Career advice
Values light the way to work
Since the inquiry into care failings at Mid Staffs, ‘values’ has become a buzzword in...
07 Oct 2015
Succeed as an agency nurse
Agency nurses have to adjust to new environments while juggling clinical responsibilities...
07 Oct 2015
A chance to sell yourself
A good CV should make the reader want to meet you. It should tell a compelling story that...
30 Sep 2015
Healthy staff provide better care
Supporting staff to improve their own health is crucial to getting care right for patients,...
23 Sep 2015
Passion will follow after skills
A wait-and-see attitude to career planning is rarely the path to success.
23 Sep 2015
Champions needed
Provision of specialist epilepsy care across the UK is extremely patchy, with fewer than 300...
16 Sep 2015
Striking the right staff balance
Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust is one of a number of trusts across England currently...
16 Sep 2015
Feeling the pressure at work
Nursing can be a particularly stressful profession. It is not just physically demanding, but...
09 Sep 2015
Brush up on your pitch
The elevator pitch has become shorthand for the brief statement used as an introduction in a...
02 Sep 2015
Managing emotions at work
Every nurse is taught during training to put their emotions to one side when making...
26 Aug 2015
Change for the better
Nurses are in an ideal position to use the simple technique of questioning to help patients...
19 Aug 2015
Taking theory into real life
A programme that links postgraduate nursing students undertaking their final projects with...
05 Aug 2015
Too busy to take time out
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be painful and uncomfortable. More than one in three...
29 Jul 2015
Making the most of complaints
Her role as a clinical adviser to the health ombudsman reminds Cherilee Angland that little...
22 Jul 2015
Get it right from the start
With graduation day over and their names and PIN numbers appearing on the Nursing and...
22 Jul 2015
What is your personality type?
Have you ever found yourself irritated by other team members because they do not do things...
01 Jul 2015