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Date
17 December 2020
Thanks to all the nurses and/or midwives who submitted a story for the Nurse & Midwife Support Celebrating International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife Story competition.
We loved reading them all.
The telling and sharing of stories is part of the culture of nurses and midwives. Stories of life, work, events and support all full of laughter, hope, sadness, grief and loss. By sharing these stories, you recognise your experiences, normalise the ups and downs of the profession and celebrate the passion, dedication and spirit of all nurses and midwives. We read all this and more in the stories shared with us. We smiled, laughed, cried and felt gratitude that those who shared their story are part of our wonderful professions of nursing and midwifery.
Our 5-member judging panel read/watched and scored the entries independently and met to discuss the stories and hear the winners announced from a person who was independent of the judging.
We loved reading them all.
The telling and sharing of stories is part of the culture of nurses and midwives. Stories of life, work, events and support all full of laughter, hope, sadness, grief and loss. By sharing these stories, you recognise your experiences, normalise the ups and downs of the profession and celebrate the passion, dedication and spirit of all nurses and midwives. We read all this and more in the stories shared with us. We smiled, laughed, cried and felt gratitude that those who shared their story are part of our wonderful professions of nursing and midwifery.
Our 5-member judging panel read/watched and scored the entries independently and met to discuss the stories and hear the winners announced from a person who was independent of the judging.
The winners are:
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B & Me: A graduate midwife's story - By Frances Finch
Frances’ story is one of two winners for our International Year of the Nurse and Midwife Story Competition. Her story will resonate with so many nurses and midwives we hope you enjoy it! Read her story and listen to the podcast.
Caring, a mutual and collective experience of Nurses - By Tessa Moriarty
Tessa is one of the two amazing winners of this year’s Nurse & Midwife Support Story Competition. Her story really struck a cord with all of the judges we hope you enjoy it! Read her story and listen to the podcast.
Our runners up
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To the runners up-THANK YOU. We loved reading your stories and are grateful you took the time to write and share them. We plan to acknowledge, share and reward the runners’ up stories in 2021.
We hope that these stories motivate you to write and share your story because we know that nurses and midwives have important and amazing stories to tell. Send me an email with your story - [email protected]
Happy listening, reading and happy International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.
Once again CONGRATULATIONS to our winners Tessa and Frankie.
Your story matters!