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Nurse educators' initiative improves oral health of care home residents...
Response was prompted by CQC report on lack of oral health training in many care homes
24 Sep 2020
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Safeguarding against the odds: ‘this highlights what learning disability nurses do’
Patient’s Choice award nominee Marie Perry ‘went all out’ to ensure a young man’s safety
17 Aug 2020
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Cardiac arrest on a long-haul flight: ‘this brave young nurse saved my life’
As a nursing student, Patient’s Choice nominee Isobel Corrie gave CPR to a fellow passenger
17 Aug 2020
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A champion for people with personality disorders: ‘our nurse always puts us first’
How Patient’s Choice nominee Rebecca Betts-Richards supports mental health service users
17 Aug 2020
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HIV nurse specialist ‘helped me rediscover my sense of purpose and self-confidence’
Mary Makarau has been nominated for the Patient’s Choice award for her compassionate care
17 Aug 2020
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The nursing home team that helped me fight for a ‘second life’
Patient’s Choice nominee Rekha Govindan changed the prognosis for a man given weeks to live
17 Aug 2020
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Support when families need it most: ‘health visitors may not know the impact they have’
Patient’s Choice nominee Noreen Ferguson helped a family deal with their son’s diagnosis
17 Aug 2020
COVID-19: what can we learn from our care and treatment of older people during the...
The pandemic has underlined the importance of identifying older people living with frailty,...
06 Aug 2020
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Forgotten nurses of the pandemic
While the NHS is hailed as heroic, other areas of health and care have felt ignored
13 May 2020
Has the COVID-19 crisis changed community nursing practice in the UK forever?
Nurses have had to make rapid adjustments in an ever-changing environment during the pandemic
07 May 2020
COVID-19: how nurses can facilitate advance care planning
Conversations about end of life care are important for the patient and those close to them
13 Apr 2020
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