The Queen's Nursing Institute

Who we are

The QNI is a professional nursing organisation and the oldest nursing charity in the world, with a 137-year history of supporting nurses to deliver excellent care in the community.  We are the independent voice of community nursing, striving to influence health and care policy and supporting the community nursing workforce to ensure that people are provided with the best possible nursing care in their homes and communities, whenever and wherever it is needed.

Our core programmes include endorsing standards in conjunction with universities for courses that provide specialist nurse practitioner qualification, delivering networks to directly support nurses in the field and providing innovation and leadership programmes for nurses.

Our culture and values

OUR VALUES
Excellence: in nursing, supported by innovation and evidence.
Inclusivity: promoting and valuing equality and diversity in all that we do.
Partnership: with people, organisations and policy makers, ensuring individuals, families, carers and communities are at the heart of all we do.
Independence: using data and intelligence to provide an independent voice.
Advocacy: championing the unique contribution of all community nurses.
Legacy: cherishing our history whilst supporting innovation and new ways of working.
Integrity: living our values and challenging inequalities.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

The Queen's Nursing Institute embraces a culture of inclusion.  We are fully committed to promoting and achieving diversity and equity in all of our professional networks and in our interactions as a charity, both internally and externally.  Championing diversity is an issue that matters deeply to us and as a team we are dedicated to living these organisational values and challenging prejudice and racism.