Opinion
Mpox: should UK be worried and are nursing staff at increased risk?
Extra shifts: would you be willing to do more to help clear the NHS backlog?
Nurse burnout busters: my staff retention to-do list for managers and nursing employers
Comment
Nurse burnout busters: my staff retention to-do list for managers and nursing employers
Here’s how to give newly registered nurses – and all nurses – the workplaces they deserve
Embracing digital innovation can be a benefit, but beware ransomware attacks
As long as digitalisation enhances human connection, the benefits are clear to see
Staggered break times turns out to be a winning falls-prevention strategy for inpatients
How a hospital team has all-but eliminated falls in a simple but systematic way
DNACPR tragedy will prey on the consciences of nurses involved, but they are all of us
Patient’s death tells us what we already know, but will it change anything?
‘Nurse’ title for unregistered roles is a dangerous deception and holds us in contempt
Healthcare support staff are invaluable, but inflated titles do them no favours either
Paracetamol theft: does the punishment fit the crime?
Why I find it hard to swallow nurse’s six-month suspension for taking ward painkillers
Expert advice
Mpox: should UK be worried and are nursing staff at increased risk?
How to spot signs, identify risk factors and understand the treatment options
My family and friends keep asking me for health advice. What should I do?
How to maintain professionalism when faced with health questions outside work
How you can use social prescribing to boost children’s mental health
Social prescribing connects to community activities that meet social and emotional needs
NHS mileage rates and why no change should no longer be an option
With petrol price spikes hitting staff in certain communities extra-hard, what can be done?
How you can take your pension and keep a salary
Find out whether a flexible retirement option, such as retire and rejoin, could be for you
Stoma care: tips on how to support patients, dispel myths and banish stigma
Practical advice on nursing care and addressing individuals’ lifestyle concerns
Editorial
What is the role of a nursing associate in mental health?
Acceptance of the role is driven by the reality of nursing shortages
Looking back to the future of the mental health nursing profession
Neil Brimblecombe reflects on how practitioners’ roles have evolved over the years
2021 RCN Nursing Awards: search for the best innovations in mental health nursing is on
Entries are open for this year’s mental health nursing category of the RCN Nursing Awards. Be in it to win it
Have your say on Mental Health Act reforms
Nurses can contribute to the white paper consultation on replacing the Mental Health Act 1983
COVID-19: will you as a mental health nurse get vaccinated?
You may decide not to have the vaccine, but there are questions you should ask yourself first
Clarion call for more mental health nurses to enter the research leadership programme
Only nine practitioners applied for the first programme in 2019
Your views
Extra shifts: would you be willing to do more to help clear the NHS backlog?
NHS staff already work over their hours, often unpaid to help cut patient waiting times
Will revising job profiles change how nurses are valued?
Revisions to nursing bands may make little difference without appropriate pay rises
Patient choice versus harm prevention: where do you strike the balance?
Shared decision-making means providing information that allows informed consent
Would a gratitude scheme help make you feel valued?
Giving ‘hearts’ colleagues can swap for gifts – our readers consider if it has an impact
Fitness to practise cases: is the NMC doing enough to tackle the backlog?
We ask our readers if more money will resolve the growing FtP caseload
Can difficult personal circumstances excuse mistakes at work?
We ask our readers if factors outside of work should be considered relevant
Reviews
Recovery in Mental Health Nursing
The blurb on the back cover says this book is for nurses and other professionals in mental health practice, but the contents are clearly directed towards nursing students
Out of the Woods: A journey through depression and anxiety
Brent Williams provides a compelling insight into the experience of depression told mainly through pictures
Book review: Treating Body and Soul – A clinicians’ guide to supporting the physical,...
Little is added to the debate on spirituality and care by the outdated ideas in this book
Edinburgh Fringe review
Lesley Warner reviews plays with mental health themes at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Book review: Introducing Mental Health: A Practical Guide (Second edition)
Self-employed nursing advisor David Harding-Price reviews Introducing Mental Health: A Practical Guide by Caroline Kinsella and Connor Kinsella
Book review: Proper People: Early Asylum Life in the Words of Those Who Were There (...
Visiting teaching fellow Liam Clarke reviews Proper People: Early Asylum Life in the Worlds of Those Who were There by David Scrimgeour