Sadly we will not be able to meet up this year due to Covid-19 this will be the second year that we have not met. I feel it is important to engage with as many of the membership as we can to update you on what your committee have been doing. I will be setting up a virtual AGM using Google Meet this can take up to 100 participants (including the committee) to join the meeting please email your details plus your membership number to chairman@pmrafnsassociation.co.uk. See slide for details 20210405-PMRAFNS(A)_AGM_2021-FB_Slide-O_
I have organised a guest speaker Mr Neal Aplin who will give a talk on the development of advanced nursing practice details below:
A typical day in the life of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP). Thought I would present a typical day to show what advanced practice is and link this to current views, published guidance from Health Education England.
Biography:
Neal Aplin MSc, BSc, Dip(HE) qualified as a nurse from the University of the West of England in 2002. It was volunteering as a Medic with 4626 (Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron based at RAF Lyneham, in 1998 which encouraged the beginning of his nurse training. Neal has worked in various areas including Coronary Care, Emergency Department, Walk-in Centres and GP out of hours. More recently, Neal returned to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon in 2015.
He completed a MSc in 2018 and in 2020 was credentialed as an advanced level nurse with the Royal College of Nursing. Neal became a member of the National Steering Committee for advanced practice with the Royal College of Nursing in 2019 and has also been appointed as the Advanced Clinical Practitioner lead for the local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as part of Health Education England’s secondment to develop advanced practice locally.
Neal has been regularly writing articles for publication since 2017, this has included feature articles, reflective accounts, and peer reviewed articles. This has included a reflective piece of his personal experience with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD)
Neal has had the opportunity to speak at international conferences on his work developing point of care pathways in acute medicine. He has also advised others including hospitals in Australia in developing Advanced Nurse Practitioner led paracentesis (ascitic drain procedures).
During the Covid-19 outbreak, Neal has been working on the ‘frontline’ managing Covid patients, working as part of the community end of life team and has helped with the vaccination programme.
Outside of work, Neal is married with three daughters and volunteers with St John Ambulance, and enjoys family and friend time, walking martial arts and the occasional marathon.
Neal Aplin
Bob Sanderson
Chairman
PMRAFNS Association