Editor's choice
Hospice care: ‘a unique opportunity’
Faith Slater on why she needs to use every skill she has to support families experiencing...
Newsroom
Not good enough: RCN’s verdict on pay offer to NHS nurses in Northern Ireland
College consults members on what they want to do now
RCN poll reveals concern that lack of nurses compromises patient safety
Survey of UK public also finds more than half demand more funding for nursing students
Nursing apprenticeships: MPs move to inject momentum into stalling programme
Cross-party group wants a more flexible approach to funding and supernumerary status
Nurse-led community-acquired pneumonia screening halves hospital mortality
Acute medical admissions model should be used to ease NHS winter pressures, say researchers
Access to older people's services is 'complicated and confusing', CQC...
Report suggests integration can improve services, but highlights navigation difficulties
Nurses say they value hospital volunteers, but worry about the tasks they’re given
Survey is the first time NHS staff have been asked what they think of ward volunteers
Evidence and Practice
Why is future care planning so important for people living with frailty?
Why early conversations about end of life care are essential for people living with frailty
Improving the identification of patients with delirium using the 4AT assessment
Delirium is a common neuropsychiatric disorder that all those working with older people will...
Challenges of implementing and embedding a programme to improve care for older people...
The authors took part in a national research project that evaluated an intervention to...
Maintaining skin health in older people
Skin changes associated with age are inevitable. Ageing is associated with structural and...
Developing a holistic, multidisciplinary community service for frail older people
This article explores the development of an ambulatory community service that demonstrates...
How can advance care planning improve end of life care for nursing home residents?
How PEACE planning can guide nursing home staff and community nursing teams
Features
Hospice care: ‘a unique opportunity’
Faith Slater on why she needs to use every skill she has to support families experiencing...
Outstanding nurses whose compassion and innovation won recognition
We hope our roll-call of amazing nurses will inspire you to nominate yourself or a colleague...
Managing transitions to palliative care for older people in acute hospitals
This is the fourth in a series of six articles that aim to encourage nurse leaders to...
Social care in crisis: your questions answered
Can the government come up with a solution that works for individuals, carers and staff?
Changing perceptions of careers in adult social care
This feature in our careers series profiles a clinical care supervisor who is changing...
Using neighbourhood networks to enable people to die at home
In a pioneering initiative, family and friends share end of life care with community nurses
Opinion
Bravo to author of article about ageism and its implications for nursing practice
Nursing student is a role model of inclusive attitudes and behaviours
NHS CHC does not reflect the cultural needs of all people with dementia
We need to ensure people from BME backgrounds have equitable access to NHS Continuing...
The Care Certificate: a step in the right direction?
Care Certificate is a step on the right path for carer training, suggests report evaluation
Students
Importance of preventing pressure ulcers was highlighted by training
A student on placement gained confidence after training to manage pressure ulcers in older...
It is an honour to give someone the ‘right’ death
Caring for a dying patient and providing last offices helped nursing student Tristan Crombie...
Lessons learned in a hospice
A placement at a hospice will inform this student's practice for the rest of his career...
Careers
Forget any myths about nursing careers in dementia care – we’re at the cutting edge
Hugh Masters on why care of people with dementia is at the forefront of nursing innovation
‘I love to see residents happy and content, and their relatives reassured’
Julie Newman, manager of Ivybank House care home, Falkirk, reflects on her career to date
'A sense of humour is a must in care of older people'...
Pablo Vilar on why there are more challenges ahead for care workers