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Three minutes to save a life: the course designed to raise suicide awareness
University initiative aims to equip all staff and students to support people at risk
Newsroom
Nurse highlights ‘gaping void’ in care for people with young-onset dementia
Fiona Chaâbane says services lack specific skills to meet needs of this patient group
New three-minute sepsis detection test ‘could save thousands of lives’
Experts hope low-cost biomarker test will be available in the NHS in three to five years
Create robust post-trauma and mental health support for staff, report advises
Health Education England commission recommends 33 improvements
Watching Tom Cruise and Mr Bean could help people with dementia
Charity Dementia UK recommends films to improve mood and engagement
Gender pay gap: male nurses disproportionately represented in profession’s top jobs
Men reach higher Agenda for Change pay grades faster than women – London South Bank study
Promising guaranteed placements in primary care is unrealistic, say nursing leaders
Pledge in new GP contract seeks to boost equality between nursing and medical students
Evidence and Practice
Identifying and differentiating stroke and stroke mimics
Why you should read this article: • To understand how to differentiate between stroke and a...
Implementing laughter therapy to enhance the well-being of patients and nurses
Discover the physical and psychosocial benefits of laughter therapy for patients and nurses
Divisional review of the nurse specialist role
How nurse specialists can contribute to high-quality patient care and outcomes
Effective intercultural communication in nursing
Extend your understanding of effective communication with people from other cultures
Prevention and management of moisture-associated skin damage
Why you should read this article: • To enable you to outline the various types and...
Legal implications of pressure injuries: experience of a tissue viability nurse expert
Why you should read this article: • To understand the process of assessing tissue viability...
Features
Three minutes to save a life: the course designed to raise suicide awareness
University initiative aims to equip all staff and students to support people at risk
Adapting the NEWS early warning tool to assess patients in the community
Creating baseline measurements in the patient’s own home ‘makes perfect sense’
The impact of nutritional care on patient outcomes
Why getting people eating well can be the key to getting everything right
How a hospital food plan can tackle more than nutrition
Communal dining and food waste reduction go hand in hand with the Food for Life programme
How I’m undoing the damage caused by workplace bullying
A nurse describes the professional and personal consequences of bullying by her manager
A mentor can open up opportunities you didn’t know existed
A BME nurse leader explains how her mentors guided her through daunting career challenges
Opinion
Our chance to raise the status of nurses
With 2020 named Year of the Nurse and Midwife, this is our moment, says Nursing Now director
Readers’ panel: Should nurses be allowed to take naps on night shifts?
The Health Foundation is funding research on support for staff working night shifts
Jane Bates: How art helped me cope with the tough times
Jane Bates recalls how art galleries helped heal the stress of work as a nursing student
Students
Planting the seeds of sepsis education
A trip to India by RCNi student award winner helped her share infection control knowledge
Breakfast battle taught me to take the time to care
A patient’s refusal to eat toast that was cut the wrong way changed a nursing student’s ideas
The simple intervention that eases pet owners’ anxiety when they’re in hospital
My innovative ‘pet card’ helps patients plan who will look after their animals
Careers
A strategy to gain confidence at work
Being aware of your skills and strengths will give you confidence when applying for a new job
The best way to beat bullies at work
Bullying and harassment are a problem in the NHS, but there are strategies to help you cope
Nursing and clinical research: let’s look at the impact of nurses
Without the wide spectrum of nursing roles in research there wouldn’t be excellent practice
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