Career advice
Don’t let NMC’s blueprint for community care pass by without specialist nursing input
QNI sees flaws in regulator’s plan and urges nurses to respond to its consultation
Nurse burnout: the course helping staff to be advocates for self-care among colleagues
Course aims to meet nurses’ emotional needs using clinical supervision model
Is it time to step up to a band 6 nursing position?
The pandemic may have given you a taste of more senior roles – so consider your next move
Why you should do a PhD: a nurse’s guide to entering the research world
Children’s cancer nurse Helen Pearson explains what motivates her academic work
Scholarship led to national roll out of an innovative communication tool for young...
Joanna Poole on why a Florence Nightingale Emerging Leaders Scholarship improved communication with patients and reinvigorated her career
‘Winning an RCNi Nurse Award increased my self-confidence and inspired me to do more’
Paediatric emergency nurse Drew McDonald won the Child Health category in the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017 for his project developing a sepsis recognition tool for triage. He talks to Elaine Cole about the positive effect that winning the award has had on his practice and his personal development
My elective in Malawi highlighted the true values of nursing
Final year nursing student Sarah S Ball reflects on her trip to a remote village in Malawi, and how the duty of care is still at the heart of good practice.
Children will tell it how it is, so listen to them
Being one of only two learning disability consultants working in children’s hospitals in the UK, Joann Kiernan knows the sector and the skills that come with it, very well.
Caring for yourself when you are the patient
Being a nurse doesn’t give immunity from long-term illness: points to consider after being diagnosed
Study highlights link between unfairness and staff sickness
Work dissatisfaction can affect health, recruitment and retention
Rediscover your passion by setting fresh career goals
Work motivation can be kick-started by redefining your ambitions
Stress puts off nurse directors from going for the top job
A recent report shows nurse directors are reluctant to take on chief executive roles because of the high personal cost