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Self-harm in young people: risk factors, assessment and treatment interventions
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RCN to launch review of how it is governed, after members’ vote
Two resolutions passed at extraordinary general meeting over disrupted presidential election
NMC acknowledges ‘uncomfortable truths’ on race equality in report
Regulator calls in consultants over career opportunities and pay gap for BAME employees
ICU nurse’s rainbow mural honours colleagues’ work during COVID-19’s first wave
Mural incorporates names of staff at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s ICU
Chancellor’s spending review denies nurses early pay rise
RCN general secretary says Rishi Sunak has failed key workers he applauded earlier this year
Uber offers free Christmas rides and meals for NHS staff
‘Helping hand’ for health and social care staff across the UK valid at Uber and Uber Eats
Student attrition: why do nursing students leave their course before completion?
Call for strategy to get to grips with reasons for leaving and help tackle nurse vacancies
Evidence and Practice
Children’s and adolescents’ experiences of living with cancer
Why you should read this article: • To recognise the need to include the perspectives of...
Self-harm in young people: risk factors, assessment and treatment interventions
Why you should read this article • To recognise that self-harm in young people is common and...
Biological basis of child health 8: development of the gastrointestinal system and...
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Focus on asthma 2: air pollution and its effects on children and young people
Why you should read this article: • To identify the adverse effects of indoor and outdoor...
Communicating positive screening results to parents of children with sickle cell disease
Healthcare professionals should be confident and knowledgeable about the disorder
Debunking myths: how much air in an IV line is too much?
Is it true that ‘a little air won't cause harm’? Leah Rosengarten looks at the evidence
Features
How a dedicated nurse helped bridge the gap between children’s and adult services
Programme has helped young people with sickle cell and thalassaemia blood disorders
COVID-19: remembering the nursing staff who have lost their lives
Colleagues and families pay tribute to nursing professionals who have died across the UK
CPR at 38,000ft: the nursing student who took control of an in-flight emergency
Isobel Corrie named RCNi Nurse Awards Patient’s Choice winner after saving passenger’s life
RCN Nurse of the Year 2020: using CPR sessions to tackle the youth knife crime epidemic
Ana Waddington’s programme engages both vulnerable young people and healthcare staff
Healthcare projects on an overseas placement: how one student’s plan generated a team...
RCNi Nursing Student Award winner’s networking and persistence got a clinic up and running
Safeguarding against the odds: ‘this highlights what learning disability nurses do’
Patient’s Choice award nominee Marie Perry ‘went all out’ to ensure a young man’s safety
Opinion
How school nurses rose to the challenge of the COVID-19 front line
Children have not felt the impact of the pandemic as older people have, but are still affected by food poverty, safeguarding and the struggle to provide schooling
Free school meals: nurses cannot remain silent on child food poverty
We see the impact a lack of food has on the poorest families
Prioritising nurse safety not only protects staff, but patients too
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that safe staffing and proper PPE mean better care
Students
COVID-19 may be disrupting my degree, but it won’t dim my desire to be a nurse
I’m entering my second year as a nursing student with no experience of a hospital ward
When you don’t fit the nursing student ‘ideal’: overcoming academic barriers
We need to re-evaluate how we support and assess students with a specific learning difficulty
COVID-19: what nursing students will need most as they join the emergency register
Reassurance and support from healthcare professionals, universities and our peers is vital
Careers
Odds on favourite: my new career as a nurse at the British Racing School
Nurse Sharon Mott took on a challenge in agreeing to create a role where she is responsible for the health and well-being of young would-be jockeys and grooms at a horse racing school
Type 1 diabetes in children: how effective is using a smartphone app?
Study examined the efficacy of Euglyca app aimed at children and young people
How ready are young people with cardiac conditions to move to adult services?
And what about the parents?