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Community matrons win Nursing Older People Award for innovative training programme
Two community matrons’ groundbreaking approach to training care home staff is significantly reducing emergency department attendances and saving thousands of pounds.
Meet the Excellence in Cancer Research 2017 award winner Julie Hoole
When Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust lead cancer nurse Julie Hoole saw that...
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How 'seeing the person not the disability' can make a difference for all involved
Melanie Davies has been busy – after changing the game in learning disability practice at Morriston hospital in Swansea, her sterling efforts have won her the profession's top accolade RCN Nurse of the Year
Children’s respiratory nurse specialist is patient’s choice
Children’s nurse specialist wins RCNi Nurse Award for her compassionate and supportive care of a young girl with a rare syndrome.
Emergency nurse wins RCNi Nurse Award for work with children with sepsis
Drew McDonald, senior staff nurse at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital emergency department, has won an RCNi Nurse Award for his development of a tool for identifying sepsis in children.
Jo gives truly personalised, kind care to our whole family
Lesley Chan has nominated children's respiratory nurse specialist Jo O'Toole for...
Nurse Awards
Formerly the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards, the annual RCNi Nurse Awards recognises and celebrates nurse innovators.
Sian makes people with diabetes feel safe and supported
Sian Bodman has been nominated by Lynne Lewis for championing diabetes care and supporting...
Nurse Awards
Formerly the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards, the annual RCNi Nurse Awards recognises and celebrates nurse innovators.
My exceptional nurse taught me how to save myself
Alexandra has nominated ‘amazing’ Karen Coutts for helping her move forward despite her...
Nurse Awards
Formerly the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards, the annual RCNi Nurse Awards recognises and celebrates nurse innovators.
I am so grateful to Nadine for taking a risk to do things differently
Jo Mullen says her community mental heath nurse Nadine MacArthur has made her feel empowered...
Nurse Awards
Formerly the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards, the annual RCNi Nurse Awards recognises and celebrates nurse innovators.
My eating disorder specialist nurse helped me believe I deserved life
Aspiring nurse Hannah hopes she will make half the difference to patients that Sarah Moody...
Nurse Awards
Formerly the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards, the annual RCNi Nurse Awards recognises and celebrates nurse innovators.
Plenty to be proud of despite difficult times
Not a day goes by without another story about the crisis in the NHS, yet nurses continue to find the energy to provide excellent care.
‘Nursing in a war zone’: memories of AIDS wards in the 1980s
A film has captured nurses' harrowing but inspiring experiences
RCN Nurse of the Year 2016: ‘Award win will open doors’
RCN Nurse of the Year 2016 Venetia Wynter-Blyth explains how winning the award has helped her expand her prehabilitation programme.
‘In children’s palliative care we help make memories’
With a shortage of qualified nurses providing children’s palliative care in the voluntary sector, staff nurse Julie Webber explains why she loves this rewarding role
App improves care of non-verbal patients
Tool helps children and adults express pain and discomfort
Care plans minimise the use of restraint
A practice development team has devised protocols that put mental health patients at the...
E-learning tool to support nurses in developing cultural competence
A new e-learning tool has been launched to support NHS clinicians in developing cultural...
A chance to show what nurses can do
Winners from last year’s Nurse Awards have seen their influence increase and their projects...