed the work
they were doing; bringing in guest
speakers and holding charitable
events throughout the year. I really
hope to continue this philosophy
through my time as joint president
of
the
society
”
Gurlal Jagdev
Gurlal
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Secretary and Treasurer
Dan Waters
“Hey my name is Dan, I’m a soon to
be second year Mental Health nurse.
I became a nurse as I’m interested in
helping those who most have
trouble
understandi
ng- mental
health is an
area
of
nursing that
many
people are
confused
and scared
about. I’d like to change that.
Joining the nursing society means
that we can involve more people
throughout their academic life in
something that will be a part of
them for hopefully the rest of
their careers!
” Dan
Lauren Howley
“I feel that there is room to really
bond our year groups within
themselves and also with the other
year groups and I'm sure as a team
we can
think up
ways we
can
make
this
happen.
I think
London
can be a
very
lonely place and taking a nursing
degree guarantees that you’re poor
and have little to no social life so it
would be good to utilise the fact we
are based in such an amazing city.
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The guest speaker events organised
by the Nursing Society are fans tail
for us to gain an insight and
sparking our imaginations to the
places we might go in nursing. I
would love to carry this on and be a
part of enabling students’ interest in
”
these different areas Lauren
Marketing Coordinators
Jessica Remoy
“So I'm Jessica Remoy, 24 years old,
living in London but originally from
Norway. Just finished second year
Adult Nursing which I chose after
some
experience
in
home
care when I
was still in
school.
I
really
enjoyed
getting to
know the
patients
and a profession in healthcare just
felt natural to me so I decided to
follow in my grandmother's
footsteps and become a nurse, so I
could continue to help people and
make a difference! I chose to join the
society in my second year when I felt
like I had landed on my feet at
university and wanted to be
more involved in life as a student
nurse, to learn more about
the profession and get to know
other people with the same
dedication for nursing
” Jessica
Abigail Bailey
“My name is Abigail Bailey, I am
currently studying Adult Nursing
at Kingston University. When I
qualify I
would like
to practice
nursing in
many
different
countries.
I
hope
that
on
my travels I am able to
share my knowledge and skills and
care for people from a range of
different backgrounds. I became
part of the committee on the nursing
society in order to continue
bringing student nurses together, to
support one another, on our
”
academic journey Abi
Tzedal Tesfamariam
“My name is Tzedal, studying Adult
Nursing. I wanted to be a part of the
Nursing
Society
because it
seems like a
delightful
and exciting
venture into
what I think
is a vital
resource in our lives as nursing
students, not to mention the fun
that it would entail. I’d like to
think I'm confident in my ability to
connect and engage with others
respectfully and as equals whether
it’s face-to-face or online
” Tzedal