Nursing students back Brain Tumour Awareness Month
Nursing students back Brain Tumour Awareness Month
07/03/2017
Students on nursing degrees at Middlesex University kick off Brain Tumour Awareness Month
Every day in the UK 50 people face a brain tumour diagnosis and its life-changing effects, with more than 55,000 people in the UK currently living with this type of cancer.
To raise awareness, and much-needed funds to support research, The Brain Trust Charity and The Brain Tumour Charity have organised the national Brain Tumour Awareness Month – and it launched at Middlesex in March with a day-long event designed to teach people about the condition.
Students and staff from the adult, child and mental health nursing degrees were invited to attend the event and take part in a range of activities to increase their knowledge and understanding of brain tumours.
The event was organised by child nursing lecturers Carolyn Perriman and Jenny Phillips. Carolyn was inspired to help her students learn more about brain tumours after a member of her family was diagnosed with the condition.
“Through this family journey I became aware of my own limited knowledge and awareness of this condition, and as a health professional I felt that this was something that needed to change,” she said.
“As this is Brain Tumour Awareness Month in the UK we wanted to spread the message about diagnosis and living with a brain tumour across all of our health and social care students as it affects us all.”
Third year BSc Nursing (Child) students Bethany Easterbrook and Sophie Hogg are about to begin the final hospital placement of their degrees but took time out from their dissertation preparation to get involved in the event.
“In our lessons we don’t have time to cover every single condition we could come across as a nurse so when this was organised I thought it was a great opportunity to learn more,” said Stephanie.
“When we start our work placements next week we will be expected to act as nurses so at that point it’s either sink or swim,” added Sophie. “I’ve worked all my life to be at this point, so you’ve just got to take it on and do your best.”
Part of the motivation behind the campaign is to highlight the fact that despite more people under 40 dying of brain tumours than any other cancer, brain tumour research currently receives less than one per cent of all cancer research spending.
Nursing students back Brain Tumour Awareness Month
Every day in the UK 50 people face a brain tumour diagnosis and its life-changing effects, with more than 55,000 people in the UK currently living with this type of cancer.
To raise awareness, and much-needed funds to support research, The Brain Trust Charity and The Brain Tumour Charity have organised the national Brain Tumour Awareness Month – and it launched at Middlesex in March with a day-long event designed to teach people about the condition.
Students and staff from the adult, child and mental health nursing degrees were invited to attend the event and take part in a range of activities to increase their knowledge and understanding of brain tumours.
The event was organised by child nursing lecturers Carolyn Perriman and Jenny Phillips. Carolyn was inspired to help her students learn more about brain tumours after a member of her family was diagnosed with the condition.
“Through this family journey I became aware of my own limited knowledge and awareness of this condition, and as a health professional I felt that this was something that needed to change,” she said.
“As this is Brain Tumour Awareness Month in the UK we wanted to spread the message about diagnosis and living with a brain tumour across all of our health and social care students as it affects us all.”
Third year BSc Nursing (Child) students Bethany Easterbrook and Sophie Hogg are about to begin the final hospital placement of their degrees but took time out from their dissertation preparation to get involved in the event.
“In our lessons we don’t have time to cover every single condition we could come across as a nurse so when this was organised I thought it was a great opportunity to learn more,” said Stephanie.
“When we start our work placements next week we will be expected to act as nurses so at that point it’s either sink or swim,” added Sophie. “I’ve worked all my life to be at this point, so you’ve just got to take it on and do your best.”
Part of the motivation behind the campaign is to highlight the fact that despite more people under 40 dying of brain tumours than any other cancer, brain tumour research currently receives less than one per cent of all cancer research spending.
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