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‘We’re offering nurses the best deal in the UK’
Scotland’s health secretary is a former nurse who supports safe staffing legislation
03 Jun 2019
Jennifer Trueland
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Focusing on a patient’s human rights will help you resolve ethical dilemmas in practice
A human rights approach makes nursing care more person-centred
28 May 2019
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If nurses won’t raise the subject of death with a patient, who will?
Why it’s important to have an honest conversation about an individual’s end of life care
07 May 2019
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Cautions against catheters
Nurses should constantly review the need to continue with catheters, says updated guidance
24 Apr 2019
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Hand hygiene: even 100% compliance scores may be concealing hospitals’ dirty secrets
Audit is often flawed and is no substitute for examining prevalence of acquired infections
23 Apr 2019
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Continence: why is such a serious issue so often overlooked?
A team of nurses is working to break the taboo around potentially life-threatening conditions
10 Apr 2019
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We can learn a lot about leadership from people who aren’t nurses
A training course with people far removed from nursing offers a fresh perspective
25 Mar 2019
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'We're creating the nursing roles of the future'
As a trust chief nurse, Carolyn Morrice is a pioneer of integrated care and new nursing roles
08 Mar 2019
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How to recognise and treat pain in someone with dementia
When nurses ‘think pain’ and take appropriate action, it can transform patients’ lives
07 Mar 2019
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The impact of nutritional care on patient outcomes
Why getting people eating well can be the key to getting everything right
15 Feb 2019
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How a hospital food plan can tackle more than nutrition
Communal dining and food waste reduction go hand in hand with the Food for Life programme
12 Feb 2019
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What’s in a #name?
Five years since its launch, the hellomynameis campaign is still promoting compassionate care
29 Jan 2019
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The Stonewall effect: the positive difference an inclusive employer can make
Attitudes towards LGBT people have changed. Now health employers are catching up
21 Jan 2019
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‘We value your feedback’: what patient experience really tells us
The emphasis on feedback from service users is relatively new, but central to improving care
12 Dec 2018
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Patients’ spiritual needs: the conversations that can help
This vital, but often daunting, area of care starts with talking about what matters to people
19 Nov 2018
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Spiritual and psychological support: the nurse-led team helping people cope with cancer
Nurse counsellors lead the pastoral care services at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital
14 Nov 2018
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The celebrated first world war nurses ‘all but forgotten’
Reviving the story of Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm, the most medalled women of the war
06 Nov 2018
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Military precision meets nursing care for older people
What it's like living and working at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, home to army veterans
05 Nov 2018