Mental Health Nursing Special Interest Group

Recovery and context

Lacrimosa (CV-19 Quilt Patch)

(By Pauline Ridley for the CV-19 Quilt) My patch shows the opening notes of the Lacrimosa movement of Mozart’s Requiem. Why has that become my symbol of lockdown? A couple of years ago, after a lifetime of moaning about being unable to sing, I decided to take some lessons. I had no plans to sing…

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Priory (CV-19 Quilt Patch)

[By Sharon de Goeas for The Covid Quilt project ] When the country went into lockdown on March 23rd, I had the idea that I would take a walk twice a day into the town. It was later announced that people could only take one hour of exercise once per day. In the first week…

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Re-evaluating neo-liberal values in context of the corona virus crisis: greater justice for carers.

There is no escaping the devasting impact of the Covid-19 virus, yet something positive has emerged; it has caused the British public to review its thinking on the way we view and value our health and social care workers and services. We have finally taken notice of our reliance on our keyworkers, and what they…

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COVID-19 Unprecedented Mental Health Nurse Education

We’re told to pack up tools and prepare to home work. IT gurus encourage us to get busy with Microsoft teams using blended approaches to introduce ever more online learning tools and tricks. We leave our desks at the University on March 20th equipped with ideas about live sessions online, student blogging and  Twitter use,…

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