Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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A team of intensive care nurses raised awareness of delirium and introduced a screening tool on their unit. Project lead Siby Sikhamoni tells us how.
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Ambitious targets are in place to beat AIDS by 2030 and nurses are taking a leading role in fulfilling the '90-90-90' goal, writes Jacqui Thornton.
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Sarah Alexander, education development nurse for NHS Central London Clinical Commissioning Group, explains what confirmers are looking for - and what the role entails for the confi
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A project transforming care for patients about to begin chemotherapy has reduced anxiety and cut waiting times, writes Elaine Cole
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On the 60th anniversary of the nursing department at the University of Edinburgh, Jennifer Trueland talks to nurses past and present and looks back at the pioneering work of its fo
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Many nurses and healthcare assistants may not be receiving the financial support they are entitled to
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Many staff nurses aspire to be a ward sister. But making a success of one of the toughest jobs in nursing requires careful preparation.
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Nurses at a London trust are working together to make sure that patients receive the same high level of care.
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No one argues with the Five Year Forward View’s plan to give mental health equal status with physical health.
Nursing Standard's series celebrating modern nursing roles around the UK – to mark the RCN's centenary year – this month focuses on nurses in the RCN North West region of England.
By using ultrasound in the community to confirm or exclude DVT, Jo Boyd and her team reduce patient risk and waiting times
When her homeless cousin killed in an accident was found to have cancer, Jane Carpenter resolved to help make a difference to others like him.
A team of nurses has introduced a raft of initiatives to prevent and treat alcohol abuse. Leader Kerry Lyons explains how they made alcohol harm reduction everyone's business - and convinced nurses that screening children as young as 10 is necessary.
Many women are unaware that even low level alcohol consumption during pregnancy is associated with developmental disability in children. Alcohol team leader Kerry Lyons reveals how she helped create an innovative pathway to identify drinking in pregnancy and inform women of the risks.
Cancer nursing is well-developed in the UK but in some European countries there is little recognition of its value. An ambitious new initiative is attemptign to raise the status of the specialty across Europe.
