Nursing Standard
Stroke patients feel 'abandoned' after hospital discharge
Stroke Association survey shows that stroke survivors lack the right support to begin their rehabilation when they leave hospital
19 May 2016
Petra Kendall-Raynor
Nursing Standard
Call for equal health care in prisons
Guidance says every prisoner should be assessed by a health professional
18 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Give nursing students personality profiles for greater self-efficacy, say researchers
Study results show possible benefits of 'tailored interventions' to suit nursing students' personalities.
18 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Nurses asked for views on how to improve lung cancer survival
The UK Lung Cancer Coalition has launched a survey in a bid to help improve lung cancer survival rates.
18 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Eurovision gimmick 'trivialises mental health problems'
Charities and mental health champions say straitjacket joke fuels stigma and should not have been broadcast
16 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Man to appear in court charged with murder of nurse
Tributes have been paid to nurse stabbed at mental health hospital
16 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Nurses help reduce readmission rates for bowel surgery patients
Post-operative support programme speeds up patients' healing and mobilisation
11 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Patients failed after poor hospital discharge planning
Death or suffering could have been prevented if hospitals carried our right checks, says report
11 May 2016
Nursing Standard
University training suites to be named after war nurse heroes
Heroic nurses Edith Cavell and Minnie Wood to be honoured by university
10 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Emergency services study appears to contradict need for seven-day NHS
Major new study of NHS trusts in England reveals fewer people die in emergency hospital admissions at weekends.
10 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Fundraising nurse invited to royal street party
Nurse will sit down to celebration lunch in The Mall to mark the Queen's 90th birthday
09 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Labour claims drop in NHS staff numbers
Safe staffing not being taken seriously by government, says alliance leader
06 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Matron stars in hand hygiene rap video
The importance of handwashing has been highlighted in a music video performed by hospital staff
05 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Dementia patients missing out on key services
People with dementia in care homes are getting a second-class service from the NHS, according to the Alzheimer's Society.
05 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Overseas recruits’ English exam: a proper safety check or red tape?
The director of workforce at a trust that struggles to recruit nurses from outside the European Union because many fail to pass the required English test decided to sit the exam himself.
04 May 2016
Nursing Older People
Nurses urged to comment on draft multimorbidity guidance
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued draft guidance to improve care for people with multiple long-term conditions and allow patients more input into their treatment
29 Apr 2016
RCNi
Revalidation pilot to be launched between university and NHS trust
Plymouth University will assess benefits of reflective discussion between academic and clinical registrants
28 Apr 2016
Nursing Standard
Should we stay or should we go? Referendum reflections for nurses
With the EU referendum looming, nurses will be weighing up what a vote to stay in, or to leave, the European Union would mean for their jobs and healthcare in the UK.
27 Apr 2016