Editor's choice
Non-technical skills required to recognise and...
Recognising patient deterioration is a vital nursing role. Observation based on vital signs...
Newsroom
IT survey reveals mismatch between what community nurses want and what they have
With one in three community nurses still using paper-based systems, more needs to be done to...
Robot wards: RCN congress discusses the future of AI technology in health and social...
With the use of robotics advancing into healthcare, what ramifications are there for staff...
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...
Evidence and Practice
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...
Encouraging reflection in professional learning
This article examines the role of nurse managers in supporting reflection for professional...
Non-technical skills required to recognise and escalate patient deterioration in acute...
Recognising patient deterioration is a vital nursing role. Observation based on vital signs...
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...
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
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'...
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...
Opinion
Nurses are central to the integration of health and social care
The RCN is ensuring that the nursing voice is heard during the ongoing integration of health...
Nurses in the United States must understand the business side of healthcare
Health and business are inextricably linked and nurses are in a prime position to take...
Education standards offer the potential for radical change
Standards will put skills development and mentorship at the heart of pre-registration nurse...
Careers
'A good nurse leader never forgets why they became a nurse'...
Amelia Greenwood-Blott, regional clinical lead nurse at Local Care Force nursing agency,...
‘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...