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Dame Donna Kinnair is named RCN general secretary
RCN ambassador Emilia Clarke named one of 100 most influential people in the world
Nurses need protected time for training in learning disabilities and autism, says NMC
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Dame Donna Kinnair is named RCN general secretary
College appoints its acting head following months of ‘sterling leadership’
RCN ambassador Emilia Clarke named one of 100 most influential people in the world
Time magazine included the Game of Thrones star and nurse champion in its yearly list
Nurses need protected time for training in learning disabilities and autism, says NMC
NMC issues response to ongoing government consultation on mandatory training
Workforce is priority, says England’s chief nurse after 100 days in post
Ruth May was speaking at launch of new children’s mental health centre
NHS England urged to tackle ageism in cancer care
Older women with breast cancer are less likely to receive treatment, claims new report
Wards in England are still failing to achieve safe staffing levels, new report warns
Workforce study says policies introduced since Mid-Staffs Inquiry have lost momentum
Analysis
Revealed: what nurses say about short-staffing and how it’s harming patient care
Nurses open up about the risks to patient safety – and their work-life balance
Acute frailty services aim to cut avoidable ED admissions
NHS Long Term Plan puts the focus on improving acute frailty services for older people
It’s okay to talk about dying
How healthcare professionals can overcome their reluctance to talk to patients about death...
Review of 2018: The pay deal creates fallout and nurse leaders bow out
We look back on the year’s events, from a controversial pay rise to a vote of no confidence
Access to older people's services is 'complicated and confusing', CQC...
Report suggests integration can improve services, but highlights navigation difficulties
Inspectors highlight lack of joined-up health and adult social care services
Focus on managing delayed discharges has ‘almost overwhelmed other priorities’, warns Care...
Clinical update
Updated National Osteoporosis Society guideline on vitamin D
A guideline on which patients to test and who to treat for vitamin D deficiency
Updated NICE guideline on diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure
People with chronic heart failure should be given a detailed care plan, updated NICE...
Updated NICE guidance on dementia care
First update in a decade says staff working with people who have dementia need extra training
Pain assessment in older people
Updated guidelines emphasise the subjective nature of pain and offer ways to encourage...
New guidelines to diagnose and treat age-related macular degeneration
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced new guidelines on age-...
NICE guidance on intermediate care and reablement
NICE has issued new guidelines on intermediate care, including reablement, and how to...
Policy briefing
NHS Improvement guidance calls for consistent approach to pressure ulcer definition and...
Guidance calls for the 72-hour rule for pressure ulcers to be scrapped
Frailty framework: focus on older people's assets not deficits
Skills framework aims to improve identification of frailty and support people to live well
NICE publishes new mental capacity guideline
After concerns about the Mental Capacity Act 2005, NICE issues a guideline on decision-...
Safeguarding framework will help nurses protect their patients
RCN sets out competencies for healthcare staff in relation to adult safeguarding
CQC recommends new approaches to older people's care
CQC recommends new approaches to health and social care for older people
Animals in healthcare
A new RCN protocol supports nurses in planning to bring dogs safely into care homes and...
Podcast
Hear how a nurse-led acute response team dramatically reduced cardiac arrest
Series 3 Episode 6: Nurse practitioner Amor Palada talks about preventing cardiac arrest
Reaching out to nursing students via the internet
Series 3 Episode 4: how the online Student Nurse Project is connecting students nationwide...
Nursing Standard podcast: Could parliament's Brexit chaos be the catalyst for...
Episode 7 of the Nursing Standard podcast has an interview with nurse peer Baroness Mary...
Nursing student bursary was ‘far from ideal,’ says nurse MP Maria Caulfield
The nursing student bursary should not be championed as the best way to train nurses and new...
'Integrate the four fields of nursing,' leading academic tells the Nursing...
A two-stream system should be introduced to replace the four fields, nurse leader tells...
Nursing Standard podcast: Foundation years for nursing students
Universities may need to use foundation years to ensure students can meet new registration...
Journal scan
Obesity could raise risk of dementia
A combination of greater BMI and waist-hip ratio may be a risk factor for brain atrophy
Bioelectronics provides options in treatment of chronic pain
Bioelectrical medicine gives practitioners a fresh outlook on the treatment of chronic pain
Health risks of fried food highlighted
Fried food can pose health risks, especially heart problems, according to a study of US women
Apomorphine infusion could reduce immobility in people with Parkinson’s disease
Study assesses use of infusion to reduce ‘off time’ in patients
Opioid use could increase risk of hip fracture in people with Alzheimer’s disease
Moderate or strong opioids linked with increased risk of falls and therefore hip fractures
Problem-solving games can boost mental ability over a lifetime
Study examines the truth of the ‘use it or lose it’ conjecture on cognitive ability
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