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Fast-track nurse recruitment plan announced in bid to slash vacancies
NHS jobs to be offered to unemployed nurses in Kenya
Mental health hospital must improve staffing levels, says CQC
Care Quality Commission inspection finds 46 red flags at The Harbour hospital in Preston
Your annual leave postponed: call for help to ease summer pressures facing NHS staff
How backlog of time off thanks to COVID-19 will add to strain on nurses and services
Off-duty nurses called in amid COVID-19 surge in Northern Ireland
Rise in patient numbers and staff self-isolating put system under ‘extreme pressure’
NHS pay: warning over ‘summer of action’ planned in protest at 3% award
Nurses being urged to support calls for ministers to find extra cash
Campaign calls on night shift nurses to help encourage healthier sleep for inpatients
Trust wants to eliminate loud night-time noises and boost patient sleep and recovery
Evidence and Practice
Optimising protein intake in older people to maintain their musculo- skeletal health
The role of protein in healthy ageing with recommendations for optimising protein intake
Understanding and mitigating moral injury in nurses
A discussion of the manifestations of moral injury and its associated risk factors
Association between medically assisted detoxification and neuropathic pain
How to manage pain in people recovering from high-risk alcohol use
The disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on nurses from ethnic minority backgrounds
Recognise the intersecting factors that can lead to discrimination and disadvantage
Understanding the principles of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
An overview of NPPV and its use in type 1 and type 2 respiratory failure
Using nurse-led patient monitoring to avoid medicines-related harm
Identify strategies that will increase your role in medicines optimisation
Features
How COVID-19 is affecting nurses’ mental health, and what to do about it
There are so many reasons to feel anxious about coronavirus, but help is out there
Sickle cell crisis: step-by-step advice on spotting the signs and how to respond
Lack of knowledge of the blood disorder is common. Find out how to help your patients
Motivational interviewing: what is it and can it help initiate behaviour change?
Conversations that draw out patients’ own reasons to make a health change
Fairness in FtP: how to deal with concerns and get referrals right
NMC guide sets out when to refer and when to address concerns in-house, and why it matters
Cellulitis: management, diagnosis and what nurses need to know
Summer insect bites can often trigger the infection as well as dog bites
Windrush generation nurses: reflections on racism and career triumphs against the odds
Nurses who came to the UK from Jamaica recall subtle discrimination and blatant barriers
Opinion
Backdated holiday pay: how to get any money you are owed
Find out if you’re eligible for a one-off corrective payment for ‘regular overtime’
NHS pay award: having to wrangle over a fair deal is the last thing nurses need now
If ministers want to boost nurse retention, a mere 3% pay award is not the way to do it
NHS pay rise: what you need to know and what happens next
Quick guide to the 2021-22 pay round – wherever you are in the UK
Students
How to be clear: communication tips for compassionate care and effective teamwork
Advice on adapting your communication style to the needs of patients and colleagues
Advance rotas for students: improving work-life balance and the placement experience
How an allocated shift rostering approach can benefit students and placement areas
Diabetes dos, don’ts and treatment advice: a guide for students
Your type 1 and type 2 questions answered, including how to encourage safe self-management
Careers
What does a chief nurse information officer do – and could you be one?
As digital tech becomes central to healthcare, CNIOs help ensure systems work for staff
My second-chance career: how one nurse conquered stigma to return to practice
History of mental ill health can end careers – but Hannah MacDonald had other ideas
Too valuable to lose: how to encourage older nurses to remain on the register
Employers can show they prize late-career nurses by offering them tailored support