Raising difficult subjects with colleagues: how to achieve a positive outcome
Read tips to help you face the challenge of broaching a sensitive issue at work
18 Mar 2025
Opinion
Nurse’s alarming dishonesty: why the NMC is right to come down so hard
Public trust is precious, and nurses should be able to rely on colleagues’ high standards
11 Mar 2025
Feeling under pressure in work or at home? Here’s how setting achievable goals can help
Practical tips if you’re struggling to get your life or career under control
11 Feb 2025
Comment
Nurse’s alarming dishonesty: why the NMC is right to come down so hard
Public trust is precious, and nurses should be able to rely on colleagues’ high standards
11 Mar 2025
Free
We need confidence to reimagine learning disability nursing
The profession is at a crucial tipping point, but we can promote our outcome-driven value
27 Jan 2025
NHS misconduct: it’s time the rules for staff and managers aligned
The proposal for a regulating body that holds managers to account is a step forward
21 Jan 2025
‘Smart scrubs’: will your new work wardrobe help you do your job in comfort?
New NHS uniform has its critics, but perhaps it’s not such a bad idea
03 Dec 2024
Free
Personal videos aim to encourage more people to become learning disability nurses
Videos include personal stories shared by learning disability nurses about their motivations
27 Nov 2024
Practice makes perfect: would reducing clinical placement hours be a mistake?
Placement hours are a big commitment, but they also build skills and confidence
19 Nov 2024
Expert advice
Raising difficult subjects with colleagues: how to achieve a positive outcome
Read tips to help you face the challenge of broaching a sensitive issue at work
18 Mar 2025
Feeling under pressure in work or at home? Here’s how setting achievable goals can help
Practical tips if you’re struggling to get your life or career under control
11 Feb 2025
Help! I’m stuck in my comfort zone and don’t know how to get out of it
Ways to change your mindset so you can feel the fear, do it anyway – and have no regrets
14 Jan 2025
The health risks of shift work: can the right food help?
Advice on planning nutritious meals and snacks – and the breaks to enjoy them
07 Jan 2025
No time to wee: can holding it in cause urinary incontinence?
How to make sure you take the breaks you need to keep your bladder healthy
17 Dec 2024
How can I overcome my fears about making mistakes at work?
Tips on addressing anxiety over errors, plus how to handle them if they do occur
05 Dec 2024
Editorial
Free
Will integrated care systems improve support for the most vulnerable?
The new system will replace local commissioning groups
01 Jun 2022
Coming out of lockdown: the route back to normality
People with learning disabilities and/or autism will need support to rebuild their lives
20 May 2021
DNACPR notices: learning disability nurses are best-placed advocates for families
CQC report acknowledges vulnerabilities of service users during COVID-19
19 Mar 2021
Mental Health Act reforms: have your say
New law alone will not address unnecessary detentions of people with learning disabilities
22 Jan 2021
COVID-19: will people with learning disabilities fare better in the second wave?
Report reveals service users six times more likely to die than others during the first wave
13 Nov 2020
COVID-19: uncertain times highlight the best of learning disability nursing
Nursing students starting university graduate courses face a strange new online world
17 Sep 2020
Your views
Remote prescribing: is it ever good practice?
Striking off of nurse who prescribed Botox highlights risks of ignoring guidance
28 Jan 2025
The heavy-handed nursing police: is that how the NMC feels to you?
Regulator has been told to remember where there’s healthcare, there’s risk
10 Dec 2024
Should nursing students be allowed compassionate leave from clinical placements?
Time off to deal with a crisis would demonstrate compassion
26 Nov 2024
Should newly registered nurses start on band 6?
Band 6 starting point would aid recruitment, but may be too much too soon, says our panel
22 Oct 2024
When should nursing staff refuse to treat a patient?
Our panel discusses duty and safety when it comes to racist or violent patients
24 Sep 2024
Extra shifts: would you be willing to do more to help clear the NHS backlog?
NHS staff already work over their hours, often unpaid to help cut patient waiting times
16 Aug 2024
Reviews
Job Coaches for Adults with Disabilities: A Practical Guide
Nicky Genders looks at a book focusing on the role of a job coach for people with LD
11 Jul 2019
Book review: The Moulster and Griffiths Learning Disability Nursing Model
Michael Brown looks at a book focusing specifically on learning disability nursing models
15 May 2019
Book review: Girls and Autism: Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives
A new book focusing on girls and women on the autism spectrum
15 May 2019
Book review: Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism
Lynne Marsh reviews a book arguing that vaccines save lives and do not cause autism
11 Mar 2019
Book review: Childhood Obesity: Causes, Consequences, and Intervention Approaches
Community nursing reference guide on nutrition and childhood obesity
20 Feb 2019
Book review: Census
Novel about a dying man on a road trip with his son who has a learning disability
22 Jan 2019