News
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Menopause: shift work and long hours exacerbate symptoms
Nurses need better support to cope with menopause symptoms to enable them to stay in post
04 May 2022
Tips to reduce glove use after 12.7 billion used during pandemic
During Glove Awareness Week, nurses are asked to think about glove use before every procedure
03 May 2022
Reliance on overseas nurses to meet 50,000 target ‘chaotic’
We should invest and focus on domestic UK nursing staff, says leading nurse academic
28 Apr 2022
Time to stop NHS blame culture and learn from failures, say MPs
Health and Social Care Committee report says NHS compensation system ‘not fit for purpose’
28 Apr 2022
Warning issued after nurse loses £45,000 in pension fraud
Cruel scam prompts warning to seek impartial guidance before moving pension savings
26 Apr 2022
Mental health nursing risks being ‘lost’ as a profession, report warns
Recommended steps include supported development, career progression and incentives to stay
21 Apr 2022
COVID-19 social distancing is scrapped in the NHS
Nurses no longer need to keep patients apart as pre-pandemic physical distancing returns
20 Apr 2022
Nurse preceptorship review exposes inconsistencies in quality and duration
Programmes for newly qualified nurses should last at least a year, say researchers
14 Apr 2022
Nursing associates, hailed as shapers of new role, celebrate revalidating for first time
First nursing associates, praised by NMC for forging a path, have shone during the pandemic
13 Apr 2022
Nurses reveal shocking abuse they face from patients as backlog rises
Abuse blamed on frustrations due to stretched services, with pressure exacerbated by pandemic
12 Apr 2022
Many nurses could tip over into debt in next six months, RCN warns
Learn about resources that can offer financial support, and tips for managing your finances
11 Apr 2022
Things that go bump in the night: nurses recount ghostly stories
When Nursing Standard asked nurses to share their experiences, spooky tales came flooding in
08 Apr 2022
Former chair of the RCN council expelled from college membership
College terminates membership of Dave Dawes following the conclusion of its investigations
07 Apr 2022
Reimburse NHS nurses fuel mileage rates in full, union urges
RCN identifies several trusts that pay nurses less than the rates set by NHS employers
06 Apr 2022
Public anger over scarce NHS resources ‘being directed at nurses’
Nurses are pushed into the public firing line by their managers, House of Lords told
06 Apr 2022
Personalised nursing student uniforms set to be all sewn up
University pays to have names of students embroidered on uniforms to enhance patient care
06 Apr 2022
Nurses react angrily to decision to end free parking at hospitals
Reintroduction of parking fees waived during pandemic sparks furious reaction
05 Apr 2022
Struck off: the nurse who falsified patients’ records after failing to administer meds
Agency nurse Joanne Louise Gaskarth-Parkhouse raised the suspicions of staff nurses
04 Apr 2022