Talking helps nurses cope with trauma
Cancer nurses explain how they benefit from Schwartz rounds
19 Jul 2019
Tamsin Newton Snow
Nursing older people with cancer
The final article in our series on how cancer affects different patient demographics
21 Mar 2019
Coping with body image changes after cancer treatment
How nurses can improve their support for women with cancer
06 Feb 2019
Why the four-hour wait target in EDs should stay in place
Despite failing to meet waiting time targets, patient safety remains a priority
24 Dec 2018
Prostate cancer: a nurse’s quest to discover black men’s unmet care needs
Mary Seacole Awards winner will research the care experience of black men
01 Nov 2018
Guidance will aim to boost psychological support given to first response nurses
Effects of daily exposure to distress can take a toll on pre-hospital clinicians
31 Oct 2018
Exhibition explores a century of nursing during epidemics
Pandemic! Nursing 100 years of infection exhibition traces the evolution of nurses' roles
30 Oct 2018
Childhood obesity: what can nurses do to balance the scales?
With one in three 10 to 11 year-olds either obese or overweight and England’s recent childhood obesity plan widely attacked as insufficient Tamsin Newton Snow finds out how nurses are trying to tackle the crisis.
23 Jan 2017
Skin conditions: ‘At last we are delivering a gold standard service’
Consultant nurse Karina Jackson explains how psychological screening and support is helping patients with skin disease who are traumatised by their condition.
04 Dec 2016
More than half of people with Alzheimer’s aged 90 years and over on psychotropic drugs
Psychotropic drugs are more commonly prescribed to people with Alzheimer’s disease aged 90 years or more, compared with those diagnosed at a younger age, say researchers from the University of Eastern Finland.
19 Oct 2016
School sex education often negative and heterosexist
Sex and relationship education in schools should be more positive, and delivered by experts who have clear boundaries with students, say researchers from the University of Bristol.
19 Oct 2016
Short talk with nurse trained in smoking cessation doubles quit rates
Self-reported smoking cessation rates among hospital patients more than doubled when nurses who had undergone one hour’s training coached patients on how to quit, latest findings show.
17 Oct 2016
Women who take hormonal contraception more likely to be treated for depression
Women who take the combined pill are 23% more likely to be prescribed an antidepressant...
16 Oct 2016
Extending cervical screening beyond 5 years safe for some women
Extending the cervical cancer screening interval beyond 5 years for women aged 40 and over...
13 Oct 2016
Mixed views on plans for a new nursing and midwifery strategy
England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings and her team are busy drawing up the first...
12 Nov 2015
Mental health nurses called on to contribute to new nursing strategy
Over the next few weeks, chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings and her team will...
11 Nov 2015
England's Chief nursing officer calls for input into new nursing strategy
Over the next few weeks, chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings and her team will...
10 Nov 2015
Emergency nurses comment on plans for new nursing strategy
Over the next few weeks, chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings and her team will...
06 Nov 2015