Staying cool and comfortable at work: the challenges of PPE
Innovations in uniform design are making COVID-19 care requirements a bit more bearable
16 Apr 2021
Analysis
Perplexing presentations: how to act on fabricated or induced illness
Guidance for nurses on identifying and safeguarding children at risk
15 Apr 2021
COVID-19 and mental health: how nurses can support children and young people
Pandemic has created a toxic environment in some families and this will affect children
26 Mar 2021
Caring for trans and non-binary people: overcoming the fear of ‘getting it wrong’
How to address inequitable treatment and improve communication with patients
05 Mar 2021
Redeployed in emergency care: anxiety and dread in one 12-hour shift
The RCN Nurse of the Year 2020 describes a day on the front line in the COVID-19 second wave
10 Feb 2021
How will the new strain of COVID-19 affect children and young people?
What it means for children’s services, vaccinations and the advice nurses should give parents
04 Feb 2021
Why nurses need to talk about vitamin D with their patients
As spring arrives and lockdown eases, nurses can encourage people to boost vitamin D levels
04 Feb 2021
COVID-19 cardiac complications: counting the long-term cost
The virus has been linked to heart damage, but has also disrupted care across the specialty
15 Jan 2021
The COVID-19 vaccine roll-out: what you need to know
Nurses are playing a leading role in the mass vaccination programme
08 Jan 2021
Back to school: how school nurses have coped with new-term challenges
Schoolchildren’s return has reduced health concerns, but school nurses have less access
19 Oct 2020
Nurses with long-COVID: why pacing yourself when back at work is essential
Staff struggling to recover from coronavirus need the support of employers – and colleagues
02 Oct 2020
What will the ‘new normal’ look like for children’s services?
Some of the new strategies adopted to cope with the pandemic are likely to stay
18 Aug 2020
Nursing students: here’s how your training will look in the new academic year
Post-pandemic peak, universities plan to continue with initiatives such as online lessons
24 Jul 2020
How to carry out remote consultations for people with asthma and COPD
Primary care nurses are having to transform their ways of working
06 Jul 2020
Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome: what nurses need to know
Be alert for unusual symptoms as a small number of cases are identified
18 Jun 2020
COVID-19: the steps to take when your shift ends to stay safe at home
Online sources list rigorous steps to take– but what do the experts say?
22 Apr 2020
COVID-19: how redeployment is affecting children’s services
Increasing capacity in intensive care will have knock-on effects for children
17 Apr 2020
COVID-19: nurses say they are not getting adequate PPE
A survey by Nursing Standard finds front-line staff fear for their lives
10 Apr 2020