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David Collett
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Lecturer in Adult Nursing #UoM 🐝 💜
Ex Labour Councillor #Blackpool 🌹
Oncology & SACT ACP 💊

Passionate about all things nursing, politics education and design, I love a good game too 🎲⚽️👾🕹️
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My latest opinion article for the @nursingtimes.bsky.social 🥳🤩 As a profession we must resist the formal adoption of corridor care nurse roles and boycott the application process in protest

#Nursesky #Nurse #NHS #RCN

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‘Adoption of corridor care nursing must be resisted at all costs’
The nursing profession should resist the formal adoption of corridor care roles. Like many,...
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Today I’m starting to plan my first ever piece of research 🧐 no matter how small it might be !! I’m going to look at how we teach nurses in the UK to influence Ppolicy and Ppolitics.feels incredibly powerful to be doing this In the home of the first Nursing Degree. 😁😁@uomsoss.bsky.social #FMFTW
October 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
So today I’m hiding Easter Eggs all over my module space…..Why ?? Answers on post cards 🥚
🐣 #PlayfulLearning
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Educators of the world, does anyone know where the British Dyslexia Association style guide has gone ? Has it just been removed or has the guidance changed ? #inclusivedesign #Inclusivity #Education
September 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This was super cool finding Alan Turing’s blue plaque and seeing the building where the first computer was built #UoM 🐝
September 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Wow, welcome back David! You've not changed a bit 😍
13 years ago I graduated from the University of Manchester with my Diploma in Nursing ready to embark on the greatest adventure in the greatest profession in the world! Today 13 years on I return to @manchester.ac.uk as a Lecturer in Nursing 😁💜🐝 #NewJob #Education
September 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
13 years ago I graduated from the University of Manchester with my Diploma in Nursing ready to embark on the greatest adventure in the greatest profession in the world! Today 13 years on I return to @manchester.ac.uk as a Lecturer in Nursing 😁💜🐝 #NewJob #Education
September 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
And that’s all folks!! My last day at @uclan.ac.uk as a lecturer ! What an amazing time, with a fantastic team, great place to work!! I’ll miss it dearly ❤️ #Education #Uni
August 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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‘Keeping NMC proficiencies 5.12 & 7.13: a mandate for change’

David Collett discusses the NMC education review and why he thinks the proficiencies that state that student nurses should be taught about political influence and policy should be strengthened. #nmc

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‘Keeping NMC proficiencies 5.12 & 7.13: a mandate for change’ | Nursing Times
David Collett discusses the NMC education review and why he thinks proficiencies on political influence and policy should be strengthened.
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July 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM
My last article as a Lecturer at University of Lancashire

As Nurses our education standards tell us we should learn about how to influence policy and politics, but do we really teach it ?

#Nurse #NHS #Nursesky #HealthEducation #Education

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‘Keeping NMC proficiencies 5.12 & 7.13: a mandate for change’ | Nursing Times
David Collett discusses the NMC education review and why he thinks proficiencies on political influence and policy should be strengthened.
www.nursingtimes.net
July 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Happy Stone & Sky day !! 🥳🥳 I’m so excited for this ! Now there’s 10 books (+novellas and graphic novels) what are we calling it ? RiverVerse ? The Vestigum Continum ? The Fox Collectice ? I need to know 🤣🤣 👮 🧙 🦊

@benaaronovitch.bsky.social
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July 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Wahoooo passed my PgCap with D2 Fellowship to Advance HE 🥳🥳 I also grew some radishes 🫜oh and I got engaged at the weekend 💍 and I can now bend my knee to 45 degrees 🦵 oh and I got a new Job as a lecturer at the University of Manchester 🐝 Growth in so many ways 🪴🤣 Thankyou Universe
June 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Well this isn’t ideal 🤣🙈 life on the other side but I must say every interaction Ive had so far from paramedics nurses drs HCAs and domestics, pharmacists physios and OTs has been exceptional ! #NHS
May 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I’m writing my PgCap research proposal. If anything I’m winning the best title competition 🤣.

WHAT DO WE WANT ? we’re not sure. WHEN DO WE WANT IT ? At some point. How do we educate undergraduate nurses to influence policy and politics in the UK.

#SOTL #Nurse #Education
May 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Funko Me : I’ve been using #AI a lot recently as a study tool. Having it identify further papers for me, summarise documents and ask me questions. When used appropriately it is such a powerful tool for thinking and learning. 🤖 what are others doing with it ? #education
May 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Can we all agree Jo Martin needs her own series #DoctorWho
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May 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The many faces of my nursing career, some how those uniforms seems to get bigger and bigger over the years haha 🤪 🤣 But i've loved and still love every minute.

Happy International #NursesDay #Nurse #InternationalNursesDay 🥳
May 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
And for today’s lesson what does a box of Lego, Bomb Disposal and a pack of Playing Cards have to do with Learning Disability Nursing ? 💣 🧱 ♦️ #Nursing #Education #Academic
May 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Proud PT moment. When you help on of your 2nd year Students Nurses to get published after sparking there interest during our new policy and politics module 😁😁 well done Romy @uclan.ac.uk #Nurse #Education #StudentNurse #NHS

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‘Student nurses must stop viewing discharge as an afterthought’ | Nursing Times
Student Romy Duckett explains why she thinks discharge planning is currently neglected in nurse education and this should change. Read more.
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April 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Just finished my slides for our 2nd year Policy in Nursing module and thought I’d add some real life examples of nurses who impacted policy past and present. Because you know Nurses are ace and we change the world !! 🩵 #Nurse #Education #NHS @alisonleary1.bsky.social @dameanionwu.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
And just like that the world is good again and I’m back in my happy place !! I can’t describe enough how beneficial I find getting to work up here ! @uclan.ac.uk student centre roof garden, 🪴 🌺 ☀️ #Education #Academia
April 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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We've just added the Journal of Advanced Nursing @jadvnursing.bsky.social to our Nursing and Health Journals starter pack.

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March 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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New #FreeAccess article by @debrae.bsky.social, "Why Writing Matters in Nursing: Reflections on the Connections Between Nursing and Writing" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Why Writing Matters in Nursing: Reflections on the Connections Between Nursing and Writing
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March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The number of people applying to study nursing is at a record low, UCAS figures show.

The government must launch an urgent student recruitment campaign, as 35% decline in numbers applying to study nursing in England highlights a broken nurse education model. Read more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4htA0IS
'Hammer blow for NHS reforms’, as student nursing applications fall again | News | Royal College of Nursing
We say government must launch urgent student recruitment campaign, as 35% decline in numbers applying to study nursing in England highlights broken nurse education model
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February 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Made it into the Print copy of the @nursingtimes.bsky.social exciting 🥳 might have to frame this one ☝🏼 #NHS #NurseSky
February 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I even got a special mention in Steve’s Article 😁😁
‘Nurses are continuing to make a huge difference’

The beauty of traffic lights is that everyone understands what the colours mean, which is one of the reasons why the innovation featured on our cover this month is so powerful. #innovation #nursing #NTAwards

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‘Nurses are continuing to make a huge difference’
The beauty of traffic lights is that everyone understands what the colours mean, which is one of...
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February 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM