Nursing Older People
Editor's choice
Looking back at 30 years of older people’s nursing
Older people’s nurses remember three decades of challenges and developments in the specialty
Newsroom
Congress demands better healthcare in rural areas
RCN council told to lobby for better healthcare in rural areas amid ‘unsustainable pressure’
Sexual harassment of nurses is too often ‘brushed aside as a misunderstanding’
Congress wants employers to provide more protection for staff
Demands to show ‘resilience’ put greater pressure on nurses, congress told
Nurses struggling to cope in stressful workplaces are pressured by demands to show resilience
Congress demands mandatory sepsis training
RCN members back call for mandatory sepsis training after hearing survivor’s account
Multitude of nursing uniforms causing confusion in England
Congress discusses whether a national uniform should be introduced
Bullying in the NHS: ‘Nurses must take collective responsibility to help tackle problem’
RCN congress hears nurses’ own accounts of workplace harassment
Evidence and Practice
The role of the community matron: a structured approach to case management
A critical analysis of the community matron service
Using the Relating to Older People Evaluation tool to measure ageism in higher education
The aim of this study was to explore the use of ROPE to examine ageist attitudes
A professional development programme for care home nurses in east London
There is a need for professional development opportunities for registered nurses undertaking...
How do I recognise and treat pain appropriately in a person with dementia?
A tool to help staff manage pain in dementia care uses four simple steps
Development of a capability-based training programme for an advanced nurse practitioner
Although there is a long history of advanced nursing practice in the UK, without...
Approaches to managing older people using opiates and their risk of dependence
There is little doubt that opiates have transformed healthcare, particularly in relation to...
Features
Looking back at 30 years of older people’s nursing
Older people’s nurses remember three decades of challenges and developments in the specialty
Three decades of older people's nursing reflected in our pages
A dip into our archives, and the recollections of two former editors
Nursing older people with cancer
The final article in our series on how cancer affects different patient demographics
Intermediate care: a stepping stone from hospital to community
How a multidisciplinary service is tackling the costly problem of delayed discharge
How nursing associates aim to add value to older people's care ...
The nursing associate role has opened up a new career pathway for Claire Stott and Laura...
Advance care planning system helps ensure people’s end of life wishes are met
Patients' digitally recorded end of life care preferences help healthcare professionals...
Opinion
How to exercise safely with osteoporosis
The Royal Osteoporosis Society has issued guidance on the advice nurses should give
How an enhanced care initiative has improved dementia services
Introduction of an enhanced nursing care team has reduced use of costly support staff
Audio players project helps stimulate people with dementia
People with dementia are using simple music players to access audiobooks and radio/TV
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
‘Don’t be too focused on the task at hand’
Admiral Nurse Sarah Oakwood on her ‘musts’ for working with older people
Care home support nurse
Primary care nurses must adapt ways of working due to an increase in frail older patients
'Getting services right for people with frailty is a must'
Frailty and dementia matron Beverley Marriott wants an integrated health and social care...