Editor's choice
Are the needs of children and young people being overlooked in major NHS policy...
Nursing associates, PJ paralysis and stranded patients, Annette Dearmun looks at the...
Newsroom
Improving diagnosis, care and support for ADHD
NICE guidance aims to improve recognition, diagnosis, quality of care and support for ADHD
Gosport hospital deaths review found nurses’ warnings on opioids went unheeded
Review into hundreds of untimely deaths said night duty nurses were stifled when they spoke...
Expert panel to advise government on cannabis for medical use
Home secretary says government plans to reschedule banned drug if review identifies ‘...
FtP is about patient safety, not private behaviour, RCN tells regulator
Some outcomes suggest ‘moral policing’, with nurses being held to a different standard,...
Government's NHS funding boost is 'no long-term solution' without social...
RCN and social care leaders call for extra investment to shore up home care services
Perinatal mortality down, but better reporting would support care improvements
Better-quality data on baby deaths would help target services where they're needed most
Evidence and Practice
An exploratory study investigating perceptions, opinions and experiences of...
Aim To explore perceptions, opinions and experiences of safeguarding education within pre-...
Principles of suctioning in infants, children and young people
Suctioning to clear airway secretions is an important part of the nursing care for children...
A multisite evaluation of readiness to transition to newly qualified nurse in a cohort...
Background The post-qualifying and preceptorship period in nursing has been well-researched...
A-Z of syndromes: Sturge-Weber syndrome
Insight into this rare neurological condition which causes port wine skin lesions and can be...
Parent-child relationships and self‑control in male university students’ desire to play...
Aim To determine the relationship between the parent-child relationship, self-control and...
An enquiry into young men at risk of suicide in the UK
Men are at a higher risk of suicide; 70% of people who die by suicide are men. By exploring...
Features
Helping displaced Rohingya children in a refugee camp
Children’s nurse Becky Platt spent three weeks working as part of an emergency medical team...
RCN chair: Adamant nurses must use their voice
RCN chair Maria Trewern is full of hope for the profession – and wants to give members more...
School nurses and health visitors key in identifying children at risk from parental...
A parliamentary report covering the health effects on children of parental alcohol misuse...
Hand hygiene needn’t mean sore skin
A new guide from the RCN shows how to combine hand hygiene with skin care
Bacterial meningitis: why symptoms are not as straightforward to detect in infants...
Leading research contends that over-reliance on classic fever symptoms by healthcare...
‘Parents, like us, of trans children are begging for support’
The mother of child who has transitioned socially from girl to boy says the fear that...
Opinion
Victoria Gillick, consent and the rights of the child
A court case more than three decades ago helped to define the rights of children under 16 to...
My first patient death: the lessons I learned
One year on from her first patient death, Michelle McKay discusses the benefits of a good...
Children’s pain management still suffers from the misconceptions of the past
Despite good progress to change clinicians’ perceptions, optimal care is not being offered
Students
Missing: where have all the male nursing students gone?
Fewer men are applying to nursing courses and we need to do more to attract them into the...
Starting out: Butterflies on the first day
Newly qualified nurses can feel a sense of pride that they have joined the profession.
What to do when words fail
Communication problems are not uncommon when people with complex needs are admitted to...
Careers
Better care for children with atopic conditions
A nurse-led team in Wales is improving the care of children with asthma, eczema and allergies
An exploratory study of the experiences of children and young people with an...
Being held still and not being informed about why a procedure was being carried out are some...
Adele Watkins: ‘There is no health without mental health’
Clinical nurse specialist for children and young people in crisis Adele Watkins was...