Daniel Allen
Record-keeping and documentation: how to improve your practice and avoid mistakes
Advice on keeping accurate patient records, and fitting notes-writing into your shift
What is breakaway training and why do nursing students need it?
Helping students anticipate and escape volatile situations with patients
Nurses’ freedom to speak: are things better for whistleblowers in the NHS?
Improvements have been made, but work culture still needs to change
Collective action: how nurse power can effect change in working conditions
Nurses acting together can achieve success that has significant implications
Retire or stay: why nurses are working into their 70s
How flexible retirement options are encouraging more nurses to stay
NMC registration fee: where your money goes, plus how to get help to pay
What to do if you’re worried you’ll struggle to pay the £120, or have missed a payment
Tempers fray in the workplace, so what’s the point of apologising?
The touchy issue of conflicts with colleagues – and whether saying sorry is necessary
Sepsis: how to read the signs and avoid wrong assumptions
Detection of sepsis has improved but if missed it can be fatal
When a patient dies: providing compassionate care and support
How to maintain dignity and privacy, support families and protect your own well-being
Managers with anxiety or depression: when is it okay to say you’re not okay?
Openness about mental ill health can be risky for nurse leaders, but it has benefits too
Unexplained events: why do so many nurses have a spooky story to tell?
From spirits in the sluice to angels in the ED, do nurses’ ghost tales have a wider purpose?
Wearing religious emblems: your right to choose or your employer’s right to regulate?
When a cross, hijab or kara may be allowed under uniform policy – and when they might not