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Nurse understaffing on surgical wards has a negative effect on patient recovery; picture shows a nurse smiling at a woman in a hospital gown who is sitting up in a hospital bed

Nurse understaffing raises risk of post-surgical pressure ulcers 

Understaffed surgical wards also have higher mortality rates, research finds

Learning disability nurses say they are struggling to cope with pressures from Court of Protection work

Toll of high-pressure court work means many nurses quit – or intend to

Learning disability nurses tell survey about struggles with Court of Protection work

Illustration showing a nurse holding a laptop computer while doing the splits, with feet resting on two stools – suggesting one foot in work mode, one in home mode in a flexible working system

How to make flexible working work for you and your team

It is supported in policy, but can be tricky to arrange – tips for making it a reality

Working from home: how to make it a reality

With flexible arrangements firmly on the NHS agenda, could home working work for you?

Ana-Maria Toth

Nurse-led study will investigate hypnosis used to ease post-colectomy pain

Ana-Maria Toth will examine the use of hypnosis as an alternative to pain medication

A young woman with learning disabilities interacting with a healthcare professional while holding a jar of multicoloured straws

Nurses invited to apply for £30k funded learning disability research study

RCN Foundation funds study into learning disability nursing’s impact on patient outcomes

Evidence and Practice

The impact of a nurse’s dual role on implementing an effectiveness study

The impact of a nurse’s dual role on implementing an effectiveness study

Acting as researcher and care coordinator enhanced the effectiveness of interventions

Theoretical sensitivity and reflexivity in grounded theory

Theoretical sensitivity and reflexivity in grounded theory

Reflexive process may help researchers to understand and refine their methodologies

A worked example of contextualising and using reflexive thematic analysis in nursing research

Contextualising and using reflexive thematic analysis in nursing research

Using Braun and Clarke’s original material can enhance researcher's understanding of RTA

Building inclusive research cultures in nursing – getting ready for the Research Excellence Framework 2029

Building inclusive research cultures in nursing – getting ready for REF 2029

How to shape an agenda in readiness for the Research Excellence Framework

How nurse researchers can use stepped-wedge design and analysis

How nurse researchers can use stepped-wedge design and analysis

SW design empowers you to advance evidence-based care and achieve better patient outcomes

Exploring the application and significance of case study research in nursing

Exploring the application and significance of case study research in nursing

Highlighting the value of case study research in understanding complex healthcare issues

Features

Montage of 15 podcasts selected to interest nurses

Listen to this! 15 podcasts made with you in mind

Podcasts that support your practice, share career advice, or help you wind down

A nurse in scrubs is frowning and hunching her shoulders in a sign of distress

Under excess pressure? The emotional signs of stress and how to deal with them

Tips for identifying worrying signs and supporting yourself and colleagues

An illustration of a group of nurses of different ages standing together inside a big speech bubble

How can nursing teams improve communication between generations?

Five nurses on the learning opportunities in teams with different levels of experience

News coverage

Protect your well-being: how to stay calm when the world feels chaotic

Ways to maintain your focus and balance in the face of relentless grim news

De-escalation techniques: 7 tips for handling conflict situations

Tension occurs in every setting – these skills can help you manage it and stay calm

Compassionate leadership: how to create psychological safety in your team

Developing a culture where staff feel supported leads to better care and morale. Find out how

Opinion

Developing as a researcher requires the support of ‘a village’ of people who provide knowledge, support and expertise to help you

Maturing as a researcher requires the support, skills and expertise of ‘a village’

Village people can shape your emerging skills, values and ways of working

Academic clinicians: not every nurse has been an academic, but it often feels like every academic has been a nurse – picture shows students taking notes in a lecture hall

I am not a ‘clinical academic’, but I am an ‘academic clinician’

A senior research leader role provides an opportunity to motivate other nurse researchers

Free
Illustration depicting teamwork for researching and writing an academic article: with various figures researching, talking and thinking around a pile of books and a huge pencil to write with

Budding academic authors please take note

Articles can often be a team effort and there are criteria for authors to follow

Students

Mental health: challenging your own cultural taboos and unconscious bias

Supporting students to challenge their own beliefs about mental ill health

Evidence-based practice demystified: how to make nursing research come alive in...

It’s pivotal to care improvements and opens up exciting career opportunities

Get paid to teach fellow nursing students – and gain leadership skills

Internships offer a chance to gain teaching qualifications and insight into academic careers

Careers

District nurse makes a home visit, working autonomously with only limited real-time support 

District nursing should be recognised as advanced practice – with band 7 pay to match

Better pay and pathways to promotion are key to making community role an attractive career

Clinical staff in a prison hospital setting. They are working in a dark corridor,

From emergency decisions to primary care – what my prison nurse role involves

A newly registered nurse on what drew her to the role and what she’s learned so far

Illustration showing several nurses in uniform, seen from behind, walking along a winding pathway towards the words ‘nmc SIFE pathway’, with two large hands supporting them

Help for overseas nurses struggling to get on the register

How a new pathway has helped hundreds who narrowly failed their English language tests