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Student-led simulation: preparing students for leadership
It is vital to prepare nurses to become informed leaders with the required knowledge and...
Newsroom
Safeguarding framework will help nurses protect their patients
RCN sets out competencies for healthcare staff in relation to adult safeguarding
Leadership programme aims to enhance nurse research and innovation
Senior nurses and midwives can apply to improve their professions’ influence
Nurses’ role 'more significant than that of doctors’ when spreading good practice...
Study by Warwick Business School reveals benefits of nurses in ‘hybrid’ leadership positions
Winter pressures: how will the health service cope this time round?
With winter looming, pressure builds for Matt Hancock to turn around the past two years of...
Many older hospital patients with dementia cannot communicate pain, suggests study
Researchers examined relationship between pain and delirium
NHS pay deal: RCN pledges independent review over confusion
Petition submitted to RCN amid anger over how some members say it promoted NHS pay deal
Evidence and Practice
How can critical thinking make me a better nurse?
Critical thinking can help nurses provide excellent care and improve patient well-being
Student-led simulation: preparing students for leadership
It is vital to prepare nurses to become informed leaders with the required knowledge and...
Effects of ambulatory emergency care on organisational and patient outcomes
The aim of ambulatory emergency care (AEC) is to provide patients with ambulatory care‑...
Safeguarding of vulnerable adults training: assessing the effect of continuing...
Aim This article provides an insight into the effect of safeguarding of vulnerable adults...
Results of cross-faculty ‘capstone’ assessments involving nursing and performing arts...
This article describes how ‘capstone’ assessments were created to provide two different...
A novel solution to the nursing workforce crisis: recruitment of overseas nurses living...
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has recruited nurses from overseas from within and...
Features
‘How I turned a demoralised group into a strong, diverse team’
Sandra Bennett’s leadership unlocked the potential of a struggling multicultural team
Providing care for people with dementia alongside other long-term conditions
Part two in our research series: supporting carers responsible for people with dementia
RCNi’s new digital resource will support nurses in making clinical decisions
Interactive tool offers fast point-of-care access to guidance and best-practice information
How training could improve the way HCAs relate to older people
A research review shows the importance of good relationships for clinical outcomes
I was depressed and anxious - and running a mental health trust
Lisa Rodrigues hopes talking about her anxiety will help leaders struggling to cope
What could the UK learn from adult social care in Japan?
An ageing population and shrinking workforce forced Japan to rethink how it funds care
Opinion
CQC inspections may achieve few tangible benefits
A study of how CQC inspections influence healthcare performance has startling insights
How senior nurses can help fight antimicrobial resistance
Non-prescription advice pads rolled out to support Keep Antibiotics Working campaign
Adapting overseas models of health and social care to the UK: what could work?
Providing help funded through long-term care insurance may be part of the answer
Careers
‘Never let anyone force you into lowering your values as a nurse’
Nursing support director Paul Jebb on the importance of role modelling
60 seconds with Macmillan director of nursing Barry Quinn
Barry Quinn talks about his career in cancer and palliative care and the lessons learned
‘Remember why you came into nursing and what difference you make’
Chief nurse and director of quality Allison Cannon explains what inspires her