Editor's choice
Needs of bereaved parents following the death of a child or young person from cancer
Parental grief is unlike any other grief and is physically and emotionally overwhelming...
Newsroom
Study aims to tell ‘real story of nursing’
Research will cover gender, working conditions and what attracts people to nursing
Cancer care improves, but still falls short of targets
Health Foundation report finds that 10,000 lives in England could be saved each year
RCN council elections: college announces winning candidates
Twelve positions around the UK were contested
‘We’ll get this’ – trust’s promise to EU nurses facing a bill after Brexit
What Oxford University Hospitals is prepared to do to keep its EU staff
Doctors’ use of phrase ‘acting down’ offends nurses
Medical staff in survey were describing when they undertook nursing tasks
Ruth May is named chief nursing officer for England
She will take her place on the newly formed NHS Executive Group
Evidence and Practice
Needs of bereaved parents following the death of a child or young person from cancer
Parental grief is unlike any other grief and is physically and emotionally overwhelming...
Can community pharmacy practitioners support patients who take oral anticancer...
As more oral anticancer agents are available community pharmacy practitioners (CPPs) may...
Providing information early in the clinical pathway for people with prostate cancer
The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative recommends offering health and well-being...
Enhancing well-being and resilience in people living with cancer. Part 1
Receiving a new diagnosis of cancer or recurrent disease is distressing. Increasing numbers...
The experience of mastectomy patients on the 23-hour pathway
Aim To explore the experiences of women with breast cancer undergoing a mastectomy and...
The effect of yoga on the recovery of patients who have undergone a lung resection for...
There is increasing evidence of the benefits of exercise after cancer treatment to help...
Features
How care for children with cancer can be improved
Round table of paediatric cancer nurses look at the challenges specialist nurses face
RCNi Nurse Awards 2019: past winners share their inspiring stories
Cancer Nursing Award 2018 winner on how the prize promoted her team’s achievements
Stemming the tide of violence towards NHS staff
With the 'threat of violence a daily reality', measures are being taken by government to...
Spiritual and psychological support: the nurse-led team helping people cope with cancer
Nurse counsellors lead the pastoral care services at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital
Providing holistic care for people with head and neck cancer
How two nurse specialists launched a service to advocate patient needs post-treatment
Receiving cancer care in the workplace
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre offers people in the north west of England cancer care in...
Opinion
How can we reward cancer nurses for the service they give?
As 2019 begins, trusts should look at ways to keep cancer nurses on board
Book review: Cutaneous Malignancies: A Surgical Perspective
Consultant nurse Elaine Tomlins reviews: Cutaneous Malignancies: A Surgical Perspective
Book review: Revalidation: A Journey for Nurses and Midwives
Lead nurse Carolyn Middleton reviews: Revalidation: A Journey for Nurses and Midwives
Students
Don’t worry if you shed a tear
Looking after a patient nearing the end of life can be daunting, but one nursing student...
An insight into the hidden battles of patients with invisible illnesses
When nursing student Laurie Batchelor helped care for a patient in the community with cancer...
Student’s homemade songbook helped patients forget cancer symptoms
When nursing student Georgia Brain created a book of lyrics to help her patients remember...
Careers
My job: clinical nurse specialist
Millicent Blake-McCoy qualified as a primary school teacher, but the pull of nursing was too...
My job: Influencing policy through my nurse manager role
Chief of nursing Karen Roberts on providing clinical expertise and advice to Macmillan...
‘My holistic role overlaps the boundaries between medicine and nursing’
Nurse consultant Carol Diver advocates taking up new opportunities – even if it takes you...