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Sexual healing after cancer
A pioneering Royal Marsden therapy service supports individuals and couples experiencing the...
13 Apr 2016
One log-in to a wealth of health resources
NHS Education for Scotland has been shortlisted for a UK technology award for its programme...
13 Apr 2016
Feedback on heart attack
The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust in London is the largest heart and...
13 Apr 2016
Why nursing research matters
To coincide with the RCN international nursing research conference in Edinburgh we take a...
06 Apr 2016
Mental health and loneliness in old age
Researcher Vasiliki Tzouvara will be presenting the results of her study into loneliness...
06 Apr 2016
Patient’s Choice: vote for your favourite
The winner of a prestigious award in which patients nominate a nurse whose care has had an...
06 Apr 2016
Afraid of revalidation? Let us put you at ease
Nurses outside the larger trusts may have worries about revalidation, such as who to have...
30 Mar 2016
Final lessons from road-testing revalidation
As of April 1, all nurses and midwives will have to revalidate with the Nursing and...
23 Mar 2016
A good way to die
An end of life care service is providing joined-up care for patients. Care co-ordinators...
23 Mar 2016
Practice nursing: the pitfalls and the potential
A survey by the Queen’s Nursing Institute has confirmed that practice nursing is facing...
16 Mar 2016
‘A patient hurt me and got away with it’
A mental health nurse who was assaulted by a patient says she has been let down by managers...
16 Mar 2016
The changing face of modern nursing
Nursing Standard is marking the RCN’s centenary year by celebrating the astonishing range of...
16 Mar 2016
More inspections for poor performers
The CQC is consulting on changes to its inspection model. The proposals would mean better...
09 Mar 2016
Scholarship can help ideas flourish
Scholarships from the Florence Nightingale Foundation are providing nurses with the...
09 Mar 2016
With responsibility comes vulnerability
The Medical Defence Union warns that as nurses take on more responsibilities, they are more...
09 Mar 2016
Spotting signs of dementia
Care home staff are well placed to notice if an older person living in the home may be...
09 Mar 2016
Where age is no bar to friendship
In an award winning project in Dundee, secondary school pupils pay weekly visits to a care...
02 Mar 2016