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Improving diagnosis, care and support for ADHD
NICE guidance aims to improve recognition, diagnosis, quality of care and support for ADHD
11 Jun 2018
Setting the standard for care of children and young people with long-term conditions
Children can find health services hard to access, but a new set of standards aims to change...
18 Apr 2018
Confed 18 looks to the future of the NHS workforce
Confed 18 fringe imagines working life in the NHS in 2026
15 Jun 2018
NHS Windrush 70 Awards winners represent the ‘best of the NHS’
‘We treasure you as much as the NHS itself’, PM Theresa May tells Windrush Awards winners
14 Jun 2018
Immigration rules to be eased so NHS can recruit more skilled staff
Thousands more nurses and doctors to be recruited from abroad
14 Jun 2018
Classify healthcare as a safety-critical industry, says RCN
‘Patient safety investigations should look at pressures on staff before blaming individuals’
14 Jun 2018
Evidence and Practice
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...
15 Jun 2018
A-Z of syndromes: Sturge-Weber syndrome
Insight into this rare neurological condition which causes port wine skin lesions and can be...
13 Jun 2018
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...
12 Jun 2018
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...
23 May 2018
Understanding fluid homoeostasis in infants and children: part 2
Part two of this article focuses on the care and management of infants and children who are...
10 May 2018
Development of a paediatric short-stay observation and assessment unit
In recent years children’s emergency admissions have risen by 18%. In 2011 a team at a city...
08 May 2018
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...
09 Feb 2018
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
01 Jun 2018
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...
30 May 2018
Hand hygiene needn’t mean sore skin
A new guide from the RCN shows how to combine hand hygiene with skin care
25 May 2018
Bacterial meningitis: why symptoms are not as straightforward to detect in infants...
Leading research contends that over-reliance on classic fever symptoms by healthcare...
16 Mar 2018
‘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...
14 Feb 2018
Opinion
My first patient death: the lessons I learned
One year on from her first patient death, Michelle McKay discusses the benefits of a good...
12 Jun 2018
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
19 Apr 2018
Reading between the lines of the proposed pay deal
Despite the government's latest decision to allow pay to increase, staff nurse Emma Cowen is...
03 Apr 2018
Students
Starting out: Butterflies on the first day
Newly qualified nurses can feel a sense of pride that they have joined the profession.
21 Mar 2017
What to do when words fail
Communication problems are not uncommon when people with complex needs are admitted to...
15 Mar 2018
Observing cardiac surgery made me appreciate theatre nurses’ role
Watching a surgeon replace a young patient’s heart valves helped children’s nursing student...
16 Aug 2017
Careers
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...
14 Jun 2018
Adele Watkins: ‘There is no health without mental health’
Clinical nurse specialist for children and young people in crisis Adele Watkins was...
01 Jun 2018
Doris Corkin: 'My students’ achievements inspire me greatly'...
Senior lecturer in education at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University...
08 May 2018