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Face masks: how nurses can overcome the communication barrier and reassure patients
Compulsory face coverings pose particular challenges when patients are deaf or have dementia
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Government announces end to free hospital parking for all nurses in England
Parking charges for NHS staff will be reintroduced as COVID-19 pandemic eases
RCNi Nurse Awards 2020: find out who has made the finals
Our shortlist showcases professionalism, clinical expertise and compassionate care
MPs demand detailed PPE plan ahead of potential second COVID-19 wave
Parliamentary committee wants clarity on supply plans within two months
Online nursing degrees will be on offer from January
Seven universities in England have signed up to provide the ‘blended’ degrees
COVID-19: ‘exhausted’ nurses urged to take annual leave and focus on well-being
Nurse leaders are concerned that a tired workforce will face a second wave of cases
Matt Hancock declines to promise pay rise this year for NHS nurses
Health secretary quizzed on call for ‘real-terms’ pay offer in light of effort in pandemic
Evidence and Practice
Understanding the role of the academic assessor
Learn the role’s responsibilities, benefits and potential challenges
Optimising the absorption of medicines
Improve your understanding of the mechanisms of medicine absorption
Exploring the effects of being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in adolescence
Understand the psychological and practical impact of a diagnosis on adolescents
Understanding and applying personality types in healthcare communication
How knowledge of personality types can improve your contact with colleagues and patients
Understanding pharmacogenomic testing and its role in medicine prescribing
Exploring the nurse’s role in this branch of personalised medicine
Promoting and supporting healthy eating among nurses
How workplaces can be adapted to support nurses to eat healthily
Features
Self-isolating but still at work: the nurses behind the front line
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many nurses to forge new ways of working from home
Lyme disease: how nurses can identify it and advise patients
How to detect the tick-borne infectious disease and promote awareness among the public
Shame, stigma and sexual dysfunction: the overlooked diabetes complications
Some physical and mental health issues common in people with diabetes are not discussed
COVID-19: remembering the nursing staff who have lost their lives
Colleagues and families pay tribute to nursing professionals who have died across the UK
Agency nurses: trapped in a pandemic staffing paradox
Far from getting extra work due to COVID-19, many have struggled to obtain shifts
Nurse-patient conversations: compassionate communication while social distancing
Finding new ways to meet patients’ needs when face-to-face care is not an option
Opinion
Face masks: how nurses can overcome the communication barrier and reassure patients
Compulsory face coverings pose particular challenges when patients are deaf or have dementia
PPE is vital, but gloves are no substitute for hand hygiene
Hand hygiene remains the key to preventing the spread of infection
In remembrance: we invite you to share memories of colleagues who died in the pandemic
We hope online Book of Remembrance will be a comfort to bereaved families of nursing staff
Students
Low-paid ‘on-the-job’ nursing student training will take the profession backwards
Paid clinical placements are no cure-all for student debt and staff shortages
Our COVID-19 experience in art: capturing nursing students’ fears and challenges
Visual journalist Emily Thomas's artwork tells the stories of students’ NHS placements
Racism and health inequalities: failure to act will keep on causing poor outcomes
As nursing students, we can combat systemic discrimination and improve health
Careers
COVID-19: providing nursing leadership in a public health crisis
UCLH chief nurse explains how the trust’s culture helped it through the peak of the outbreak
COVID-19: how we adapted our diabetes service to provide seven-day-a-week, remote care
The changes that will remain post-pandemic and tips for adapting other services
Human factor skills: how harnessing them helps nurses improve patient outcomes
Take control of challenging situations by understanding human factors in your team