Originally from Germany, Sabine has been working as a nurse in the UK for the last 17 years. She is currently a part-time staff nurse on a colorectal ward at UHBW, Bristol, and is a founder of English for Nurses. She is member of ENDA, RCN and NMC UK.
Please log into your account to view faculty contact details.
Registered Nurse University Hospital in Cardiff
Director English for Nurses Ltd
Board member European Nurse Directors Association
Dear readers, We are now in June 2025. Time flies! The more years go by, the more I find myself living in different time zones: I mean the present, the past, and the future. Is tha
READ MORE
Dear readers, Time is flying by, and we are now almost in April. As a nurse, March has become a very significant month for me. On 12.03.2020, COVID-19 was declar
READ MORE
Dear readers, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you have all had a colourful start to 2025. I’m guessing that, just like every other year, this will not be a boring one. Some mig
READ MORE
My Dear Nursing, We have been together for a long time. It's 30 years now. You met me as a young student and made me a nurse. Here I am, 51 years old, with 27 epic years of work and life e
READ MORE
Being a Nurse in the War and Then Becoming a War Nurse Dear readers, It’s time for my thoughts from the island. Over the last few weeks, a beautiful and most importan
READ MORE
Dear readers, I hope this little article finds you well. It has been three months since I last shared my thoughts with you. As you can imagine, a lot has happened in th
READ MORE
Sabine Torgler Staff Nurse University Hospital Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) Director English for Nurses Ltd. Board member, European Nurse Directors Association...
READ MORE
My dear readers, Happy New Year to you! 2024 is here! FINALLY! I hope you have had a good start so far. Well, well, well... another year, new thoughts, new challenges
READ MORE
My dear readers, Time is flying, and here we are - in the eighth month of the year. Where have the months gone? Anyway, I am here to say something, right? And guess what, I have
READ MORE
My dear readers, It is time again for thoughts from the island. May is particularly important to nurses as we celebrate Florence Nightingale's birthday on 12.05, International Nurses' Da
READ MORE
My dear readers, It is time again for nursing thoughts from the island. Before I begin, I hope you all had a great start to 2023. May this year be in some way kinder to nurses, midwives,
READ MORE
My dear readers, Time is moving very fast, and we are coming to the end of another big, big year. Last month I wrote about September, when I had the great chance to be in Icel
READ MORE
My dear readers, It is time again for thoughts from the island. I went to Iceland/Selfoss last month and attended the European Nurse Director Association (ENDA) congress. I am
READ MORE
My dear readers, It is time for thoughts from the island again. Before I share more, I hope you are all okay – despite the heat waves. As I said in my previous articles, what will be next
READ MORE
Before I go on my annual leave, I thought I'd drop a line. Last week I did my first shift in a little private hospital in my hometown. When I arrived on the ward, I called in at the Siste
READ MORE
My dear readers, It is time for thoughts from the island again. It’s time for the nurse’s thoughts! I wanted to share with you all that, as a staff nurse, I still work on COVID-19 wards....
READ MORE
My dear readers, It is time again for thoughts from the island of Great Britain. I hope you had an excellent and HEALTHY start to the new year! The first month is over, and another eleven
READ MORE
Dear Readers, We are coming to the end of another challenging year. Another 12 months are almost over. What a year it was for us all and what years are ahead of us!
READ MORE
Hello my dear readers, Before I hit the road to Bonnie Scotland, where I will spend my holidays this year, I will share my thoughts with you. I saw a great series on TV last week, w
READ MORE
My Dear Readers, Time is flying, and here I am again, sharing my thoughts as a registered nurse working during a very dramatic time. The first half of the year of 2021 is
READ MORE
The Lockdown May End, But Nursing Will Continue My dear readers it is time again for my monthly update: It has been two weeks now since we have some semblance of our lives back in the United...
READ MORE
Hello, my dear readers, Time flies, and here we are – in April 2021. The last few weeks have been quite emotional because I started to review what has happened over the last
READ MORE
If somebody had asked me this question, “How are you, nurse?” 6-8 weeks ago, I would have probably cried. The situation in Great Britain was pretty tough, worse than in March-April 2020, when...
READ MOREAs we move into 2021, and as the second wave of COVID-19 continues to rage, HealthManagement.org asked healthcare experts what they anticipate as the most significant change this year and what they would like to see in the future. Read on for a snapshot on whether healthcare in 2021 needs a reset and what could be improved. Prof Christian Lovis | Head Division of Medical Information Scien
READ MORE
In the UK the incidence numbers are going down, which is a relief to see and to feel. I was pretty down at the beginning of 2021 and hope seemed far away. Four weeks down the...
READ MORE
A personal reflection from a COVID-recovered Staff Nurse. Happy New Year! I should scream it from the bottom of my heart to you all, dear readers, but it is only early J
READ MORE
Inaugurating her new column with HealthManagement.org, Sabine Torgler reflects on the news about the start of the vaccination programme against COVID-19 in the UK from the nurse’s perspectiv
READ MOREOne of the pillars globalisation stands upon is free movement of workforce across borders. In healthcare, it is especially relevant to nursing, with its notorious global workforce deficit. At the same time, while ‘cross-border employment opportunities’ may sound good in politics, for a particular nurse to move abroad for work may be one of the greatest challenges in their life. But it’s still...
READ MORESabine is a staff nurse who has had COVID-19 patients in her ward, got infected herself and started a campaign for personal protective equipment delivery. But she doesn’t want to be called a ‘hero.’ In early June, she talked to HealthManagement.org about her COVID-19 experience and how the pandemic has made her question everything, even her calling. Going
READ MORE
