Editor's choice
Coming out in cancer care: is disclosure of sexual orientation beneficial?
Nurses and other health professionals are expected to ask patients about sexual orientation...
Newsroom
Gender pay gap: male nurses disproportionately represented in profession’s top jobs
Men reach higher Agenda for Change pay grades faster than women – London South Bank study
End of life: new standards promise measurable care improvements in the community
Nurses in participating general practices will be adopting the Daffodil Standards
Helen Whyley takes up permanent post as RCN Wales director
New head says she is proud to lead the team that supports and advocates for nurses
Haematologic neoplasm in survivors of breast cancer
Incidence of myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplasia higher in women treated for breast cancer
Mind your cancer language
Poll reveals 40% of people find militaristic words such as 'fight' inappropriate
Nurses meet to start planning campaign for a safe staffing law
RCN members in England begin latest move to lobby government over nurse numbers
Evidence and Practice
Coming out in cancer care: is disclosure of sexual orientation beneficial?
Nurses and other health professionals are expected to ask patients about sexual orientation...
Collaborative working in cancer pain management
Despite recent attention to pain assessment and management, cancer pain remains a...
A changing identity: a focus group study of the experiences of women diagnosed with...
Aim This aim of the study was to explore the information and support needs of women with...
Supportive care needs of people with pancreatic cancer: a literature review
Quality of life is crucial to people with pancreatic cancer due to poor survival rates and...
Enhancing well-being and building resilience in people living with cancer part 2: a...
Receiving a new diagnosis of cancer or of its recurrence is distressing and there are...
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...
Features
Coping with body image changes after cancer treatment
How nurses can improve their support for women with cancer
Ensuring nurses feel confident providing LGBT cancer care
Providing the best care can be challenging, but there are resources to help
Making cancer research nursing an attractive career choice
Cancer research roles are often misunderstood, but are vital to cancer care
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...
Opinion
After diagnosis people with cancer need to be able to speak openly
Nurses have a vital role in helping patients express and cope with their fears and anxieties
Forum Focus: the reality of cancer nursing
As cancer care becomes more complex and demanding, we will need to redefine what nurses do
Book review: Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine
Community liaison nurse team leader Kate Law reviews the Oxford Textbook of Palliative...
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: Macmillan hepato-pancreato-biliary clinical nurse specialist
Vicki Stevenson-Hornby on being an advocate for a specialist cancer patient group
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...