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UK nurse to lead global campaign to find future nursing leaders and policy influencers
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Your guide to all the routes into nursing
Our interactive graphic shows the path for nursing apprentices, associates and degree options
District nurses: new survey aims to understand the challenges they face
Queen’s Nursing Institute also asks about career development and use of technology
UK nurse to lead global campaign to find future nursing leaders and policy influencers
Health Education England’s chief nurse will take charge of the Nightingale Challenge
HCA treated for serious burns after performing fire-eating act for charity
Fellow healthcare professionals rushed to her aid at the NHS’ Got Talent show in Winchester
Nurse who taped agitated patient’s mouth shut gets a caution from the NMC
Regulator rules nurse still fit to practise, but caution stays on her record for four years
Nursing associates: more than 1,000 now registered with NMC
Health Education England hails the ‘significant milestone’ that ‘strengthens patient care’
Analysis
Wanted: social care nurses with a flair for multitasking
A new document sets out the impressive range of responsibilities and contribution of nurses...
RCN congress 2019: your quick guide to what’s on the agenda
Nurses’ pay, staffing levels, clinical issues and bullying to be discussed
Spotlight on ageism in the health service
Research suggests the health service may be ageist, and staff should look at their approach
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...
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
Improving care for patients who have catheters
RCN updates its guidance on using catheters and how to minimise associated risks
Guidance for nurses on verifying expected death
Hospice UK guidance supports nurses in verifying the expected death of an adult
Correct use of gloves and how to protect your skin
RCN Glove Awareness week stresses correct use of gloves and how nurses can protect their skin
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-...
Journal scan
Give antibiotics for UTI to lessen sepsis risk
Antibiotics for suspected urinary tract infection in older people lessen the risk of sepsis
Thyroid function changes and cardiovascular health in older people
Studies suggest a higher threshold for treating thyroid problems in older people
Exercise can reduce falls by one quarter
Balance and functional training exercise can reduce falls in older people, a review shows
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
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...
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