Opinion
Why nurses should make their voices heard and use their vote in the forthcoming election
Who gets paid what in the NHS?
How good nursing leadership can champion holistic healthcare
Comment
How good nursing leadership can champion holistic healthcare
Investment in mental health nursing leadership is vital on acute wards
Sexual safety in all mental health settings is a fundamental right for service users
Sexual Safety Collaborative to have new standards to improve sexual safety on wards
Treatment pathways must take account of cultural beliefs
Clinical systems must reflect the diverse range of beliefs that people hold
How one care provider is embedding technology to make services more efficient
Rowan Procter on digital technology and launching her trust's new instant-communications app
All to play for: the need for resilience in nursing leaders
Senior nurses set to explore how to exert influence in health and social care
Three ways to support colleagues with cancer at diagnosis, during treatment and beyond
Breast surgeon Liz O’Riordan draws on her experience of breast cancer to advise on helping fellow staff
Expert advice
Can employers read personal messages sent via work email?
With the current focus on data protection, the answer may surprise you
Workforce: Offer to Jamaican nurses marred by Windrush
Timing is all in politics, says James Buchan
Workforce: What can we learn from the ‘pay pendulum’ of decades ago?
Since the mid-1980s, the Pay Review Body has been fairly successful in keeping nurse pay on an even keel, but it’s clear the system now needs fixing, says workforce expert James Buchan
Workforce: Immigration of skilled younger nurses keeps our NHS running
With ‘self-sufficiency’ in NHS staffing yet to materialise, the UK relies on skilled workers from abroad to maintain viable services
Legal advice: Do I have to report a parking fine to the Nursing and Midwifery Council?
The Nursing and Midwifery Council requires nurses and midwives to report any convictions or cautions they receive, but do parking fines and other fixed-penalty motoring offences fall within this category?
Medicines management: Should applicants for staff nurse posts have numeracy tests?
An increasing number of medication incidents are due to calculation errors, and while numeracy tests may seem yet another hoop to jump through they are to help protect patient safety and your registration, and will likely become more common
Editorial
Why nurses should make their voices heard and use their vote in the forthcoming election
Vote for the candidate you think could make a difference to health and social care
We must all help to transform the well-being culture in the NHS
Well-being guardians may lead the way, but we all have our part to play
Welcome to a new era for Nursing Management
Welcome to your new-look Nursing Management journal
A chance for ‘ordinary’ nurses to share, inspire and win recognition for their...
Nominate yourself or a colleague for this year’s RCNi Nurse Awards and help celebrate exceptional nursing care, writes editor Graham Scott
How does nursing attract and retain strong leaders?
Ward managers should be excluded from staff numbers so they are free to take on supervisory roles.
Summer of protest message is getting through
Nurses must come together to prevent a real-terms pay cut.
Your views
Readers’ panel: What should the new health and social care secretary prioritise?
Nursing Standard readers have their say on what Matt Hancock should focus on
Reviews
Book review: Snowball in a Blizzard: The Tricky Problem of Uncertainty in Medicine
Retired practice development nurse Valerie McGurk reviews Snowball in a Blizzard: The Tricky Problem of Uncertainty in Medicine
Book review: Transitions to Practice: Essential Concepts for Health and Social Care...
Principle lecturer Kay Norman reviews Transitions to Practice: Essential Concepts for Health and Social Care Practitioners
Book review: Revalidation: A Journey for Nurses and Midwives
Professional development and revalidation lead nurse Carolyn Middleton reviews Revalidation: A Journey for Nurses and Midwives
Book review: Nurses and Nursing: The Person and the Profession
Patient experience and quality manager Eleanor Sherwen reviews Nurses and Nursing: The Person and the Profession
Book review: Learning for Organizational Development
This book offers useful advice easily transferrable to nursing management settings