Nick Evans

Nursing Standard

Heart failure: when is the right time to introduce discussion of palliative care?

Advice on advance care planning and ensuring patients understand their diagnosis

Nursing Standard

Palliative care is everyone’s business: steps you can take to improve patient experience

How to promote seamless and person-centred support across primary and secondary care

Nursing Standard

CPD: what activities count for revalidation?

It doesn’t just mean training courses – find out what else counts for your CPD hours

Storytelling
Nursing Standard

Narrative coaching for nurses and how it can help your career

Creating a narrative can be an invaluable tool. Find out more at Nursing Live

Nursing Standard

Clinically assisted hydration at end of life: what you need to know

A look at what the guidance advises, and why decisions are not always straightforward

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Nursing Children and Young People

How nurses can manage conflict with children’s families

Expert advice on what to do when problems arise and how to resolve them

Nursing Standard

Are degree curricula meeting students’ learning needs, regardless of field of practice?

Critics say courses have become generic, five years on from NMC’s new education standards

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Nursing Older People

How plans to boost nursing recruitment have let down social care

The sector still needs its own nursing plan amid challenges in recruitment and retention

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Nursing Children and Young People

What does the NHS workforce plan mean for primary care nursing?

How the much heralded plan may affect nurses not employed directly by NHS

Nursing Standard

The NHS pay deal is about more than wages. Now the wider issues are up for discussion

Package came with promise that concerns including safe staffing would be addressed

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Nursing Children and Young People

Vaccine hesitancy: how nurses can keep immunisation efforts on track

Nurses can help counter the trend of parents hesitating to have their children vaccinated

Nursing Standard

Chronic wound care: achieving better record-keeping and communication

Learn more about the national wound care strategy at Nursing Live, RCNi’s unique event

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Learning Disability Practice

What you need to know about DNACPR and people with learning disabilities

The facts and rules about this recommendation play a critical role for everyone concerned

Nursing Standard

How to survive your first year as a newly registered nurse

The tips and support that can help recent graduates avoid ‘transition shock’

Nursing Standard

Clinical placement shortages: are they putting nursing at risk?

Plans to increase student numbers will be scuppered if a lack of places is not addressed

Nursing Standard

Want to specialise in community nursing? A blended learning degree could be for you

New option prepares students for community roles straight after qualifying

Nursing Standard

Agency nursing: what it’s really like and the pay you can expect

It can offer work-life balance, but do agency nurses receive the same benefits and support?

Nursing Standard

Nursing degree apprenticeships: can they help ease the staffing crisis?

Apprenticeships open up nursing to a wider group and allow trusts to ‘grow their own’

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