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‘Brilliant’ Kelly is patients’ choice
A nurse who has helped alleviate the misery of incontinence for hundreds of patients through...
11 May 2016
Empowering her patients to feel ‘prepared’
Venetia Wynter-Blyth is the RCN Nurse of the Year for 2016. The clinical nurse specialist...
11 May 2016
Welcome to our NHS trust
NHS trusts have been struggling to recruit nurses, with the profession remaining on the Home...
04 May 2016
New guidance targets MND
Services for patients with motor neurone disease vary throughout the UK, with co-ordinated...
04 May 2016
First steps towards a brighter future
Refugees who have fled war zones have a substantially higher risk of psychotic disorders...
27 Apr 2016
Help in raising concerns about child abuse
A helpline for healthcare staff, funded by the government but run by the NSPCC, is the...
27 Apr 2016
Great achievements by dedicated nurses
In the second of our monthly series which celebrates modern nursing roles across the regions...
27 Apr 2016
Pleural care revolutionary
A nurse-led service created by pleural nurse specialist Elaine Reid is transforming care for...
20 Apr 2016
From a ward sister to award winner
Being named RCN Wales nurse of the year has affirmed Claire Harris’ view that commitment and...
20 Apr 2016
Breathing new life into asthma care
Half of the one million children in the UK with asthma will have an asthma attack every year...
20 Apr 2016
Paper-free, quick and safer
The government is preparing to spend billions to create a ‘paperless’ NHS.
20 Apr 2016
The long road to full prescribing powers
In 1978, the RCN proposed that nurses should have the authority to prescribe dressings and...
13 Apr 2016
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