Analysis
Take on more frontline responsibilities, nurses told
Two recent reports seek to empower nurses in light of staff shortages
01 Jul 2016
Compassion in Practice model lacked junior nurse buy-in
As NHS England unveiled the details of Leading Change, Adding Value, the new nursing...
01 Jun 2016
Leadership programme for district nurses wins Nurse Award category
A leadership training programme devised and delivered by a team in Surrey is improving...
01 Jun 2016
New national policy sets out support system for whistleblowers
Nurses and other NHS staff who raise concerns about safety or the quality of patient care...
03 May 2016
Nurses call for protected time for revalidation CPD
Nurses are concerned about meeting the continuing professional development (CPD)...
03 May 2016
Annual NHS survey shows that three quarters of staff work overtime,
The annual NHS staff survey is a chance to discover how front line staff feel about their...
01 Apr 2016
Get the most from revalidation
At the start of this month, the first nurses to begin the revalidation process will have...
01 Apr 2016
Productivity still ‘not good enough’ says Carter review
The starting gun has been fired. After 18 months of work, Lord Carter’s roadmap for...
01 Mar 2016
Vanguard sites look at new ways to deliver care
A major project to find new models of care for the NHS to cope with increasing demands and...
01 Mar 2016
Nursing associates: a return to state enrolled nurses?
Plan for unregulated support role seen as a way to obtain ‘nursing skills on the cheap’,...
01 Feb 2016
RCN launches centenary celebrations
The value of nursing leadership is highlighted in the RCN centenary exhibition, which opened...
01 Feb 2016
General practice nurses urged to join professional mainstream
There has never been a time of greater opportunity for nurses working in general practice,...
01 Feb 2016
Providing health care from army camp to civvy street
Not many nurses have to learn to use a pistol and rifle, but Elizabeth Shillito did. It was...
25 Nov 2015
Food and drink message has to work down from the top
Fresh guidance aimed at reducing poor nutrition and hydration in patients places more...
25 Nov 2015
Buying into a greater product procurement role for nurses
At the chief nursing officer (CNO) for England’s summit this month, the RCN will publicise...
25 Nov 2015
Political influence
Senior nurses in Northern Ireland are to be trained in political influencing to help them...
30 Sep 2015
Chief nursing officer for Ireland aims to ‘bring nurses together’
When Ireland's chief nursing officer (CNO) Siobhan O’Halloran was appointed to her post two...
30 Sep 2015
Award winner leads programme striving to make births safer in Nigeria
It is eight years since nurse leader Chinomnso Ibe established the Traffina Foundation for...
26 Aug 2015