Opinion
CQC inspections may achieve few tangible benefits
How senior nurses can help fight antimicrobial resistance
Adapting overseas models of health and social care to the UK: what could work?
Editorial
How does nursing attract and retain strong leaders?
Ward managers should be excluded from staff numbers so they are free to take on supervisory...
Summer of protest message is getting through
Nurses must come together to prevent a real-terms pay cut.
Now more than ever, nurses need resilience
Horrendous events in London and Manchester have put healthcare staff under enormous pressure.
It's time to reward nursing leadership...
Nurses such as RCNi award winners Susie Scales and Amy Sims must be encouraged to thrive.
Demonstrating how we value our workforce
There may be a role for specialist nurses in meeting the needs of new recruits.
Let's work together to spread good practice...
At a two day summit in Birmingham, health secretary Jeremy Hunt calls on organisations to...
Comment
CQC inspections may achieve few tangible benefits
A study of how CQC inspections influence healthcare performance has startling insights
How senior nurses can help fight antimicrobial resistance
Non-prescription advice pads rolled out to support Keep Antibiotics Working campaign
Adapting overseas models of health and social care to the UK: what could work?
Providing help funded through long-term care insurance may be part of the answer
Nurses: agents of change for digital developments in clinical settings
Why it's important for staff to join the NHS Digital Academy leadership programme...
Meeting the challenges of returning to practice
Return to nursing can seem daunting, but the core values of the profession are unchanged
Voluntary contributions: adding value to patient experience
The success of the Royal Free Charity shows how volunteers can help improve service provision
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...
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...
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...
Medicines management: Should applicants for staff nurse posts have numeracy tests?
An increasing number of medication incidents are due to calculation errors, and while...
Reviews
Book review: Quality and Safety in Nursing
Ensuring that care is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient centred.
Book review: Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare
New ways to evaluate leadership in nursing.
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...
Book review: Transitions to Practice: Essential Concepts for Health and Social Care...
Principle lecturer Kay Norman reviews Transitions to Practice: Essential Concepts for Health...
Book review: Revalidation: A Journey for Nurses and Midwives
Professional development and revalidation lead nurse Carolyn Middleton reviews Revalidation...
Book review: Nurses and Nursing: The Person and the Profession
Patient experience and quality manager Eleanor Sherwen reviews Nurses and Nursing: The...
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