Editor's choice
Directors of nursing should be involved in...
RCN report on NHS England waste management
Newsroom
End of life care being compromised by lack of nurse training, exclusive survey reveals
Poor discharge planning and lack of funding identified by Nursing Standard and Marie Curie...
Directors of nursing should be involved in tackling NHS waste management problems, say...
RCN report on NHS England waste management reveals huge disparity in cost of processing waste
The problems in nurse retention: understaffed, underachieving and underpaid
In January, the House of Commons health committee published its inquiry into the NHS...
Have your say on building the NHS workforce
Health Education England is consulting on draft proposals to cope with increasing demand and...
Schwartz rounds: bringing staff together to improve well-being and promote better...
Findings from a study into the effectiveness of Schwartz rounds suggest that staff who...
Podcast: Celebrating the legacy of Mary Seacole
The latest podcast looks at the life and legacy of Mary Seacole, children's mental health,...
Evidence and Practice
What keeps nurses happy? Implications for workforce well-being strategies
Aim The aim of this article is to present selected findings from a doctoral study on the...
Enhancing nurse satisfaction: an exploration of specialty nurse shortage in a region of...
Aim This article offers nurse managers guidance on analysing, managing and addressing a...
High fidelity simulation to improve multidisciplinary team working with pre-registrants
Simulation has been introduced in recent years into international nursing curricula. Many...
Reflective practices: meaningful recognition for healthy work environments
Nurses’ decisions about their intent to remain in the workforce are based on various factors...
Simulation using ‘live’ adult service users and moulage in a variety of settings
This article shows how simulation can be modified and adapted to benefit higher education...
Staff experiences of double-duty caring: at home and at work
Many healthcare, social care and voluntary agency employees are carers at work and at home,...
Revalidation
Watch our animated guide to revalidation
Our short film explains the revalidation process
Revalidation process gives specialists a chance to shine
As the first tranche of staff renew registration this month, cancer nurses explain why a new...
How nurses are preparing for the revalidation process
Five nurses from across the UK discuss their plans for renewing their registration,...
How Bupa created an infrastructure to support revalidation
Paul Edwards and colleagues explain how Bupa created an infrastructure for nurse leaders to...
Revalidation and reflective practice
Alison Finch explores how reflection is an important aspect of the re-registration process...
Features
Nursing needs to embrace digital ways of working and forget tech prejudices
Harnessing 'big data' will help clinicians make safer, better choices, says NHS Digital...
Data protection in the NHS: what new regulation means for you
Senior nurses are being urged to see the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a...
Embracing the benefits of agile working
How one community tissue viability service is thriving from its foundation trust's cost-...
Building the role of the clinical property adviser in a new healthcare setting
Instead of buying in the services of a healthcare planner, NHS Grampian developed the role...
Apprenticeships: what you need to know
Angelo Varetto from Skills for Health answers some frequently asked questions about...
Learning the art of delegation
Delegation is essential in nursing, and doing it effectively will mean that every member of...
Opinion
Vantage point: Why I’m taking a fresh look at roles and routes into nursing
Impending safe staffing law calls for imaginative ways to bolster our workforce
RCN's hands-on approach to glove use...
Ahead of World Hand Hygiene day on 5 May, the Royal College of Nursing wants to spread the...
Buying into procurement: the RCN campaign to make better use of health service money
Rose Gallagher reflects on the RCN Small Changes Big Differences campaign and why every...
Careers
‘Always go for your goals’
Care home manager Anne Kasey talks about nurturing new members of staff and why it is a...
'We all have to work together'...
Karen Wilson talks about her new role as director of nursing, midwifery and allied health...
‘Never be a friend of complacency’
Clinical lead for nursing and care services Caroline Betts on the opportunities and...