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Nurses in Scotland to receive £500 COVID-19 bonus
Thank you payment is separate from pay negotiations, with RCN Scotland seeking 12.5% rise
Three nurses dance their way to the Strictly NHS final
NHS charity ballroom competition announces its 12 finalists
Made-to-measure face masks: nurse working on prototype for healthcare staff
Universities helping to create reusable mask based on a scan of the user’s face
RCN disputes government claim to be on target for 50,000 more nurses in the NHS
Data shows rise of 14,813 nurses on last year, but also 36,655 FTE nursing vacancies
RCN to launch review of how it is governed, after members’ vote
Two resolutions passed at extraordinary general meeting over disrupted presidential election
NMC acknowledges ‘uncomfortable truths’ on race equality in report
Regulator calls in consultants over career opportunities and pay gap for BAME employees
Evidence and Practice
How to provide preoperative care to patients
Understand the physical and psychosocial care required before surgery
Understanding leadership for newly qualified nurses
Study the various leadership styles, qualities and behaviours
Care and management of patients receiving epidural analgesia
Familiarise yourself with the main complications that may occur
Understanding the relevance of human rights in healthcare and nursing practice
Learn about the function of human rights, and its relationship with nursing care
Undertaking a systematic assessment of patients with a traumatic brain injury
Understand the pathophysiology of this time-critical injury
Management of haemorrhage and haemorrhagic shock
Learn about their pathophysiology to ensure prompt recognition and treatment
Features
Robotic surgery: a day in the life of the UK’s first nurse fellow
Providing cutting-edge care is just part of the attraction, alongside advanced skills
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
COVID-19: how to lead and support your team in the second wave
Advice from senior nurses on preparing and assisting staff to cope with the months ahead
Odd man out: weighing up the profession’s gender balance problem
Recent recruitment ads sparked a backlash, so how can nursing attract more men?
Safe staffing champion: ‘role was my chance to be loud and proud and promote nursing’
As she prepares to retire, RCN Scotland director reflects on nursing and COVID-19
Mesothelioma: are nurses being put at risk in the workplace?
The cancer, caused by asbestos, could affect more staff than statistics suggest
Opinion
The pandemic proves that when nurses speak, governments should listen
Nurse staffing must be a priority area for ministers – 2020 offers ample evidence of that
Coping during COVID-19: how creativity can help you step back from stress
We’re not infallible, says the photographer behind Manchester’s giant nurse mural
Student attrition: why we need to be systematic in tackling it
Lack of standardised data hampers efforts to help students stay the course to graduation
Students
Clinical placements: online options for learning during COVID-19 and beyond
How an e-placement model can keep nurse education on track with virtual caseloads
Learning to monitor blood glucose – a helping hand to safe and confident practice
Nursing students can practise taking blood samples with simulation device invented by a nurse
When you fail an assignment
Lecturer and registered nurse Amy Dopson suggests steps to take if you fail an academic assignment or coursework
Careers
Why we should be celebrating nursing support workers
They have a critical role in patient care – and never more so than during COVID-19
Conflict at work: how professional advocates help staff cope with challenging situations
An approach borrowed from midwifery can improve care quality and nurses’ working lives
From nurse to trust chief: ‘my background informs my style of staff leadership’
Cancer centre chief executive’s own experience of being disciplined shaped her approach