Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Amanda Derbyshire’s work in improving the physical health of patients with mental illness has achieved such impressive results in Ha
Little is known about how many people in the UK have both cancer and dementia, and support for patients is lacking.
Elizabeth Browse retired after 40 years, but missed caring for patients so much that she returned to her old trust as a bank nurse.
Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool has introduced a popular programme of subsidised fitness classes and wellbeing activ
A suspected deep tissue injury in a frail older patient alerted senior sister Gemma Smallman to potential shortcomings in pressure u
Karine Latter has developed national nursing standards for infants born with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS), a rare cleft palate condit
A new book tells the story of former Yorkshire pit nurse Joan Hart, who earned the respect of miners by going underground to witness
Violence perpetrated by patients against nurses can have devastating effects, and leads to high staff sickness rates.
RCN chief executive and general secretary Peter Carter leaves the college this month after eight-and-a-half years.
Just four months into her first job as a staff nurse in a nursing home, Shauna Rooney began developing an ambitious infection preven
If two good nurses apply for one post, an increasing number of NHS trusts will appoint both.
Parents of hospitalised children can benefit from ‘home-away-from-home’ accommodation provided by Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Third-year mental health nursing student Mark Collins introduced a group art project on to an acute mental health ward that has improved the self-esteem of service users.
An electronic holistic needs assessment developed by Macmillan Cancer Support is helping to reveal cancer patients’ concerns to clinicians.
Nurse consultant Gillian Robinson developed a coma assessment tool that has helped to radically improve the safety of care provided to neonates, infants, children and young people. Crucially, the tool is tailored to specific age groups.
In March we launched our website www.rcni.com .
Nearly 80,000 people in the UK today were diagnosed with cancer when they were under the age of 45. Younger people with cancer face particular pressures, as the disease coincides with the peak years for raising a family and forging a career.
A community nursing team in Surrey led by Pauline Bigwood was recognised in the 2015 Nursing Standard Nurse Awards for an innovative campaign to increase vitamin D awareness among parents and clinicians.
