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Wales safe staffing law plays key role in rising agency spend, report finds
NHS Grampian prepares to welcome Australian nursing graduates, thanks to NMC rule change
Bereavement support led by senior nurses or doctors ‘gives loved ones closure’
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Wales safe staffing law plays key role in rising agency spend, report finds
Wales Audit Office also cites lack of NHS pay growth as contributing factor
NHS Grampian prepares to welcome Australian nursing graduates, thanks to NMC rule change
Newly qualified cohort will help the Scottish employer fill band 5 vacancies
Bereavement support led by senior nurses or doctors ‘gives loved ones closure’
Matron-led service resolved concerns that might otherwise have escalated to formal complaints
‘Powerful duo’ will lead RCN council’s drive to reconnect with members
New chair Sue Warner says the year ahead ‘will be a challenging one’
Staff shortages could derail NHS funding boost plans
Report warns extra money promised for NHS may be lost to agency costs – or not used at all
New guidance focuses on how to safely deploy nursing associates
Resource published ahead of new staff joining register at end of January
Analysis
NHS Long Term Plan is big on ambition, so why is it short of nurses’ support?
Critics say the 10-year strategy cannot succeed until the NHS staffing crisis is resolved
NHS Long Term Plan ‘guarantees’ shifting resources from hospitals to community
'Historic' publication promises to reshape health service around the ‘changing needs of...
Brexit: make or break for the NHS?
With the NHS reliant on EU nurses, Brexit plans must cover all areas of healthcare
What’s in store for nursing in 2019?
Staffing issues, Brexit and new leaders are expected to dominate the nursing agenda this year
Weapons, toasters or fish: what gift will a patient give you today?
A token of gratitude is always welcome – but check whether it may compromise your role
Review of 2018: The pay deal creates fallout and nurse leaders bow out
We look back on the year’s events, from a controversial pay rise to a vote of no confidence
Clinical update
Intermediate care and reablement
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released new guidelines on...
Multiple morbidities assessment
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released its new guidelines...
Clinical update – infusion therapy
Ensuring the safest care for patients undergoing infusion therapy through updated guidance.
Clinical update: monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery
New standards on patient monitoring require hospitals to provide capnography throughout...
Multiple morbidities assessment
People with multiple morbidities need a tailored approach to care, according to a new...
Policy briefing
Safeguarding framework will help nurses protect their patients
RCN sets out competencies for healthcare staff in relation to adult safeguarding
Animals in healthcare
A new RCN protocol supports nurses in planning to bring dogs safely into care homes and...
Updated National Early Warning Score
In December 2017, the Royal College of Physicians updated the National Early Warning Score...
Staff retention: employers advised to listen more to nurses
New guidance on staff retention from NHS Improvement encourages employers to listen to...
Emergency department standards
The latest policy and what it means for healthcare professionals.
Enabling professionalism in practice
The latest policy and what it means for healthcare professionals.
Podcast
Hear how a nurse-led acute response team dramatically reduced cardiac arrest
Series 3 Episode 6: Nurse practitioner Amor Palada talks about preventing cardiac arrest
Reaching out to nursing students via the internet
Series 3 Episode 4: how the online Student Nurse Project is connecting students nationwide...
Nursing Standard podcast: Could parliament's Brexit chaos be the catalyst for...
Episode 7 of the Nursing Standard podcast has an interview with nurse peer Baroness Mary...
Nursing Standard podcast: Agile working
Tissue viability nurse Debbie Wickens takes us on her rounds
Nursing student bursary was ‘far from ideal,’ says nurse MP Maria Caulfield
The nursing student bursary should not be championed as the best way to train nurses and new...
'Integrate the four fields of nursing,' leading academic tells the Nursing...
A two-stream system should be introduced to replace the four fields, nurse leader tells...
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