Flavia Munn
Flavia Munn is the editor of Nursing Standard. She is responsible for overseeing all the editorial content published daily on the Nursing Standard website and app, and its curation into our monthly print journal.
Flavia has over 15 years' experience as a health journalist, writing for newspapers and specialist publications aimed at the public, patients, nurses and doctors.
Addressing the issues of high turnover rates in senior nurse roles
A departing nurse director has spoken of the ‘anxiety of individuality’ sometimes felt in senior roles such as hers
'Dementia does not define me'
Speakers at a recent conference expressed the important role nurses play in reducing the stigma that surrounds dementia, which was highlighted in a new report by the Alzheimer's Society.
Government 'must heed healthcare warnings'
Nurse leaders stress need to scrap pay cap and fund social care
Travelling further to a GP may improve cancer survival rate
Patients who travel further to see their GP have better cancer survival rates, research finds.
Older people less likely to get talking therapies for mental health
Older people are less likely to be referred for talking therapies for conditions such as anxiety and depression, study says.
Child deaths from diarrhoea down but stay highest in poorest nations
Child deaths globally due to diarrhoea have fallen by a third in 10 years, but mortality rates remain highest in some of the world’s poorest countries, research shows.
Praise for 'heroic' staff after London attacks
England's CNO commends swift actions of staff
Lonely students more at risk of mental health problems
Students who feel lonely are at greater risk of developing mental health problems, including anxiety and depression, study finds.
One in four people are unaware of role of children’s hospices
One in four people show a ‘worrying’ lack of understanding about children’s hospices and palliative care, a survey shows.
Well-being advice issued for those affected by Manchester terror attack
Mental health advice and support for people affected by the Manchester terrorist attack has been released by the NHS.
Ways of integrating care highlighted
Ways of integrating health and social care for the benefit of dementia patients were highlighted at a conference.
'All nurses should be dementia-aware'
Nurses across all specialties should have an understanding of dementia
Mindfulness, with the help of chocolate buttons
Mental health nurses discuss some surprising activities to manage stress, including chopping wood, riding motorbikes and melting chocolate buttons in your hand
Infants’ cognition develops faster if dads play with them, study shows
If fathers actively engage with their children and play with them in the first few months of life it has a positive impact on cognitive development, research shows.
Get involved in NHS transformation plans, nurses urged
Nurses need to be ‘knocking on the door’ to ensure their voices are heard in NHS transformation plans, an RCN congress fringe event heard.
Nurse directors can be heroes, but need more support
More support is needed to retain nurse directors in their posts and avoid them becoming scapegoats, an RCN congress fringe event heard.
Call to support adult survivors of child sex abuse
Nurses need to be ‘professionally curious’ to help identify adult survivors of child sexual abuse.
Asylum seekers and refugees need NHS care too, congress hears
Nurses describe encounters with desperately ill asylum seekers and call for more awareness of their needs.