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More online nursing courses on offer this spring
Virtual learning seen to offer flexibility, with postgraduate and undergraduate options
05 Feb 2021
Pregnancy discrimination in the NHS: nurse wins compensation from trust
Line manager asked nurse to stop waiting for her antenatal appointment and return to work
04 Feb 2021
COVID-19: nurse dies after redeploying to intensive care
Nurse and senior theatre practitioner Terry Boston-Marsh remembered for ‘calm, kind nature’
04 Feb 2021
COVID-19: body of dead patient remained on ward for five hours due to short-staffing
CQC inspectors reveal what care looks like in a pandemic, with not enough nurses to go round
03 Feb 2021
Fitness to practise: why nurses’ employers should cut down on NMC referrals
Regulator urges managers to avoid blame and deal with nurses’ performance issues locally
02 Feb 2021
COVID-19: photograph starkly depicts stresses nurses are enduring
Picture of critical care nurses hugging during gruelling shift attracts global comments
01 Feb 2021
Healthcare staff vaccination: lead by example and have the jab, say chief nurses
Nurses and colleagues have a duty to be immunised, urge health leaders in open letter
29 Jan 2021
Hospital PPE: the badges that show the human face of healthcare in the pandemic
Nurses wear stickers printed with their smiling faces to put patients at their ease
29 Jan 2021
Mental health nursing student dies of COVID-19
Mother of two Angella Naggayi was studying at Edinburgh Napier University
28 Jan 2021
COVID-19 survivor nurse holds her baby girl for the first time
New mum is reunited with daughter after 76 days in hospital
28 Jan 2021
Will there be a COVID bonus for NHS staff, prime minister?
Boris Johnson evades question with ‘inaccurate and demoralising’ statement on nurses’ pay
27 Jan 2021
All nursing students should be eligible for COVID-19 death in services payments
Unite says families of nursing students who die of COVID-19 in service should receive pay out
27 Jan 2021
RCN urged to make election policy clearer after disqualification controversy
Policy should be ‘clear and concise’ with a rethink of sanctions, finds independent review
27 Jan 2021
Higher COVID-19 death rate among nurses requires urgent investigation, says RCN
ONS reports higher death rates in healthcare staff compared with other working age people
26 Jan 2021
RCN submits demand for 12.5% rise to pay review body
College stresses link between fair pay and safe staffing, and says it makes economic sense
26 Jan 2021
Six-month jail sentence for ‘needlessly vicious’ assault on nurse
Attacker pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting an emergency nurse
25 Jan 2021
RCN demands better PPE to protect staff against COVID-19 variant
College calls for all nurses to have ‘intensive care’ quality face masks amid heightened risk
25 Jan 2021
Nurses need legal protection for care compromised by pandemic, says nursing leader
Nicki Credland calls for legal protection for nurses as staffing pressures continue
22 Jan 2021