Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Features
The RCN is preparing a credentialing programme to end confusion about what constitutes an advanced level of practice.
Image
A guide created by nurses is helping parents screen their infants for developmental dysplasia, preventing invasive surgery.
Image
At this time of year we normally ask our columnists and regular contributors to choose their book of the year.
Image
Consultant nurse Karina Jackson explains how psychological screening and support is helping patients with skin disease who are traumatised by their condition.
Image
Constrained in recent years by the government’s insistence on a 1% pay cap, the review body is often criticised for being ‘toothless’. In fact, nurses would be much wo
Image
Nurse researchers examined how parents and staff experience the period when a child moves from active to palliative care.
Image
Given the right conditions, care homes offer rewarding roles for nurses and create innovative partnerships with NHS teams.
Image
A cancer diagnosis is difficult enough, but for many people it also leads to severe financial hardship.
Image
Nurses who work on health helplines have finely-honed communication skills and an encyclopaedic knowledge of their specialism.
A report from the Royal National Institute of Blind People has revealed that in some parts of the UK, patients with sight loss wait up to 15 months for cataract surgery, increasing their risk of falls, social isolation and depression
Dr John Adams, who has died aged 63 after a long illness, was one of the outstanding healthcare academics of his generation. Former colleague and friend David Lewin pays tribute to one of nursing's most highly respected and esteemed figures.
Carolyn Redman is one of a handful of nurses caring for patients with the rare genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 2, which affects the nervous system. She explains that while the condition is uncommon, the rewards of her specialist role are vast
Will Brexit leave UK projects without funding?
Delivering health care in a country like Zambia is a challenge, but a pioneering scheme involving UK nurse educators is helping improve the care available to critically ill people in the country
The latest article in Nursing Standard’s series celebrating modern nursing roles across the UK focuses on nurses in the Yorkshire and the Humber region
