RCNi
'Nursing student gave me the strength to want to live'
Suicidal teenager thanks the nurse who saved her life by nominating her for a prestigious award
08 Apr 2015
Elaine Cole
RCNi
'My fantastic nurse believed in me when nobody else did'
Community mental health nurse Kelly Hayes has helped Susan Hemming achieve her dream of going to university
02 Apr 2015
RCNi
Voting opens for our Patient's Choice award
Meet the outstanding nurses shortlisted in the Patient's Choice category of the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2015
01 Apr 2015
RCNi
How my 23-weeker and I were saved by trusting our nurses and doctors
Surviving the nerve-wracking ordeal of watching your child fight for life can depend on the culture behind their care, says Elaine Cole
11 Mar 2015
RCNi
Care homes to be reviewed on Trip Advisor-style website
The website Think about me: the Good Care Guide gives care home providers the chance to read and respond to feedback from relatives and residents
11 Mar 2015
Nursing Standard
Honest, open and non-judgemental health care
The cliniQ service is offering trans and non-binary people health care with dignity, writes Elaine Cole.
04 Feb 2015
RCNi
Rapid turnover of nurse directors is undermining drive to improve safety
One in four NHS trust chief nurses has been in post for less than a year
05 Aug 2014
RCNi
We need more nurses to ensure patients have ‘a good death’
A lack of nursing staff is not only unsafe, but prevents everyone receiving optimum care at the end of life, says Elaine Cole
24 Jul 2014
Nursing Standard
Wound closure using adhesive strips
This article outlines the use of adhesive strips which may be suitable for closing many superficial wounds, pre-tibial lacerations and surgical wounds requiring support.
07 Nov 2007
Nursing Standard
Measuring central venous pressure
Central venous pressure measurement is often associated with intensive and critical care settings. However, with increasing numbers of critically ill patients being cared for on medical and surgical wards, it is essential that nursing staff are able to record central venous pressure measurement accurately and recognise normal and abnormal parameters as highlighted in this article.
24 Oct 2007
Nursing Standard
Assessment of the patient with acute abdominal pain
Abdominal pain has many causes, from simple to complex presentations. Patients with abdominal pain may have a number of physiological and psychological needs. Nurses have a key role to play in patient assessment, history taking and management.
13 Jun 2006
Nursing Standard
Assessment of the patient with acute abdominal pain
Abdominal pain has many causes, from simple to complex presentations. Patients with abdominal pain may have a number of physiological and psychological needs. Nurses have a key role to play in patient assessment, history taking and management.
06 Jun 2006
Emergency Nurse
Human factors in emergency care: the need for team resource management
Working in emergency departments has never been more stressful than it is nowadays. The number of annual attendances continues to rise, as the pressures on trusts to meet government targets increases. Meanwhile, the link between these targets and trusts’ star ratings has placed emergency departments in the media spotlight, and never has this spotlight been so intense as now.
01 May 2006
Nursing Standard
Techniques for acute wound closure
This article provides an overview of the assessment and management of the common types of acute wound that frequently present to accident and emergency departments, minor injury units and walk-in centres, and which require closure.
01 Feb 2006
Nursing Standard
Assessment and management of the trauma patient
Emergency nurses need to be able to assess and manage trauma patients wherever they work and regardless of the number of staff working with them. This article describes systematic nursing assessment of patients who have sustained traumatic injuries.
23 Jun 2004
Emergency Nurse
Cranial nerve damage
Emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) are considered integral to multidisciplinary teams working in A&E. The training these nurses receive is underpinned by a medical model so, in relation to practice, there is considerable blurring of professional boundaries between ENPs and doctors (Nolan 1995, Washbourne and Cox 2002).
01 May 2004