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Nurse restored to register after alcohol misuse says ‘it should be easier to get help’
Kenneth Brady was struck off by Nursing and Midwifery Council for six years
Newsroom
Nurses who donate blood are urged to keep their appointments in the run-up to Christmas
Blood stocks can drop in festive period as donor bookings are missed or cancelled
Nurse restored to register after alcohol misuse says ‘it should be easier to get help’
Kenneth Brady was struck off by Nursing and Midwifery Council for six years
RCN Wales Nurse of the Year: award for nurse who took action to boost sepsis education
Teaching package supports community staff to excalate concerns about patient deterioration
RCN Wales appoints new interim director
Helen Whyley, a nurse who advised government on safe staffing levels, replaces Tina Donnelly
NICE guidance on vaginal mesh surgery
'Non-surgical options for urinary incontinence and prolapse must be exhausted first
RCN announces new president and deputy president
Anne Marie Rafferty and Yvonne Coghill will take up their posts on 1 January
Evidence and Practice
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Assessing and managing the acute complications of diabetes mellitus
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Capturing patient experience to improve healthcare services
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Exploring health promotion and health education in nursing
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Supporting nurses to adopt healthy eating behaviours
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Use of the ABCDE approach to assess a patient post-operatively: a case study
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‘This special team gives so much to families dealing with self-harm and suicide’
A mum explains how the Brookside Adolescent Inpatient team gave hope to her transgender son
Nurse of the Year ‘makes you feel there is someone there for you’
A tribute to the RCN Nurse of the Year 2018, Angela Hall, by her patient the Rev Mark Bond
‘My dedicated nurses inspired me to join the profession’
Student nurse award winner recalls two nurses who cared for her as she recovered from sepsis
Legal responsibilities
A CPD article improved Bernadette Parsons’ understanding of the legal standard of care...
Features
Patients’ spiritual needs: the conversations that can help
This vital, but often daunting, area of care starts with talking about what matters to people
How to make handovers more effective
Rethinking communication during handovers can improve patient safety and reduce staff stress
Spiritual and psychological support: the nurse-led team helping people cope with cancer
Nurse counsellors lead the pastoral care services at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital
The celebrated first world war nurses ‘all but forgotten’
Reviving the story of Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm, the most medalled women of the war
Military precision meets nursing care for older people
What it's like living and working at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, home to army veterans
Social care in crisis: your questions answered
Can the government come up with a solution that works for individuals, carers and staff?
Opinion
Jane Bates: telling someone they can’t see well enough to drive is not my favourite task
I'm glad driver eyesight – or lack of it – is now being taken seriously by traffic police
Jane Bates: Sound and vision can help with dementia
The sensory losses that can come with age have a big impact on mental health
Jane Bates: We can’t go digital without funding
Matt Hancock’s ambition to put technology at the heart of the NHS will require investment
Students
Winning at teamwork and time management: how a board game is helping nursing students
Two nurse teachers found a fun way to focus on the serious business of clinical priorities
What a career in research nursing can offer
Research is a part of the NHS remit but students have little exposure to it during training
How a pain specialist team changed the way I nurse
Caring for patients in severe pain revealed the importance of individualised attention
Careers
We should be building people up, not knocking them down
Zoe Butler explains how she is using her role as a university lecturer to inspire students
What to do if a grateful patient wants to give you a present
For nurses, accepting gifts – even if offered with the best of motives – is fraught with risk
As a manager, I’m still a nurse first and foremost
Chief executive Katie Fisher took a role outside the NHS ‘where I could make a difference’
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