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Close-up of hands typing on a laptop keyboard for a competency test

Fraud case casts doubt on hundreds of nurses’ competency test results

48 registrants will be investigated after ‘proxy testers’ found at test centre

A student looks at an open laptop with pen in her hand to take notes

Number of nursing students securing university courses through clearing drops by 12%

Workforce plan is criticised as government fails to secure boost to recruitment

Photo of nurses on training course, illustrating story about consultation on training subjects

Have your say on compulsory training subjects for NHS staff

Consultation seeks views of nurses to inform revisions to Core Skills Training Framework

Advanced nurse practitioner Rebecca Wight speaking on BBC TV's Newsnight

Raising concerns: ‘Whistleblowers must be heard without prejudice’

A nurse who felt persecuted after raising concerns has called for improved training

Entrance of the Blackpool Victoria Hospital: nurse Catherine Hudson has admitted stealing medications but denies charges of ill-treatment and inappropriately sedating patients at a the hospital's stroke unit

Nurse on trial for ill-treatment says she showed patients only ‘care and devotion’

Catherine Hudson has admitted stealing medications but denies charges of ill-treatment

Photo of nurses striking at Harrogate District Hospital in Yorkshire in May

Strikes: minimum service levels could force hospital nurses to work

New consultation could affect nurses in urgent, emergency and ‘time-critical’ services

Evidence and Practice

Benefits of deprescribing for older people with frailty and polypharmacy: part two

Benefits of deprescribing for older people with frailty and polypharmacy: part two

Nurses should be aware of tools that may assist in preventing or reducing inappropriate...

Benefits of deprescribing for older people with frailty and polypharmacy: part one

Benefits of deprescribing for older people living with frailty and polypharmacy: part 1

Adverse effects of polypharmacy on older people and medicines optimisation for those living...

Foot ulcers in older people with diabetes mellitus: prevention and management

Diabetic foot ulcers in older people: prevention and management

How to avoid the potentially devastating effects of foot ulcers

An older woman turns to a nurse and smiles during a falls assessment that involves holding lengths of tape fastened to wall bars

What does a comprehensive geriatric assessment involve?

It can help you provide person-centred support for older people living with frailty

Who am I? Identity, person-centred care and dementia

Who am I? Identity, person-centred care and dementia

Actively seeking a person’s concept of self can help nurses deliver personalised care

Introducing a group-based psychoeducation intervention for older people in an inpatient mental healthcare setting

A psychoeducation intervention for older people in an inpatient mental healthcare...

Such interventions may support patients to develop expertise regarding their own emotional...

Features

Nursing couples: what it’s like when your partner is a fellow nurse

Three couples on the highs and lows of partnerships that span the private and professional

De-escalation techniques: 7 tips for handling conflict situations

Tension occurs in every setting – these skills can help you manage it and stay calm

The pros and cons of ‘therapeutic lying’ in dementia care

Truth should always be the starting point, but some ‘untruths’ can minimise distress

Raising concerns in the NHS: Letby case shows the time for culture change is now

Urgent improvements nurses want to see, plus advice on whistleblowing and speaking up

How robots and AI can support, not substitute, nursing practice

Artificial intelligence has the potential to ease pressures and speed up decision-making

Menopause-friendly workplace: 6 ways to be a supportive manager if staff are struggling

Tips on showing compassion at a time when many women feel forced to give up work

Opinion

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A nurse sits with an older woman and goes through her patient notes

Now is the time for nurses to drive health and social care research

A national funding boost should encourage nurses to pursue research careers

Cannabis for medicinal use: when it can be prescribed and what nurses need to know

The products available and conditions for which they can be legally used

TikTok tips: how you can use it to connect with others and share ideas

Finding content on the social media app – and sharing your own safely and professionally

Students

Second-year blues: when you’re no longer new, but far from the finish line

Anxiety levels can soar in year two but support is available to help you find confidence

Why all nursing students need to learn about advocacy, activism and resistance

A new course teaches nurses to be champions of patients, colleagues and the profession

Learning disability clinical placement: what experience will I gain?

Students in every field need to know how to support people with learning disabilities

Careers

What is a Freedom to Speak Up guardian and how do I become one?

Those in the role provide crucial support for clinicians who raise concerns

Flexible working: what if nurses could choose their own hours?

How a care home group is tackling recruitment issues by giving staff freedom on shifts worked

I’m new to the role of practice supervisor for students – what do I need to know?

Find out the qualities and skills you need – and how role can enhance your own practice

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