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Nurses transform mouth care with oral hygiene plan
Two nurses devised single-use oral hygiene kit that hangs on patients’ bedsides
13 Jan 2020
Could it be you? Entries now open for the RCNi Nurse Awards 2020
Nominate yourself or a colleague for this prestigious nursing award in 2020
12 Nov 2019
Nurses use video link to keep older people out of hospital
Link enables nurses to triage people in care and nursing homes, reducing hospital admissions
31 Oct 2019
Help older patients by tackling overprescribing
Polypharmacy puts many older people at risk of serious side effects
09 Oct 2019
Volunteers are transforming the care of people with dementia
The Dementia Carers’ Support Service helps carers draw on the experience of volunteers
05 Sep 2019
Dementia Carers’ Support Service was invaluable when I was caring for my dad
The service helped Loretta Peck care for her father – and prompted her to become a nurse
05 Sep 2019
Wound care: treating the cause rather than simply covering it with a dressing
How to challenge the perceived inevitability associated with chronic wounds
28 Aug 2019
How technology can improve residents' well-being...
Four Seasons Health Care's Quality of Life programme collects and acts on feedback
09 Jul 2019
Care home initiative reduces falls without curbing residents’ activities
Embracing positive risk has reduced falls and let residents pursue activities they enjoy
03 Jul 2019
My role in the review of forensic mental health services
Chair of the review Derek Barron talks to Mental Health Practice
13 Jun 2019
Three decades of older people's nursing reflected in our pages
A dip into our archives, and the recollections of two former editors
28 May 2019
Looking back at 30 years of older people’s nursing
Older people’s nurses remember three decades of challenges and developments in the specialty
01 May 2019
Nursing older people with cancer
The final article in our series on how cancer affects different patient demographics
21 Mar 2019
Intermediate care: a stepping stone from hospital to community
How a multidisciplinary service is tackling the costly problem of delayed discharge
13 Mar 2019
How nursing associates aim to add value to older people's care
The nursing associate role presents a new career pathway for Claire Stott and Laura Simmons
05 Mar 2019
Advance care planning system helps ensure people’s end of life wishes are met
Recorded end of life care preferences help healthcare staff access and share information
04 Feb 2019
Tenacity, passion and visible leadership are vital in older people’s care
This article in our careers series profiles an assistant director of nursing who wants staff...
30 Jan 2019
Older LGBT people find a welcome at the rainbow café
How nurses can support people facing memory loss, isolation and the fear of discrimination?
25 Jan 2019