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Meet the twin sisters with identical nursing careers
Rali and Petya Marinova qualified in the same specialty and work together on the same ward
17 Feb 2020
BME nurses – the NHS staff most likely to face discrimination at work
NHS WRES report quantifies the harassment, abuse and discrimination BME staff experience
14 Feb 2020
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Coronavirus: nurse in self-isolation says process is ‘not being dealt with effectively’
Anyone asked to go into self-isolation should stay at home for 14 days, says PHE
14 Feb 2020
UK burns specialist matron flies to New Zealand to care for volcanic eruption patients
Lucy Hall responded to appeal for international help to relieve over-stretched nurses
14 Feb 2020
FtP evidence: prospect of impact statements sparks fears for nurses’ mental health
NMC is exploring whether to use patient experience statements, despite stakeholder warnings
13 Feb 2020
London Marathon nurse finally receives her Guinness World Records certificate
Jessica Anderson cited as ‘proof that not all heroes wear capes – some of them wear scrubs’
13 Feb 2020
How a new nursing role is tackling hospital-associated harm
UK’s first consultant nurse in harms-free care champions holistic approach to patient safety
13 Feb 2020
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Coronavirus: healthcare worker at emergency department among confirmed cases
Hospital in West Sussex informs fellow staff of diagnosis
12 Feb 2020
Top nurses in training for the London marathon
Chief nurse and Florence Nightingale Foundation CEO will raise funds for future nurse leaders
11 Feb 2020
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Coronavirus: search for patients treated by infected healthcare staff
Two medical centres close in Brighton as government announces new quarantine powers
11 Feb 2020
Plans to allow nurses to train as doctors are met with caution by nursing leaders
Professor criticises ‘hare-brained’ proposals, while RCN says standards must not slip
10 Feb 2020
Not even Storm Ciara can stop us: nurses brave extreme weather to reach patients
District nurse teams face down danger to get to patients in greatest need
10 Feb 2020
Nurse suicide risk: national institute working on ‘evidence gap’ in figures
Latest ONS data on suicide risk among nursing professionals in the UK are from 2015
07 Feb 2020
Rise in number of mature applicants to nursing courses in England
Overall applications also rise, but RCN says numbers are still ’way below what is needed’
06 Feb 2020
Flu jabs for nurses: one in three did not have this season’s vaccine by new year
Front-line nurses’ uptake falls far short of NHS vision for workforce immunisation
06 Feb 2020
Safe staffing in the NHS: nurses and patients petition prime minister Boris Johnson
Activists want to keep pressure on ministers over nurse numbers and a safe staffing law
06 Feb 2020
Last call for entries to the RCNi Nurse Awards 2020
There’s still time to submit your entry – but you’ll have to be quick!
06 Feb 2020
End of life care: volunteers will offer company for dying patients where nurses can’t
Charity project will train volunteers to provide much-needed support in NHS hospitals
05 Feb 2020