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Care home support nurse
'Getting services right for people with frailty is a must'
‘I would add a seventh C: the ability to remain calm’
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No longer a backwater, care homes offer a career
Care homes can be vibrant places to work, with a clear career structure
Nurse with a zest for life – and a passion for palliative care
A student placement in a hospice ignited a passion for palliative care that has never left...
Care home tutor helps overseas nurses join UK register
A care home in Yorkshire is giving lessons to nurses from outside Europe who are working as...
Caring for yourself when you are the patient
Being a nurse doesn’t give immunity from long-term illness: points to consider after being...
Study highlights link between unfairness and staff sickness
Work dissatisfaction can affect health, recruitment and retention
Rediscover your passion by setting fresh career goals
Work motivation can be kick-started by redefining your ambitions
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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...
‘I would add a seventh C: the ability to remain calm’
Advanced nurse practitioner Ann Collins describes the qualities needed in her job
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
My job: 'Nursing is not a job, it’s a calling'
Nursing home team leader Paula McCafferty on quelling patient anxiety with staff interaction
‘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