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RCN Nursing Awards 2021: you now have more time to enter and celebrate nurses’ work
Deadline extended to 24 May – so ‘shout about what our magnificent profession has done’
DNACPR notices: what went wrong in the pandemic and the conversations that matter
Advance care planning is vital and nurses in all settings should be involved, experts say
Surge in Google searches about how to become a nurse
Search engine data suggest growing interest in nursing as a career since start of pandemic
Resuscitation guidelines update: advance care plans the focus, not DNACPR notices
Includes section on ethics and considerations during a pandemic or shortage of resources
GP surgery failed newly qualified nurse through ‘complete absence’ of training
NMC criticises employer for giving inexperienced nurse too much responsibility
Female nurses’ well-being significantly worsened during COVID-19 pandemic
NHS Confederation’s survey findings must be ‘driver of real and lasting change’
Evidence and Practice
Accessible yoga for adults with learning disabilities: the Yoga for Me approach
Details of the development of a method to teach yoga to adults with learning disabilities
Supporting people with learning disabilities to receive subcutaneous injections
Best practice for administering subcutaneous injections in people with learning disabilities
Factors predicting staff interest in conducting research in learning disability teams
Assessing the relationship between staff interest and staff involvement in research
Syndromes: Pitt-Hopkins syndrome
A rare genetic disease where delayed development of communication skills is common
Developing a personalised tool to detect physical deterioration in adults with learning...
How a learning disability nursing student developed a tool to detect physical deterioration...
Effective reasonable adjustments for women with learning disabilities during pregnancy
Pregnant women with learning disabilities often encounter barriers to maternity care
Features
How to encourage and act on feedback from people with learning disabilities
Learning disability nurses and campaigners offer advice to improve care
Nurses’ time to shine: how to get started on your RCN Nursing Awards entry
Advice from winners, nominees and our chair of judges to help you celebrate your achievements
Hand hygiene: how can you be sure your workplace is getting it right?
Compliance is critical to patient safety, but monitoring it is far from straightforward
COVID-19: remembering the nursing staff who have lost their lives
Colleagues and families pay tribute to nursing professionals who have died across the UK
Glove use and vaccinations: what the COVID-19 guidance says
There has been some confusion over whether gloves should be worn by vaccinators
COVID-19 vaccine consent and learning disabilities: implications and advice
Information on how to gain consent and support people to get vaccinated
Opinion
DNACPR notices: what nurses need to know
Nurses’ input can inform a decision about whether to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Learning disabilities: why nurse support is vital when moving from child to adult care
Study finds service users need key relationships to help navigate next steps
DNACPR notices: learning disability nurses are best-placed advocates for families
CQC report acknowledges vulnerabilities of service users during COVID-19
Students
Pop-up hospital helps students make up for placements lost to COVID-19
University offers practical experience with clinical scenarios role-played by student peers
Prison nursing: why its complexity makes it a rich learning environment for students
Clinical placements in criminal justice settings offer a wide spectrum of nursing experience
Learning disability nursing: correcting those who ask ‘Is it real nursing?’
Student and NHS ambassador Helen Morgan is challenging misunderstandings about her field
Careers
Is it time to step up to a band 6 nursing position?
The pandemic may have given you a taste of more senior roles – so consider your next move
Dementia awareness and diagnosis: looking beyond the learning disability
How an Admiral nurse aims to empower individuals and help nurses identify early age dementia
Fear and anxiety can infect teams, but you can harness this crisis to come out stronger
COVID-19 is putting nurses under extreme pressure, so here’s how to help colleagues cope