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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
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
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
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
A lifeline for cancer patients in Africa
In Rwanda, many people with cancer are diagnosed too late because of low awareness of the...
02 Mar 2016
Time to sweep aside the tyranny of paperwork
A physiotherapist who has recently moved from outpatients to a ward-based role speaks out...
02 Mar 2016
Tackling the impact of problem drinking
As the UK’s drinking culture exerts increasing pressure on the NHS, nurses in settings from...
24 Feb 2016
Nurse-led general practice blazes a trail
The nurse-led Cuckoo Lane Surgery in London has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality...
24 Feb 2016
At the vanguard of partnership working
The concluding part of our series on vanguards looks at how integrating services is...
24 Feb 2016
The safety net with too many holes in it
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) were introduced in 2007 to protect the rights of...
17 Feb 2016
Break down the barriers
North East London NHS Foundation Trust strives to attract black and minority ethnic staff...
17 Feb 2016
Vanguards: support for care home staff
In the second article in our three-part series on vanguards, we look at care homes. Care...
17 Feb 2016
Vanguards: the quest for joined-up care
Organisations in vanguard areas are developing new ways of working to improve and integrate...
10 Feb 2016
Better care for men with genital trauma
Mental health nurse Pride Gaka-Chisoro’s award-winning research into soldiers’ experience of...
10 Feb 2016
Amazing courage in the Calais ‘Jungle’
Staff nurse Holly Howe completed a six-week volunteer placement at the Calais migrant camp’s...
10 Feb 2016