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Cancer and the menopause: 10 ways nurses can help their patients
Stand Up To Cancer campaign uses photos of real people to portray ‘raw reality’
For your patients’ sake, get the flu jab, senior official urges health workers
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Stand Up To Cancer campaign uses photos of real people to portray ‘raw reality’
Photographs of cancer patients showing their scars appear in project to raise funds
For your patients’ sake, get the flu jab, senior official urges health workers
Professor says healthcare staff have a ‘very strong responsibility’ to accept vaccination
Women in their sixties often skip offers of cancer screening
Most women in their sixties in England ignore at least one of three types of cancer screening
Cancer nurse specialists are topping up training in their own time, charity says
Macmillan survey finds heavy workloads prevent many from taking time off for CPD training
Cancer survival: study cites nurse vacancies as factor in UK’s comparatively low rates
RCN says figures show the ‘distressing consequences’ of failure to invest in staff
Cancer patient survey shows quality of care at ‘record high’
Nine out of ten patients have access to a nurse specialist, but some concerns remain
Analysis
Cancer and the menopause: 10 ways nurses can help their patients
How nurses can best support patients experiencing cancer and the menopause
End of treatment bells in cancer wards: sound of hope or upsetting jangle?
Ringing an end of treatment bell is spreading in the NHS, but not everyone welcomes it
In Laura’s name: the charity that aims to prevent suicide among nurses
The Laura Hyde Foundation campaigns for better mental health support for healthcare staff
NHS must persuade nurses to return to practice – and get better at keeping staff too
Strategies to lure lapsed registrants back need to be matched by changes in the workplace
New guidance on active surveillance for men with low-risk cancer
NICE states that men opting for less radical treatment need information and support
End of life care: what thousands of nurses told our annual survey
The pressures of short-staffing and how some staff spend breaks sitting with dying patients
Clinical update
Breast cancer nursing: your guide to new RCN competency framework
The RCN has published a competency framework for the academic and career pathways of nurses
Ovarian cancer and Olaparib: what nurses need to know
Olaparib can be a first-line treatment for ovarian cancer rather than after chemotherapy
ONCOassist app: what nurses need to know
According to a study this app increases efficiency and improves patient experience
Durvalumab: NICE recommends new lung cancer treatment
New drug is 'biggest advance' seen for some time in treating certain lung cancers
Biosimilars: a snapshot of latest developments
Biosimilars are biological drugs that reproduce the effects of more expensive drugs
Combination therapy for untreated, metastatic, non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer
NICE recommends use of pembrolizumab with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy
Policy briefing
Helping nurses to ‘defuse’ after difficult situations
The RCN has issued guidance on how to discuss and reflect on challenging incidents at work
Correct use of gloves and how to protect your skin
RCN Glove Awareness week stresses correct use of gloves and how nurses can protect their skin
Marie Curie Legacy Campaign on the benefits of radiotherapy
The treatment is being undervalued in cancer care, experts say
Safeguarding framework will help nurses protect their patients
RCN sets out competencies for healthcare staff in relation to adult safeguarding
Secondary breast cancer: charity’s study reveals inadequate levels of care and support
Breast Cancer Care urges Health Education England to fund continuing professional development programmes to equip staff with the knowledge and skills to help people with secondary breast cancer
Support for men with cancer to keep working
A new guide, Working with Cancer, aims to support men to continue working after a diagnosis, saying that doing so can help recovery by providing something other than cancer to focus on and keeping things ‘normal’
Research news
Ovarian cancer risk linked to missing bacteria
Lower levels of a protective bacteria put women at greater risk of developing ovarian cancer
Readmission risks after stem cell transplants
Infections and gastrointestinal symptoms most common reasons for readmission
Women mostly unaware of alcohol risk for breast cancer
Need for culture change so risk posed by alcohol for breast cancer is accepted
Identifying existential distress in people at the end of life
Some people nearing the end of life are more prone to feelings of distress than others
Sexuality after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Study shows patients struggle with effects on sexuality of HSCT treatment
Smokers fail to quit after cancer diagnosis
Smokers did not quit after cancer diagnosis due to initial treatment failure and cost worries
Journal scan
Haematologic neoplasm in survivors of breast cancer
Incidence of myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplasia higher in women treated for breast cancer
Cancer diagnosis increases the risk of suicide
Researchers find suicide risk is highest in the first six months of a cancer diagnosis
Predictors of location of death for children receiving palliative care
More than one third of all children with cancer in the US die in an institutional setting
US study looks at outpatient palliative care referral patterns in oncologists
Understanding outpatient palliative care referrals among thoracic medical oncologists
Prognosis communication for people with head and neck cancer
Analysis of succesfully communicating prognosis for people with head and neck cancer
Optimising bed rest period to reduce lumbar punctures after chemotherapy
Randomised controlled trial of bed rest optimisation to reduce obstacles in chemotherapies
Podcast
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
Reaching out to nursing students via the internet
Series 3 Episode 4: how the online Student Nurse Project is connecting students nationwide by exchanging invaluable advice, hints and tips
Nursing Standard podcast: Could parliament's Brexit chaos be the catalyst for...
Episode 7 of the Nursing Standard podcast has an interview with nurse peer Baroness Mary Watkins who hints at a Brexit opportunity and also features a discussion on the future of general practice nursing
Nursing student bursary was ‘far from ideal,’ says nurse MP Maria Caulfield
The nursing student bursary should not be championed as the best way to train nurses and new routes into the profession should be welcomed, a Conservative MP and nurse has said
'Integrate the four fields of nursing,' leading academic tells the Nursing...
A two-stream system should be introduced to replace the four fields, nurse leader tells Nursing Standard podcast
Nursing Standard podcast: Foundation years for nursing students
Universities may need to use foundation years to ensure students can meet new registration standards, an academic has suggested.
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Wales offers a great quality of life for the newly qualified nurse
Newly qualified Mental Health Nurse Luke Pybus, from Somerset, is delighted he made the career move to work in Wales.
Working in Wales can really take you places in your career
Sian Thomas, a Consultant Nurse for Child Health in South Wales, and Nurse of the Year 2016, talks about why everyone looking for a rewarding nursing career should put Wales at the top of their list.
Clinical trials – improving patient experience
Clinical nurse specialists and clinical research nurses can work collaboratively to promote opportunities for research and improve patients’ experiences before, during and after trials.
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