Nursing Standard
District nurse helps community workforce to keep pace with sepsis assessments
Eve Lightfoot wants to ensure community nurses can spot sepsis and deterioration
29 May 2018
Matthew Mckew
Nursing Standard
EXCLUSIVE: ‘You can't comply with safe staffing law on some wards by robbing others’
Nurse managers are struggling to fill staffing gaps and protect skill mix
29 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Suicide awareness: RCN mental health lead calls for clear guidance for nurses
Nurses ‘often feel ill-equipped to step in’ when someone is experiencing suicidal thoughts
29 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Social care needs NHS-style funding model, urges RCN activist
Let’s look back to start of NHS and do the same for social care, nurse tell congress
18 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Congress demands increased funding for community nursing
Recent figures show a fall in district nursing numbers by 45% since 2010
17 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Nurses call for pay parity for Northern Ireland colleagues
Members say RCN should demand pay rises be awarded despite collapse of Northern Ireland...
17 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Congress calls for referendum on final Brexit deal
RCN resists congress call to lobby for final Brexit referendum until it consults membership
16 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Medical use of cannabis should be decriminalised, says RCN congress
Decriminalise use of the class B drug for medical purposes, nurses urge
15 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Nurses’ reluctance to strike tied our hands, says RCN chief pay negotiator
We couldn’t press for a bigger pay rise as nurses are unlikely to strike – Josie Irwin
15 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Easy access to public toilets would cut social isolation, congress hears
RCN urged to campaign for more accessible public toilets, as many have closed due to funding cuts
14 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Nurses on both sides of NHS pay offer report bullying and taunts
Those against offer branded ‘deluded’, while some in favour bullied on social media,...
13 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Patients at risk unless pay offer is extended beyond NHS
Patients could be harmed if the pay offer is not extended beyond the NHS into primary and...
13 May 2018
Learning Disability Practice
Helping prepare people with learning disabilities for injections using sensory communication
Jo Grace explains approaches to giving an injection with someone who is non-verbal
01 May 2018
Learning Disability Practice
Ireland's chief nurse promises bright future for intellectual disability nurses
Siobhan O'Halloran says Ireland is investing in its undergraduate nursing programmes
01 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Specialist cancer nurse roles are being downbanded, says Macmillan
Rise in complex caseloads and downbanding of cancer nurse roles may hit recruitment and retention, charity warns
30 Apr 2018
Nursing Standard
Unison urges nurses and support staff to accept three-year NHS pay deal
UK’s largest public service union endorses deal at this week’s health conference in Brighton
18 Apr 2018
Nursing Standard
Hospital at risk as staff struggle to cover mental health shortages
A mental health hospital has been forced to reduce its number of beds because of ongoing staff shortages
13 Apr 2018
Nursing Standard
Fitness to practise: NMC launches plan to help nurses resolve cases before hearings
Regulator’s ruling body agrees proposal to overhaul how it deals with complaints about nurses and midwives in a bid to settle disputes quickly and move away from ‘adversarial, cumbersome and distressing’ process
13 Apr 2018