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A nursing forum to champion the specialty respiratory nursing community, promote excellence in practice, and influence respiratory health policy.
COVID-19 in respiratory conditions
We are working under very difficult conditions at the moment with patients who may feel extremely anxious about COVID-19.
Find reliable links with important information for patients with respiratory conditions here.
National Patient Safety Alert – Deterioration due to rapid offload of pleural effusion fluid from chest drains
A joint National Patient Safety Alert has been issued by the NHS England and NHS Improvement National Patient Safety Team, […]
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2020 Respiratory Health campaign
ARNS recently worked with Health Awareness on the 2020 Respiratory Health campaign. A printed publication was enclosed within every copy […]
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Asthma UK launches major campaign to help identify people with uncontrolled asthma
Asthma UK is launching a major campaign to help identify people with uncontrolled asthma- people who have had two or […]
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Alison Hughes
Chair of ARNS
"It has been an extremely demanding time for respiratory nurses and as the Year of The Nurse ends, leadership has never been so important. I feel, now more than ever, that it is a great honour and privilege to become the Chair of the Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists.
My love for respiratory nursing began in 2001 after I completed my asthma diploma where I was taught and mentored by Chris Fehrenbach, who founded ARNS in 1997. Little did I know then that I would become an ARNS committee member in 2016 and then follow in her footsteps as Chair.
Respiratory Nurses have never been so needed and I am very proud to be chairing an organisation that ‘Inspire’, ‘Lead’ and ‘Empower’ our membership.
Throughout my tenue as Chair, I hope to continue to lead the organisation with the passion of past Chairs and strive for the organisation to be representative of the voice of all respiratory nurses."
ARNS are honoured to be supporting the Nursing Times Respiratory Nursing award. Katy Beckford, Chair of ARNS, announced that Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have won the 2020 Nursing Times Respiratory Nursing award with their Yellow Lanyard project. Read more here.