Heatwave warning for South and East of England
Community nurses should be prepared to help vulnerable patients in the heatwave predicted...
24 Aug 2016
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A&Es facing ‘drastic shortage’ of nurses, warns RCN
The RCN has warned A&Es departments in England are ‘buckling’ under the pressure of...
22 Aug 2016
'Sprainspotting' nurses recreate cult film poster ...
Nurse practitioners promote new uniforms by posing for Trainspotting homage.
19 Aug 2016
Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey accused of concealing high temperature during screening
Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was infected with the Ebola virus while volunteering...
18 Aug 2016
Nurses could take on key role to calm the ‘crisis’ in emergency medicine, say experts
A&E patients could be treated by specially-trained nurses as part of measures to tackle...
17 Aug 2016
Top nurse appointed to help turn around Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Leading nurse Elaine Inglesby-Burke has been announced as the new chief nurse at Pennine...
15 Aug 2016
Emergency nurses fear for their jobs over night closures
Nurses at an overstretched A&E department forced to close at night feel uncertain about...
12 Aug 2016
Online fame for emergency nurse after he is mistaken for Olympic hero
Joe Clarke is enjoying his moment of fame after being mistaken online for a Team GB gold-...
12 Aug 2016
Emergency services' nurses in pilot study to improve carbon monoxide poisoning...
Emergency department nurses are taking part in a study into how staff can better detect and...
08 Aug 2016
Nurse of the Year Amanda Burston to be recognised at Women of the Year event
RCN nurse of the year Amanda Burston recognised for her work supporting victims of domestic...
03 Aug 2016
Pregnant women urged to postpone Florida travel over Zika fears
Part of US mainland added to list of countries where Zika infection risk is present
01 Aug 2016
Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey talks about the stress of NMC inquiry
Pauline Cafferkey said it is ‘very stressful’ to remain under NMC investigation
01 Aug 2016
Pokémon Go players urged to avoid emergency department
Emergency department is focal point for smartphone game craze
26 Jul 2016
£1.7 million nurse training suite will 'mimic' real hospital wards...
The University of Salford's new simulation suites will be used to train nursing students and...
26 Jul 2016
Sepsis 'as urgent as a heart attack', says NICE guidelines...
New NICE guideline urges nurses and other healthcare staff to be vigilant of early symptoms
22 Jul 2016