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Nurse brings wedding day to the ward for mother of the bride
The board game that helps you identify domestic violence and abuse
Helping nurses to ‘defuse’ after difficult situations
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Nurse brings wedding day to the ward for mother of the bride
Patient Janet Adams was too unwell to attend ceremony, but didn’t miss out on the occasion
The board game that helps you identify domestic violence and abuse
Nurse lecturer’s learning tool aims to get healthcare staff talking about how they can help
Proposed £36,000 salary threshold for migrants ‘should not apply to nurses’
Think tank’s suggested minimum salary threshold sparks nurse recruitment concerns
PHE reveals latest figures for hospital admissions of young people for self-poisoning
In 2017-18 there were 26,293 admissions, with young women most likely to be admitted
WHO’s diagnostic descriptions can alienate mental health service users
Descriptions do not always reflect people’s mental health experiences
Mental health nursing under significant threat despite latest enrolments, RCN says
Influx of students after A-level results is welcomed, but more must be done to protect posts
Analysis
Do nurses know how to use the Mental Health Act?
Care Quality Commission finds legislation is not used as intended due to lack of staff...
In Laura’s name: the charity that aims to prevent suicide among nurses
The Laura Hyde Foundation campaigns for better mental health support for healthcare staff
NHS must persuade nurses to return to practice – and get better at keeping staff too
Strategies to lure lapsed registrants back need to be matched by changes in the workplace
Nurses are pivotal in closing the mental health mortality gap, says RCN
Collaborative efforts across organisations are vital, with nursing at the centre
RCN congress 2019: your quick guide to what’s on the agenda
Nurses’ pay, staffing levels, clinical issues and bullying to be discussed
In the balance: austerity and its toll on mental health services
Loneliness highlighted at RCN congress 2019 as ‘a real problem for all NHS staff'...
Clinical update
Quality standard for eating disorders highlights need for closer liaison between teams
Eating disorders guidance from NICE calls for better coordination and earlier access to care
Updated NICE guidance on dementia care
First update in a decade says staff working with people who have dementia need extra training
Consider the risks associated with ADHD
New National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines suggest that early signs of...
Recognise and respond to child abuse and neglect
Read our summary of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance to help...
Parkinson’s disease
Updated guidance from NICE on the diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s disease includes...
Multiple morbidities assessment
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released its new guidelines...
Policy briefing
Helping nurses to ‘defuse’ after difficult situations
The RCN has issued guidance on how to discuss and reflect on challenging incidents at work
Correct use of gloves and how to protect your skin
RCN Glove Awareness week stresses correct use of gloves and how nurses can protect their skin
Updated National Early Warning Score
In December 2017, the Royal College of Physicians updated the National Early Warning Score...
Acas guidance on sexual harassment in the workplace
Acas has produced new guidance on recognising sexual harassment in the workplace and the...
Acid attacks
Read our policy briefing on new guidance for helping in the immediate aftermath when people...
Scotland's new mental health strategy
Read our policy briefing on the Scottish government's new ten-year mental health strategy.
Journal scan
Parents’ mental health impaired when children are seriously ill
Parents whose children need intensive care treatment suffer clinically significant...
Alcohol use disorders a major risk for dementia, especially early-onset
Alcohol use disorders are a major risk factor for all types of dementia, especially early-...
Learning, memory problems seen in adolescents with OCD
Adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder have learning and memory problems that could...
Women prone to mood swings prompted by season, daylight
Women experience seasonal changes in their mood across the year, including more depression...
Singing in groups shown to promote recovery, improve mental health
Singing in groups could help improve patients’ mental health, promoting a feeling of...
Young show perfectionism more than past generations
Young people display greater perfectionist tendencies today than 30 years ago due to the...
Podcast
From Jamaica to the UK: my experiences as a Windrush nurse
Series 3 Episode 8: Pearly Morgan talks about her arrival in the 1960s and career in the NHS
Hear how a nurse-led acute response team dramatically reduced cardiac arrest
Series 3 Episode 6: Nurse practitioner Amor Palada talks about preventing cardiac arrest
Reaching out to nursing students via the internet
Series 3 Episode 4: how the online Student Nurse Project is connecting students nationwide...
Nursing Standard podcast: Could parliament's Brexit chaos be the catalyst for...
Episode 7 of the Nursing Standard podcast has an interview with nurse peer Baroness Mary...
Nursing student bursary was ‘far from ideal,’ says nurse MP Maria Caulfield
The nursing student bursary should not be championed as the best way to train nurses and new...
'Integrate the four fields of nursing,' leading academic tells the Nursing...
A two-stream system should be introduced to replace the four fields, nurse leader tells...
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Wales offers a great quality of life for the newly qualified nurse
Newly qualified Mental Health Nurse Luke Pybus, from Somerset, is delighted he made the...
Working in Wales can really take you places in your career
Sian Thomas, a Consultant Nurse for Child Health in South Wales, and Nurse of the Year 2016...
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