Lynne Pearce
The network for general practice nurses of the future
How student ambassadors are helping to promote the specialty as a first-choice career
Help patients plan for a potential health crisis
The ReSPECT scheme uses advance discussions to make care choices for a future emergency
Three minutes to save a life: the course designed to raise suicide awareness
University initiative aims to equip all staff and students to support people at risk
Adapting the NEWS early warning tool to assess patients in the community
Creating baseline measurements in the patient’s own home ‘makes perfect sense’
Is this your next challenge in emergency care?
A retrieval service role combines the fundamentals of nursing and the pressure of trauma care
Older LGBT people find a welcome at the rainbow café
How nurses can support people facing memory loss, isolation and the fear of discrimination?
COPD flare-ups: how to end the ‘gross overuse’ of antibiotics
Earlier and better patient education is needed to promote self-management
It’s okay to talk about dying
How healthcare professionals can overcome their reluctance to talk to patients about death and dying
Creating a fast track into practice nursing
A training course aims to provide everything needed for a career as a practice nurse
‘We want to take the fear out of giving end of life care’
Two students have developed a training module to allay the concerns of first-years
Why data and informatics are words to get excited about
Helping set standards for how information is used gives nurses a say in improving practice
From kitchen to care home: ‘my career change is as rewarding as it gets’
Care worker and prospective nursing student Ross Balmer outlines his ambitions
We should be building people up, not knocking them down
Zoe Butler explains how she is using her role as a university lecturer to inspire students
How to make handovers more effective
Rethinking communication during handovers can improve patient safety and reduce staff stress
As a manager, I’m still a nurse first and foremost
Chief executive Katie Fisher took a role outside the NHS ‘where I could make a difference’
NICE publishes new mental capacity guideline
After concerns about the Mental Capacity Act 2005, NICE issues a guideline on decision-making for over 16s
Points to ponder when choosing your first job
Newly qualified nurses have more options regarding a career path and where they want to live
Nurses need to master the art of delegating
Nurses must develop the ability to know when and how to delegate