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Community nurse looks fed up as she sips hot drink in her car between home visits. Many community nurses are seeing a delay in payment of part of their 2022-23 pay deal

Community nurses’ missing money: why staff continue to be denied their ‘backlog bonus’

Health minister urged to honour pledge to NHS-contracted staff as new financial year looms

Nursing and Midwifery Council sign, illustrating story about a nurse's fitness to practise hearing

Nurse struck off for altering patient’s notes after death

Fitness to practise hearing finds Helen Powell deliberately misled the Coroner’s Court

A tearful older woman is consoled by a nurse

DNACPR: nurses need training to improve vital conversations

Scenario-based training and guidance on end of life conversations is needed, says report

Photo of staff writing on a roster on the wall, illustrating story about changes to flexible working

Flexible working: how nurses will benefit from change in law

The flexible working request changes that will come into force in April

Pensive nurse using her phone. Inset, mugshot of serial killer nurse, Lucy Letby, whose crimes are cited as reasons why nurses seek mental health helpline’s support

Tarred with the same brush? Nurses pay with their mental health for Lucy Letby’s crimes

Surge in calls to helpline partly blamed on post-Letby climate of suspicion

A line of people with suitcases queuing to show their documents at an airport

Surge in nurses fleeing England lured by better pay, conditions and lifestyle

Number of nurses seeking jobs overseas jumps fivefold, driven by cost of living pressures

Analysis

Montage shows nurses Jimmy Cooper, Celia Manson and Barbara Craven, who have all chosen not to retire fully

Carry on nursing: older nurses explain why they have no time for retirement

Hear from four nurses who love practice too much to give it up

A young girl looks apprehensive as she watches a nurse preparing an injection

How nurses can help minimise healthcare trauma for children

New iSupport standards of good practice aim to give children a say in their care

A manager chats with a nurse in a hospital ward, while behind them a patient in a hospital bed is attended by other nurses

Valuing nurses: do you feel recognised at work?

Steps nursing managers and leaders can take to ensure their staff feel seen and heard

A nurse standing at the hospital bedside of a young child is watched by the child as she holds a file on which she is filling out a paediatric early warning system chart

How the new paediatric early warning system works and what it means for you

The system offers a standardised approach to responding when a child becomes seriously unwell

How can nurses help improve mental health services for children?

Could dual registration help solve the crisis in mental healthcare for children?

A girl is cared for by a nurse in her own home, as part of hospital at home services

Hospital at home services are expanding: this is what children’s nurses need to know

The approach keeps children with their families while providing hospital-level care

Clinical update

Bronchiolitis: how to recognise red flag symptoms requiring emergency care

Updated NICE guidance focuses on diagnosis, red flag symptoms and when to seek emergency care

Wound care: what the framework for standardised treatment means for your patients

Guidance focuses on individualised care for pressure ulcers, lower limbs and surgical wounds

Cardiac arrest and CPR: guidance update aims to improve survival and patient outcomes

Resuscitation UK advice affirms role of advance care planning

Picture shows a woman comforting a young girl while a nurse holds her arm

Chronic pain management in children and young people

New guidelines focus on physical, psychological and pharmacological interventions

Looked after children: a framework for better outcomes

Revised guidance details roles and competencies required of healthcare staff

Managing aerosol generating procedures in school for children with complex medical needs

Updated guidance covers children with a tracheostomy or respiratory difficulties

Policy briefing

Boy texting

Guidance on school nursing during the pandemic

Advice on how school nursing services in England can operate during imposed restrictions

Picture shows two medics in discussion. Lack of personal protective equipment allows nurses to take a decision to protect themselves, RCN guidance says.

COVID-19: when you can refuse to treat a patient due to inadequate PPE

The implications for nurses of RCN guidance on care provision and inadequate PPE

Picture of a newborn receiving ventilation

Long-term ventilation: best practice in caring for children and young people

Concerns about standards of care with long-term ventilation reviewed by NCEPOD

Image shows school teacher interacting with young people in a classroom lesson

Interventions to improve the mental health and well-being of children and young people

Public Health England focuses on promoting critical importance of mental health

Picture of a child alone on a park bench

Safeguarding partners: what children’s nurses need to know

How will the new safeguarding partners differ from local safeguarding children’s boards?

Child at top of stairs may fall

A national accident prevention strategy for England

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents calls for preventive action across the ages

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Measles

Link between measles and airflow obstruction

Childhood measles can affect post-bronchodilator airflow obstruction in later life

Woman with a small child looking at a smartphone

Young children do not learn from watching videos on smartphones

Study shows that children respond to videos on smartphone screens but do not benefit educationally

A woman sitting with a child on her knee

Mothers caring for children with cancer need greater financial support

Study finds women parenting children with cancer have lower incomes than those with children who do not

parasitic worms

Asthma: protein from parasitic worms suppresses allergic reactions

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh who tested the Heligmosomoides polygyrus Alarmin Release Inhibitor (HpARI) on mice hope findings will lead to using the protein as the basis for the treatment of asthma

Cannabis

Epileptic seizures in children halved when using natural compounds found in cannabis –...

Findings follows 36 studies of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials of children and adults who have a rare form of epilepsy

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Nurses holding placards and dressed for the cold weather, picket Northern General Hospital in Sheffield

NHS strikes one year on: how nursing staff took a historic stand with public’s support

Look back at what nurses told us on the picket lines, and why the campaign isn’t over

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Author’s tale of pandemic journey – and what he owes to nurses

Michael Rosen reflects in our podcast on intensive care and his admiration for nurses

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Raising concerns: helping you to speak up without fear of repercussions

Our podcast guest tells us how she's striving to help nurses speak up with confidence

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Is work causing you to burn out? How to spot the warning signs

Our podcast explores causes of burnout, including long shifts, and what to do about it

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How to call out rudeness (politely) at work

Taking appropriate action can protect yourself, your team’s and your patients’ well-being

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Don’t let perimenopause get you down: advice on how to get support in your workplace

Symptoms of perimenopause can be distressing – but they don’t need to be career-ending

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