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Increasing awareness of bullying through small-scale initiatives in higher education
Enhance your understanding of workplace bullying, particularly in nurse education
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Nurses’ strike: will the army be called in to keep NHS services running?
Defence officials may be looking at how military personnel could fill in for nurses
Flexible working offered to NHS nurses going through the menopause
‘Taboos need to be broken,’ says NHS England as health body publishes menopause guidance
Comedians, MPs and public show their support for nurses’ strike
Rob Delaney, Diane Abbott and Dane Baptiste among those expressing solidarity
NHS pay: ‘Best and final’ offer falls short of nurses’ demand, so what can union do now?
RCN leaders plan their next move after Scottish Government unveils improved offer
First dates announced for nurses’ strike action in December
Strikes on Thursday 15 and Tuesday 20 December in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Lucy Letby trial: nurses tell court they did not administer insulin to premature baby
Child F’s heart rate surged and his blood glucose dropped dangerously after IV feed
Evidence and Practice
Increasing awareness of bullying through small-scale initiatives in higher education
Enhance your understanding of workplace bullying, particularly in nurse education
Developing a leadership programme for junior nurses
Understand the importance of organising professional development for junior nurses
How to undertake annual appraisals and ongoing performance reviews
Enhance your knowledge of how to structure appraisals and performance reviews
Supporting nurse leaders to recognise and mitigate the effects of moral injury
What is moral injury and why can nurses be particularly vulnerable to it?
Disaster nursing and disaster preparedness
An investigation of nursing students’ knowledge, competence and attitudes
Co-producing transgender awareness training for healthcare students and professionals
Learn about co-production, content and delivery of a transgender awareness training session
Features
Workplace aggression: how to handle difficult colleagues and when to raise concerns
What to do if hostile, rude or negligent behaviour is affecting morale and patient care
Sleep deprived? How to get a good rest, whatever your shift pattern
Find out what aids good sleep, whether you’re working nights or days
Challenging clinical decisions: how to raise concerns about care
It can be difficult to question senior colleagues. Find out how to do it well
When patients withhold facts: how to spot untruths and encourage openness
‘White lies’ can jeopardise care, but they may just be a way to avoid judgement
‘Start with just one act of kindness’: meet the RCN Nurse of the Year 2022
Alison Bunce created a community initiative that puts compassion first
End of life: how to discuss advance care planning with patients
Advice on initiating conversations, communicating clearly and establishing what patients want
Opinion
How I tackled poor fluid balance monitoring to improve patient outcomes
Emergency department sister Gemma Gessey’s improvement project made significant change
Suicide among nurses: how we can reduce risk and stigma by simply talking
Ways to support colleagues through open, honest discussions
What nurses really want for Christmas: better pay and conditions
The profession deserves a better deal all round, all year, not a teabag ‘thank you’ treat
Students
How to show leadership and organisation skills as a nursing student
Students on GP placement found ‘lost’ patients who were missing out on vital diabetes care
Welcome to your placement: how a ‘hello’ pack can help students feel at home
A nurse explains her idea to improve the learning experience for students and the team
A guide to infection prevention and control: what nursing students need to know
Protecting patients and staff from infection is a fundamental part of care
Careers
What does it take to be a major trauma nurse practitioner?
Find out about a role that follows the patient from critical care to recovery
Are you a super-helper? How to ditch the guilt and avoid burnout
Super-helpers won’t say no to helping people even when it affects their well-being
What does an occupational health nurse do and could it be the role for me?
Find out about a varied career that can be in the NHS or anywhere in the world of work