More attention should be paid to helping mental health nurses manage their reactions to verbal abuse, an academic has suggested.

03 Aug 2017

Bursaries for students starting undergraduate nursing degree courses in England may be history after the scheme was officially scrapped on 1 August – but there is one last chance to secure a nursing bursary for postgraduate studies.

03 Aug 2017

A nurse with an interest in person-centred care has won a postgraduate award for her contribution to community nursing.

03 Aug 2017

RCN Scotland says that focus on spending cuts and short-term financial planning is proving to be damaging

02 Aug 2017

Mental health and well-being support is being offered to staff at a hospital in Somerset where a junior doctor was found dead.

02 Aug 2017
RCN has received reports of nurses being held hostage during recent incidents
02 Aug 2017

A newly qualified children’s nurse is to join the team that saved her life when she was two and inspired her to join the profession.

02 Aug 2017

A link between autism and antidepressants taken in pregnancy has been identified by scientists, who stress the need for caution about their findings.

02 Aug 2017

A Conservative MP and cancer nurse who voted against removing the public sector pay cap has been accused of ‘hypocrisy’ after agreeing to host a Scrap the Cap parliamentary event.

01 Aug 2017

Older dog owners are likely to be more physically active in the winter than people of similar age are in the summer, being sedentary for 30 minutes less per day, a new study has found.

01 Aug 2017

Nutrition advice given to children can also improve parents’ diets, according to scientists who say findings from the ongoing study could be used to plan public health counselling programmes.

28 Jul 2017
40 events held as part of Scrap the Cap campaign
27 Jul 2017

Nurses and other NHS staff in Scotland are facing increasing workload pressures due to a government failure to plan its workforce, according to a new report.

25 Jul 2017

Diet and lifestyle advice for pregnant women could reduce the odds of needing a caesarean section, a new analysis suggests.

25 Jul 2017
Pay restraint and Brexit to blame for falling numbers and rising vacancies, say unions
25 Jul 2017

Nurse team leader's role included investigating sick leave at his trust.

20 Jul 2017

A falling number of mental health nurses has been linked with 'increased risk' in a new England-wide Care Quality Commission (CQC) report.

20 Jul 2017

The RCN has warned that children's health is in crisis and called for the role of school nurses to be championed.

17 Jul 2017