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Emergency and mental health nurses team up for skills swap project
Aim is to reduce number of mental health patients coming into hospital inappropriately via ED
Newsroom
Mental health support framework: developing a collective voice for nursing in Wales
Nurses in Wales have produced a set of ambitions as a basis for a future action plan
Nurses among staff suspended at young people’s mental health unit
Trust investigates concerns about techniques used for moving patients at Middlesbrough centre
Quality of placements can influence nursing graduates’ choice of specialty
Study advises investment in better student experiences in hard-to-recruit areas of practice
Nurses assaulted at work deserve same swift response as Aston Villa footballer
Health professionals too often left waiting for action, says NHS Employers chief executive
Matt Hancock draws fire for claiming some nurses stand up when a doctor enters the room
Nursing community takes to social media to accuse health secretary of ‘spouting rubbish’
NHS hospital patients in England to receive free sanitary products
Scheme to tackle ‘period poverty’ is good news for nurses, says RCN
Evidence and Practice
‘Three minutes to save a life’: addressing emotional distress in students to mitigate...
This article outlines how the University of Wolverhampton aims to develop a whole-systems...
Developing cultural competence in addiction services: the role of clinical leadership
Community addiction services must offer treatment to all members of the community, even hard...
A systematic review of adherence to masculinity in men with psychosis
Background Men experiencing psychotic phenomena may struggle with adherence to masculinity...
Coerced marriage of people with a diagnosed mental health disorder
This article provides a review of the literature and anecdotal observations of people with...
Lessons from literature: fiction and reflective practice
Revalidation for UK nurses requires engagement in reflective practice as part of continuing...
Implementing co-production in traditional statutory mental health services
Since the publication by the Department of Health and Children in 2006 of A Vision for...
Features
Making progress: from healthcare assistant to qualified mental health nurse
A charity has introduced a programme to help HCAs further their careers
Always Events: what health services should do every time
Defining what should happen each time users come into contact with health services
Putting a stop to coercive practices in mental healthcare
The United Nations is investigating the use of coercion in mental health services around the...
RCNi Nurse Awards: how one finalist is helping mental health teams manage diabetes
Ruth Miller's ten-point approach is being rolled out across mental healthcare providers
RCNi Nurse Awards 2019: ‘Mental health nurses deserve recognition’
We hope our roll-call of amazing nurses will inspire you to enter, or nominate a colleague
Outstanding nurses whose compassion and innovation won recognition
We hope our roll-call of amazing nurses will inspire you to nominate yourself or a colleague...
Opinion
A Framework for Mental Health Nursing in Wales
A policy document celebrating and improving the country’s mental health nursing profession
Mental healthcare: change is needed at the top to address care inequalities
More BME mental health nurses and leaders could improve patient outcomes
Lost for words: how the language we use stigmatises and disempowers service users
Psychiatric, elitist discourse dominates mental health services
Students
On the front line with a paramedic
A day spent shadowing a paramedic showed the complex range of skills this role requires, and...
What to do when words fail
Communication problems are not uncommon when people with complex needs are admitted to...
Going outside your comfort zone can help connect with patients
By learning more about football, mental health nursing student Felicity Allman was able to...
Careers
Children and young people’s care pathway lead and matron
RCNi award-winning team leader Rebekah Bewsey: 'I don’t think I chose nursing; it chose me'
‘It is a privilege to work with people who are at their most vulnerable’
Advanced nurse practitioner Ann Collins talks about her work with older people
I am proud of the nurses my ex-students have become
'I want to see more mental health nurses doing research and building their own evidence base'