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‘Start with just one act of kindness’: meet the RCN Nurse of the Year 2022
Alison Bunce created a community initiative that puts compassion first
07 Oct 2022
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Nurse well-being: practical support for your own and colleagues’ mental health
Advice and help as workplace pressures and the cost-of-living crisis hit home
12 Sep 2022
How nurses can make a connection with young mental health patients
Nurses’ therapeutic relationship with patients should be seen as a core part of treatment
03 Aug 2022
Diagnostic overshadowing: the menopause and mental health
Menopause may be missed or misdiagnosed, preventing women from receiving the help they need
27 Jul 2022
Integrated care systems: why they’re going to matter to you (if they don’t already)
A seamless health and care system sounds like the perfect plan – but will ICSs work?
20 Jun 2022
Is mental health nursing at risk of becoming a lost profession?
Entrants to the specialty are outnumbered by those leaving at a time of soaring demand
15 Jun 2022
Are children with learning disabilities getting enough mental health support?
Learning disability nurses need to highlight the mental health needs of young people
28 Apr 2022
What inspired me to become a nurse – and why I choose to stay
Nurses reflect on their route into the profession and what keeps them motivated
22 Apr 2022
Apps, coaching and healthy food options at work: weight management support for nurses
Resources that can help you change how you think about food and lose weight while you sleep
28 Jan 2022
Dementia misdiagnosis: identifying people at risk of being missed
GP and memory assessment services curtailed by COVID-19, but staff training needs recognised
06 Jan 2022
Living with. . . self-harm
A nurse discusses her own experiences to help others give effective, non-judgemental care
13 Dec 2021
Mental health: sharing skills with nurses in poorer countries to bring about change
Nurse João Marçal-Grilo founded a charity to support fellow nurses in South Asia
02 Dec 2021
Fear of cancer recurrence: how nurses can support people after successful treatment
For some patients such fears can be debilitating and may require psychological support
23 Nov 2021
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Keeping forensic mental health services close to home: a lifetime’s work and leadership
Nurse consultant who transformed patient experience honoured with Special Recognition Award
25 Oct 2021
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‘We can help women stop a tragic cycle’: meet our RCN Nurse of the Year 2021
Nicola Bailey defied opposition to set up abortion care in Northern Ireland amid the pandemic
12 Oct 2021
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Community nurse looked beyond labels and ‘held on to hope when I lost mine’
Katie McIlroy has been nominated for the Patient’s Choice award for care of women with...
04 Aug 2021
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Community mental healthcare: ‘My son felt listened to when he talked to his nurse’
Jodie Heath nominated for the 2021 Patient's Choice award for supporting young patient's...
04 Aug 2021
How one specialist personality disorder unit stopped using restraints and restrictions
Dialectical behavioural therapy has transformed nursing care in an inpatient recovery unit
12 Jul 2021