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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

Illustration showing two nursing team members in uniform standing pointing at a huge shift roster, as if discussing filling or swapping shifts

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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A group of older people do seated exercises with their hands above their heads following a seated instructor facing them

Why exercise could be the best falls prevention strategy

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

A nurse stands in front of a line of other nurses, looking happy and confident. Yet nurses often downplay their role

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

Car park pay machine and pay-and-display signs in a hospital car park – hospital nurses face charges and fines for parking at work

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

How my disability made me a better, braver nurse

As nurses we can use our own experiences as patients to enhance person-centred care

Heart attack stereotypes: would you recognise signs and symptoms, especially in women?

Listen to what your patient is telling you because we’re not always a textbook case

Patient’s clinical negligence complaint left me broken and isolated by misplaced shame

Accusation blighted my life – but here’s how I survived, and you could too

Bullying in the NHS: more than just a few bad apples

System-wide change is needed so nurses can be confident reports will be dealt with

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