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Don’t assume, verify: how to halt transfusion errors
Strict routines and electronic tracking are helping to reduce the hazards of transfusion
Newsroom
Matt Hancock: 'determined to return commitment put in by staff'...
New health and social care secretary commits to championing undervalued staff
Investment vital to ensure NHS plans a reality for mental health workforce
Targeted recruitment drive needed to fill 7,600 mental health nursing vacancies, says RCN’s...
HPV vaccination programme to be extended to boys in Scotland and Wales
Adolescent boys will have vaccine to offer protection from HPV-related disease and cancers
Posthumous Queen's award for nurse who helped others at London Bridge terror attack...
Ms Boden awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery
Parents of babies in neonatal care failing to receive mental health support
Many parents lack access to mental health support when babies are in neonatal care – survey
MP voices concern for CPD cuts in bid to improve staff retention
Department of health and social care to look at recommendations addressing CPD cuts
Evidence and Practice
Safe and effective use of supplemental oxygen therapy
Why you should read this article: » To ensure your knowledge of the common indications and...
Understanding the human and system factors involved in medication errors
Why you should read this article: » To understand the human and system factors involved in...
How to assist in emergency tracheal intubation
Why you should read this article: » To ensure your knowledge and skills in assisting in...
Role of nurses in alcohol screening and treatment interventions
Why you should read this article: » To understand the role of nurses in reducing alcohol-...
Effective infection prevention and control: the nurse’s role
Why you should read this article » To identify the challenges that may be experienced in...
Presentation, diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer
Why you should read this article: » To understand the importance of, and the nurse’s role in...
Revalidation
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Reflect on what you have learned from a CPD article and gain a certificate of learning
Watch our animated guide to revalidation
Our short film explains the revalidation process
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...
Heart failure: part 2
A CPD article improved Anita Skinner’s knowledge of the treatment and management of chronic...
Features
Don’t assume, verify: how to halt transfusion errors
Strict routines and electronic tracking are helping to reduce the hazards of transfusion
From death’s door to saving lives
Three years ago, Katie Dutton was close to death from sepsis. Not only did she...
How a social media post started a safe staffing revolution
A nurse’s lament on how many patients she cared for prompted action on staffing in Canada
What will the pay deal mean for nurses outside the NHS?
Long-awaited pay rise may ‘shift’ NHS staffing problems to social care and GP practices
Star power: Emilia Clarke set to ‘shine a light’ for nurses
RCN ambassador says her Game of Thrones character would ‘absolutely approve’ of her new role
Pre-op anaemia care: improving outcomes for surgical patients
A nurse-led initiative is reducing the need for transfusions
Opinion
A new editor, a new format, but the same high standards
Nursing Standard’s new editor Lynn Eaton invites readers to help shape the news
Safe staffing: five years on from the Francis report what has changed?
With nurses struggling to provide safe care, UK-wide staffing laws can’t come soon enough
Nurses face so many uncertainties over Brexit and immigration control
EU nurses in the UK need to know what their post-Brexit status will be
Students
Leading on a cardiac arrest made me confident in giving CPR
Aiding a woman after a heart attack made a student more confident in handling emergencies
What I learned from shadowing the specialists
A student’s experience of shadowing a clinical nurse specialist and a senior research nurse
Kindness is tangible in a mental health crisis
A nursing student reflects on the profound effect of sharing a meal with a patient
Careers
60 seconds with advanced nurse practitioner Emma Masters
Emma Masters’ patients are young people undergoing cancer treatment
Learning to live with diabetes: nurses who show the way
Nurses are pivotal to management of diabetes, guiding patients on how to control it
60 seconds with haematology specialist nurse Nasser Roheemun
Nursing has taught me to embrace every challenge – you never know where it will lead
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