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‘Smart scrubs’: will your new work wardrobe help you do your job in comfort?
New NHS uniform has its critics, but perhaps it’s not such a bad idea
03 Dec 2024
Practice makes perfect: would reducing clinical placement hours be a mistake?
Placement hours are a big commitment, but they also build skills and confidence
19 Nov 2024
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Our rich history shows us why children need specialist care
Lord Darzi’s review of the NHS exposes the state of healthcare for children and young people
21 Oct 2024
New nurses working in Starbucks: is this still a career for life?
We have new registrants unable to get NHS jobs, despite chronic nurse shortages
15 Oct 2024
‘Nurse’ title for unregistered roles is a dangerous deception and holds us in contempt
Healthcare support staff are invaluable, but inflated titles do them no favours either
17 Sep 2024
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Why family-centred care is vital when a child’s health depends on technology
Offering support and understanding needs is a key part of the role of a children’s nurse
14 Aug 2024
Nurse burnout busters: my staff retention to-do list for managers and nursing employers
Here’s how to give newly registered nurses – and all nurses – the workplaces they deserve
13 Aug 2024
Paracetamol theft: does the punishment fit the crime?
Why I find it hard to swallow nurse’s six-month suspension for taking ward painkillers
02 Jul 2024
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Remembering Dame Elizabeth Fradd, a champion for children and young people
The respected children’s nurse died on 12 May after a long and distinguished career
27 Jun 2024
DNACPR tragedy will prey on the consciences of nurses involved, but they are all of us
Patient’s death tells us what we already know, but will it change anything?
14 May 2024
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Worrying rise in pertussis cases across UK and Europe
Nurses should advise parents and pregnant women to book a vaccination appointment
16 Apr 2024
Unsocial shifts and rotas: what’s your breaking point?
Nurses are flexible but there has to be give and take if the NHS is to boost retention
19 Mar 2024
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Surge in measles cases underlines the need for children to be vaccinated
Nurses should help parents get access to the safe and effective vaccines for their children
26 Feb 2024
Our professional inferiority complex: why you’re never ‘just’ a nurse
Safety-critical care is what we do, yet some of us can’t resist the urge to downplay
20 Feb 2024
Hospital car parking: who exactly is making a profit from all those charges and fines?
Using staff as cash cows if they drive to work shows how far goodwill has fallen in the NHS
16 Jan 2024
Cruel curbs on migrant care workers’ lives are at odds with British values
Rules to stop overseas staff bringing family are also risky for the care sector and NHS
03 Jan 2024
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PEWS could be a great leap forward as long as you have the staff to use it
New initiatives are to be welcomed, but investment in children’s nursing is a priority
11 Dec 2023
How to help families discuss organ donation with children
Patients may find it difficult to talk about with loved ones – this book could help
07 Dec 2023