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Let’s have honest conversations about cancer
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Newsroom
NHS England will fund new recruitment campaign, says chief nurse
National campaign will begin later this year, RCNi’s Cancer Nursing Practice conference 2018
NHS pay in Wales: health unions back three-year deal
Nurses will reach the top of their pay bands more quickly
RCN welcomes report highlighting beneficial impact of EU staff on the health service
But college disagrees they should receive no preferential treatment to work in UK after...
RCN pay deal row: everything you need to know about the EGM
Your guide to the issues behind the motion of no confidence, and how RCN members can have...
Figures show more people with cancer in England are waiting longer for treatment
RCN says nurses ‘see at first hand the distress that breaching the target causes patients’
Hear how a nurse-led acute response team dramatically reduced cardiac arrest
Series 3 Episode 6: Nurse practitioner Amor Palada talks about preventing cardiac arrest
Evidence and Practice
Making sense of pain and loss: searching for meaning while living with cancer
This article presents some of the main findings from a study using an interpretative...
Developing and evaluating an e-learning resource for nurses in haemato-oncology
Haemato-oncology nursing is a complex area of clinical practice. An online educational...
Is patient information on palliative care good enough? A literature review and audit
Aim Early access to palliative care can improve patients’ signs and symptoms and reduce...
Should men on long-term androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer be screened...
Androgen-deprivation therapy is the main long-term treatment for men with advanced prostate...
Nursing support during treatment of multiple myeloma with proteasome inhibitors
In the past two years proteasome inhibitors have risen in prominence reflecting the recent...
Developing best practice cancer treatment summary templates
There is increasing recognition of the importance of making the Recovery Package available...
Features
Living with and beyond cancer: ‘With teenagers it’s a fine balance for nurses to be...
The first in our series of features looks at different patient population groups and the...
Starting the dream nursing career at age 44
Award winner Sharon Manning discusses her nursing journey and shares her tips on caring for...
RCNi Nurse Awards 2018: Exemplifying the advanced skills required to deliver...
Lead research nurse Foteini Rozakeas has picked up the Excellence in Cancer Research Award...
RCNi Nurse Awards 2018: ‘Everyone is deserving of the best’
Nurse consultant in cancer Gillian Knowles and her colleagues were awarded the RCNi Cancer...
Helping families by improving care closer to home
A cancer charity is assisting local training to help families avoid travel for a child’s...
Digital platform rolled out nationally to support young people following diagnosis
An award winning digital platform, produced by a young adult cancer team, is set to be...
Opinion
Let’s have honest conversations about cancer
We should talk more openly to people with cancer about how best to handle their condition
Book review: Understanding Ethics for Nursing Students
Associate academic Chris Chaloner reviews this introduction to nursing ethics
Book review: My Race for Life
Lecturer in cancer care Kay Townsend reviews this personal narrative
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
'Reflecting on patient feedback reminds us of our privileged position'...
Thoracic surgery and mesothelioma UK nurse specialist Joanne Hargrave discusses her unique...
60 seconds with Amanda Shewbridge, Macmillan nurse programme lead for living with and...
Amanda Shewbridge talks about how she is transforming services for people living with and...
60 seconds with advanced nurse practitioner Emma Masters
Emma Masters’ patients are young people undergoing cancer treatment