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Help patients plan for a potential health crisis
The ReSPECT scheme uses advance discussions to make care choices for a future emergency
25 Feb 2019
We need to speak up about why being a nurse is fantastic
England’s new chief nurse Ruth May believes this message is key to recruitment and retention
22 Feb 2019
Three minutes to save a life: the course designed to raise suicide awareness
University initiative aims to equip all staff and students to support people at risk
19 Feb 2019
Adapting the NEWS early warning tool to assess patients in the community
Creating baseline measurements in the patient’s own home ‘makes perfect sense’
19 Feb 2019
The impact of nutritional care on patient outcomes
Why getting people eating well can be the key to getting everything right
15 Feb 2019
How a hospital food plan can tackle more than nutrition
Communal dining and food waste reduction go hand in hand with the Food for Life programme
12 Feb 2019
How I’m undoing the damage caused by workplace bullying
A nurse describes the professional and personal consequences of bullying by her manager
05 Feb 2019
A mentor can open up opportunities you didn’t know existed
A BME nurse leader explains how her mentors guided her through daunting career challenges
31 Jan 2019
What’s in a #name?
Five years since its launch, the hellomynameis campaign is still promoting compassionate care
29 Jan 2019
Older LGBT people find a welcome at the rainbow café
How nurses can support people facing memory loss, isolation and the fear of discrimination?
25 Jan 2019
‘It’s time nursing had a marketing campaign – and we can help deliver it’
Universities have the expertise to promote all specialties, says Brian Webster-Henderson
22 Jan 2019
The Stonewall effect: the positive difference an inclusive employer can make
Attitudes towards LGBT people have changed. Now health employers are catching up
21 Jan 2019
COPD flare-ups: how to end the ‘gross overuse’ of antibiotics
Earlier and better patient education is needed to promote self-management
15 Jan 2019
We’re helping hospital patients administer their own insulin
How a diabetes specialist nurse’s project is giving patients control and reducing waste
03 Jan 2019
Can nursing degree apprenticeships deliver on their promise?
Despite a faltering start, they offer new opportunities for would-be nurses in England
21 Dec 2018
‘Things are aligning on safe staffing – and that’s where I’ll start as RCN president’
Anne Marie Rafferty has a tough road ahead in her new role – but she has a plan
20 Dec 2018
Asthma clinic empowers people with a learning disability
A nurse-led chest clinic is helping respiratory patients learn to manage their conditions
19 Dec 2018
‘As BME people we need to put ourselves forward’
BME nurses’ achievements too often go unsung, but Yvonne Coghill is determined to change...
18 Dec 2018