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COVID-19: patient-facing healthcare workers face greater risk of hospital admission
The people they live with are also more vulnerable to the disease, Scottish study shows
Nurse pay: RCN urges staff to lobby MPs for 12.5% wage rise
College steps up campaign to persuade chancellor to give fully funded pay increase
Hospital meals: nurses and patients to benefit from review
TV’s Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith sets out food safety plan for NHS trusts
Nurse research: ‘let’s make it a normal part of our role’
Nurses’ employers should give them time for research, Nightingale2020 conference told
Nursing groups join free school meals campaign
RCN and others urge government to reverse decision over free meals during holidays
COVID-19: no immunisation for NHS staff until vaccine proven safe and effective
Government will not proceed until trials are verified, despite reports of programme this year
Evidence and Practice
‘Today We Talked’: using a collaborative approach to transform care in the psychiatric...
Why you should read this article: • To understand the experiences of people who need...
Sleep disturbances in bereaved older people: a review of the literature
Older people who have recently been bereaved are likely to experience sleep disturbances
Evaluating the effects of appointing an associate nurse consultant to a CAMHS team
A service evaluation of the effects of the newly developed post in County Durham
Introducing mentalization and its role in mental health practice
How individuals learn to mentalize during childhood, and in response to stress
Promoting the sexual health of people living with severe mental illness
Nurses’ attitudes toward sexual health among patients with severe mental illness
Issues affecting trans* young people: considerations for mental health nurses
Support for mental health nurses to enhance awareness of the needs of trans* young people
Features
Nurse pioneer champions model of conflict resolution that can be implemented on any ward
Safewards model offers ten interventions and has transformed mental health nursing practice
The street outreach nurses who bring on-the-spot care to people sleeping rough
Westminster Street Nurse project has opened up access to care for this hard-to-reach group
CPR at 38,000ft: the nursing student who took control of an in-flight emergency
Isobel Corrie named RCNi Nurse Awards Patient’s Choice winner after saving passenger’s life
Healthcare projects on an overseas placement: how one student’s plan generated a team...
RCNi Nursing Student Award winner’s networking and persistence got a clinic up and running
Preventing hospital admissions and improving end of life care: a team approach
How the RCNi Nurse Awards Team of the Year integrates physical and mental health services
Support when families need it most: ‘health visitors may not know the impact they have’
Patient’s Choice nominee Noreen Ferguson helped a family deal with their son’s diagnosis
Opinion
Clarion call for more mental health nurses to enter the research leadership programme
Only nine practitioners applied for the first programme in 2019
Prioritising nurse safety not only protects staff, but patients too
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that safe staffing and proper PPE mean better care
Calling 111 before accessing emergency care is a barrier to treating mental health
Trials aimed at reducing transmission of COVID-19 could have a negative effect on some
Students
Isolation and COVID-19: what I learned from my placement at a mental health hub
A nursing student saw first-hand the need for early interventions in mental healthcare
Can a mental health service user also be a good nursing student?
For a nursing career, an understanding of service users’ experiences is actually a positive
COVID-19: why we must protect the mental health of international nursing students
The anxiety and isolation caused by the crisis may be particularly acute for this group
Careers
COVID-19: supporting people with dementia during the pandemic
How an Admiral nurse has adapted her role to help families cope during the crisis
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
The nurse leader who is determined to keep one foot on the front line of care
Emma Wadey is a nurse at the top of the NHS, but don’t ask her to give up clinical practice