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Regulation of NHS managers: an NHS manager speaks to a staff member at a hospital nurses station

NHS misconduct: it’s time the rules for staff and managers aligned

The proposal for a regulating body that holds managers to account is a step forward

New NHS national uniforms in different colourways are designed to better distinguish nursing and other occupational groups 

‘Smart scrubs’: will your new work wardrobe help you do your job in comfort?

New NHS uniform has its critics, but perhaps it’s not such a bad idea

A student nurse cares for an injured older patient. Placements help students build confidence and experience through hands-on care

Practice makes perfect: would reducing clinical placement hours be a mistake?

Placement hours are a big commitment, but they also build skills and confidence

Newly qualified nurses are having to seek employment elsewhere to make ends meet, such as in coffee shops or in retail. Picture shows a female barista making coffee

New nurses working in Starbucks: is this still a career for life?

We have new registrants unable to get NHS jobs, despite chronic nurse shortages

Patients can be misled when the word ‘nurse’ is part of the title of a non-registered role

‘Nurse’ title for unregistered roles is a dangerous deception and holds us in contempt

Healthcare support staff are invaluable, but inflated titles do them no favours either

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SceA nurse chats with an older woman in a wheelchair. With more people choosing to receive care close to home, the role of nursing professionals will become increasingly vital.

A pivotal moment for social care – and the role of nurses will be crucial

Workforce strategy marks a shift in staffing and a chance to transform the sector

Nurse retention: steep rise in newly registered nurses quitting profession means action is needed to boost morale and reduce burnout

Nurse burnout busters: my staff retention to-do list for managers and nursing employers

Here’s how to give newly registered nurses – and all nurses – the workplaces they deserve

Smiling nurse helps patient get up from bed, showing how ward nurse intervention is important in preventing inpatient falls

Staggered break times turns out to be a winning falls-prevention strategy for inpatients

How a hospital team has all-but eliminated falls in a simple but systematic way

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An illustration of a doctor and nurse looking concerned as they sit and listen to an older man who has a cup of tea in his hand   Picture: Daniel Mitchell

Why we all need to talk more openly about death

Avoiding the topic could deny people the chance of ‘a good death’

Image shows a member of healthcare staff facing an open cupboard and holding a plastic bottle of medication

Paracetamol theft: does the punishment fit the crime?

Why I find it hard to swallow nurse’s six-month suspension for taking ward painkillers

Blurred image of healthcare professionals moving at high speed with a hospital trolley along a corridor, suggesting the time and workload pressures facing emergency department staff

DNACPR tragedy will prey on the consciences of nurses involved, but they are all of us

Patient’s death tells us what we already know, but will it change anything?

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Stroud care home resident Ruby Wakefield in the cockpit of a helicopter: positive risk-taking can boost health and well-being

Taking a risk can be beneficial to older people’s health and well-being

Nurses should understand the benefits of positive risk-taking

Unsocial shifts and rotas: what’s your breaking point?

Nurses are flexible but there has to be give and take if the NHS is to boost retention
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Why exercise could be the best falls prevention strategy

Exercise can boost well-being and health, and help prevent falls

Our professional inferiority complex: why you’re never ‘just’ a nurse

Safety-critical care is what we do, yet some of us can’t resist the urge to downplay

Hospital car parking: who exactly is making a profit from all those charges and fines?

Using staff as cash cows if they drive to work shows how far goodwill has fallen in the NHS
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Why we should promote continence in people living with dementia

While our bodies and minds may age, the need to be treated with dignity and respect remains

Cruel curbs on migrant care workers’ lives are at odds with British values

Rules to stop overseas staff bringing family are also risky for the care sector and NHS

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