2017 has been another landmark year for FNP, full of development, change and plenty of hard work.
We’re working with 11 FNP sites from around the country and Dartington Service Design Lab to co-design a number of adaptations to the FNP programme which we will put through rapid-cycle testing over the next year. The ADAPT project (Accelerated Design and Rapid Programme Testing), is part of the wider FNP Next Steps programme.
We’re working with 11 FNP sites and Dartington Social Research Unit to co-design adaptations to the FNP programme which we will put through rapid-cycle testing over the next year. The ADAPT project (Accelerated Design and Rapid Programme Testing), is part of FNP Next Steps.
We’re working with 11 FNP sites from around the country and Dartington Social Research Unit to co-design a number of adaptations to the FNP programme which we will put through rapid-cycle testing over the next year. The ADAPT project (Accelerated Design and Rapid Programme Testing), is part of the wider FNP Next Steps programme.
Over the last year we have been doing more of a deeper dive into ‘what works’ when it comes to child development. We saw that there were some promising results in the trial and we’ve been thinking and discussing this important element of 1001 critical days. It took us to consider how we use the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) to show...
When I found out I was pregnant, I was 16 and in the middle of completing my GCSE’s. It was a massive shock, and really difficult. I remember being picked up for school and the driver having to wait for me because my morning sickness was so bad, but I managed to get through it, and completed my GCSE’s with some pretty good results. I told my...
I had just started working as a fitness instructor when I found out I was pregnant and I was worried about how I would cope with becoming a mum for the first time. I suffered with anxiety attacks and pre-natal depression, - I felt like one of the unlucky ones. Eight weeks into my pregnancy I was referred to the Family Nurse Partnership in my...
Over the last 10 years I’ve worn a lot of different FNP hats – Family Nurse, Educator and, for the last four years, Supervisor – which perhaps means I’m well placed to reflect on what has been a fantastic journey.
FNP is a relational intervention: the intimate bond between nurse and young mother is central to its impact. Any relational intervention is, by definition, personal: a successful relationship is reliant on interactions which are shaped by genuine empathy, sensitivity and responsiveness. Yet FNP is also a manualised intervention, shaped by a...
I was 17 when I got pregnant and my gateway midwife recommended FNP. That’s when I met Sharon, my Family Nurse.
