Cancer Nursing Practice
A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer
Musical about living with cancer aims to be 'rip-roaring' celebration
01 Sep 2016
Tim Harrison
Nursing Standard
Alzheimer’s disease ‘harder to diagnose in men'
Women may seem more likely to develop dementia because it is harder to detect in men.
01 Sep 2016
Nursing Standard
A healthy diet may be key to preventing gout flares
The diet used to lower blood pressure can also be effective at reducing gout attacks
31 Aug 2016
Nursing Standard
Cut chronic disease risk by doing five times more exercise
Recommended exercise minimums need to increase significantly to reduce the risk of serious...
30 Aug 2016
Nursing Standard
Women experience needless breast pain when horse-riding
Better-fitting sports bras could ease breast pain suffered by two in five female horse-...
26 Aug 2016
Nursing Standard
Trampolining’s popularity leads to bounce in injury levels
Child injury rates are rising as trampoline parks gain in popularity
25 Aug 2016
Nursing Standard
Locked doors do not help patient wellbeing in mental health units
Prevention of suicides or reducing absconding is not improved by restricting freedom.
24 Aug 2016
Nursing Standard
How your date of birth may determine your gluten tolerance
When and where you were born could be linked to heightened risk of developing coeliac...
23 Aug 2016
Nursing Children and Young People
Active toddlers are less likely to grow obese
Sedentary spells in young children should be limited, say researchers.
08 Aug 2016
Nursing Children and Young People
Knowledge of recovery position reduces hospital admission rate
Brief account of ‘Recovery position significantly associated with a reduced admission rate...
05 Jul 2016
Nursing Children and Young People
Expressing anger positively could reduce eating disorders
Brief account of ‘Binge eating and childhood emotional abuse: a mediating role for anger’
05 Jul 2016
Nursing Older People
All that glisters is not gold
Tim Harrison's mother passed her dementia test with flying colours – even pointing out...
29 Jun 2016
Cancer Nursing Practice
Triage pioneer aims to transform emergency care pathways for patients with cancer.
Philippa Jones' pioneering emergency care triage tool has won her a top award
12 May 2016
Nursing Standard
Seeing Scutari brings you closer to the Florence Nightingale story
Visiting Scutari is an unbeatable way to explore the legacy of Florence Nightingale
11 May 2016
Nursing Management
Food and drink message has to work down from the top
Fresh guidance aimed at reducing poor nutrition and hydration in patients places more responsibility on senior nurses and clinical commissioners to ensure that messages trickle down to staff at all levels.
25 Nov 2015
Learning Disability Practice
Poor advice exposes children to risk of sexual abuse
Children with learning disabilities are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation than other children because they are given sub-standard advice from poorly trained professionals
02 Nov 2015