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Stay informed about the latest COVID-19 news and what these developments mean for frontline nursing staff

COVID-19: RCN condemns changes in PPE guidance

Advice to reuse gowns or use alternatives raises concerns over value placed on staff safety

20 Apr 2020

COVID-19: ‘Infection prevention and control is as vital in care homes as in the NHS’

Lindsay Dingwall on caring for some of society's most vulnerable people...

20 Apr 2020

COVID-19: call for minute’s silence to remember nurses who died in line of duty

Unions say event would be ‘poignant reminder’ of the risks staff face

20 Apr 2020

Emergency department attendances tumble during pandemic

People with symptoms of strokes or heart attacks stay away due to virus fears or to help NHS

20 Apr 2020

COVID-19: how different generations can collaborate to make the nurse workforce stronger

Returners and students joining the emergency register bring unique skills and experience

20 Apr 2020

Nursing Standard podcast: how nurses can protect their own well-being – even in a crisis

Our experts discuss burnout, mindfulness and how to stay fit

20 Apr 2020

COVID-19: diary of an emergency nurse

A moving account of what it means to be on the front line

18 Apr 2020

Reused, homemade or non-existent: survey reveals ‘gut-wrenching’ shortages of PPE

RCN says nurses in all settings feel exposed due to inadequate COVID-19 supplies

18 Apr 2020

COVID-19: review will assess if ethnicity puts some healthcare staff at higher risk

Review will address concerns about BAME people being disproportionately affected by pandemic

17 Apr 2020

COVID-19: how redeployment is affecting children’s services

Increasing capacity in intensive care will have knock-on effects for children

17 Apr 2020

COVID-19: daily welfare checks for self-isolating nurses address impact on well-being

Trust where hundreds of patients have died sets up psychological support for staff

17 Apr 2020

COVID-19: online tool will track effects of pandemic on child health services

Weekly data from trusts will be used for planning and to influence decision makers

17 Apr 2020

No let-up in assaults on nurses, despite COVID-19 crisis

Assaults and aggression towards emergency workers, including spitting, unchanged since 2019

16 Apr 2020

COVID-19: Iceland backtracks on rules for NHS staff shoppers

Supermarket chain apologises after complaints it made front-line workers feel ‘contaminated’

16 Apr 2020

COVID-19: thousands raised for baby of nurse who died from coronavirus

Nurse died after her baby was delivered by caesarean section at hospital where she worked

16 Apr 2020

COVID-19: nursing in a pandemic and how to apply ethical decision-making in practice

A respiratory nurse and an ethics professor discuss how nurses can approach ethical dilemmas

16 Apr 2020

COVID-19: NMC moves to reassure registrants over refusal to treat due to lack of PPE

Regulator tells nurses it will consider context of safety concerns in FtP referrals

15 Apr 2020

COVID-19: nurse survivor’s tribute to the hospital colleagues who saved her life

Morale boost for staff as they see one of their own leave ICU

15 Apr 2020

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