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Making sure the public get safe and effective care
This autumn, RCN Scotland will launch a campaign to guarantee safe staffing levels
Newsroom
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
Telling it how it is: senior nurses voice concerns in RCNi survey
Nearly half of senior nursing workforce concerned for safe staffing on the front line
EXCLUSIVE: The short staffing that is threatening patient safety across the UK
Nursing Standard-Sunday Mirror survey results add weight to case for safe staffing law
Embedding patient experience in care service development
NHS Improvement publishes 'organisational diagnostic' framework to help senior nurses assess...
Heart of the matter: nurse-led collaboration to get serious about preventing...
A collaborative forum aims to take a 'whole-system' approach to reduce death rates from...
Chief nurse Jane Cummings to step down
England’s chief nurse Jane Cummings to step down after more than six years
Evidence and Practice
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...
Using the Care Excellence Framework to benchmark and improve patient care
Quality is complex and difficult to define, and institutions and organisations often have...
Supervision and assessment: the new Nursing and Midwifery Council standards
In the UK, mentors of pre-registration nurses must achieve the stage 2 outcomes of the...
Reflection and personal learning
Part one of this six-part continuing professional development series considered the role of...
Critical preparation and readiness to support future change
The challenging nature of change is well documented and adequate preparation before...
The role and experiences of advanced nurse practitioners working in out of hours urgent...
GPs’ workload has increased significantly in recent years affecting their ability to provide...
Features
Careers advice: what the experts say
Senior nurses offer some tips on the practicalities of the recruitment process
Biggest challenge has been wanting to do more, says outgoing chief nurse
Jane Cummings hopes her legacy will be a more ‘balanced’ image of nursing
How one care provider introduced an electronic bed management system
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has embarked on a scheme to support patient flow. Chief...
Can they crack it? The future of health services in Northern Ireland and Republic of...
With less than ayear to go before Brexit, concern over the future of cross-border...
Turning data into useful knowledge to improve patient care
Making decisions based on poor data, a concept known as ‘garbage in, garbage out’,...
Nursing needs to embrace digital ways of working and forget tech prejudices
NHS Digital chief nurse on harnessing 'big data'...
Opinion
Making sure the public get safe and effective care
This autumn, RCN Scotland will launch a campaign to guarantee safe staffing levels
No excuse for grown-up tantrums at work
Temper tantrums seem liberating, but self-control is a better choice, says Jane Bates
Will Brexit mean the end of the UK's involvement in European health collaborations?...
It has been business as usual for European health organisations since the referendum, but...
Careers
‘Nursing is one of the best and most rewarding jobs’
Tissue viability nurse consultant Julie Tyrer explains why her patients’ reactions make her...
‘Don’t be afraid to be a leader’
After 36 years working in the NHS, Stacey McCann is using her skills as chief operating...
Paul Edwards, Dementia UK director of clinical services
Making a difference in older people's care can only happen if we work as a society, says...