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Community nurses’ missing money: why staff continue to be denied their ‘backlog bonus’
How to encourage nurses to rethink resigning
Nurse struck off for altering patient’s notes after death
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Community nurses’ missing money: why staff continue to be denied their ‘backlog bonus’
Health minister urged to honour pledge to NHS-contracted staff as new financial year looms
Nurse struck off for altering patient’s notes after death
Fitness to practise hearing finds Helen Powell deliberately misled the Coroner’s Court
DNACPR: nurses need training to improve vital conversations
Scenario-based training and guidance on end of life conversations is needed, says report
Flexible working: how nurses will benefit from change in law
The flexible working request changes that will come into force in April
Tarred with the same brush? Nurses pay with their mental health for Lucy Letby’s crimes
Surge in calls to helpline partly blamed on post-Letby climate of suspicion
Surge in nurses fleeing England lured by better pay, conditions and lifestyle
Number of nurses seeking jobs overseas jumps fivefold, driven by cost of living pressures
Analysis
How to encourage nurses to rethink resigning
From flexible working options to stay conversations, how line managers can retain nurses
Trauma at work: do you get the help you need to recover from distressing incidents?
With nurses at heightened risk of PTSD, team support and trauma management are essential
Racism in the NHS: how to get through to an organisation in denial
Why is it so hard for nurses to talk openly about racial prejudice at work?
What will the nurse pay offer for 2024-25 look like?
We look at when the process will get started – and whether further strike action is likely
Asbestos risk for nurses: why this is not a ‘danger of the past’
Most NHS estate buildings contain asbestos, but little is done to warn staff of their risk
Delayed discharge: steps you can take to support patients and help get them home
How ‘discharge to assess’ systems and early planning can cut delays
Clinical update
Cardiac arrest and CPR: guidance update aims to improve survival and patient outcomes
Resuscitation UK advice affirms role of advance care planning
COVID-19 and severe asthma: what to advise patients
NICE guidance on managing severe asthma in adults and children during the pandemic
COVID-19 nutritional advice
Nutritional advice to help patients during and after COVID-19 has been published
COVID-19: guidance on when to admit patients to critical care
NICE advises on assessing for frailty and including patients and carers in decision-making
COVID-19: infection prevention and control advice for all healthcare settings
The government has issued advice for all healthcare workers
Improving air quality at home: what to advise patients
NICE guidance on risks for those with allergies or respiratory or cadiovascular conditions
Policy briefing
Obesity strategy: steps for tackling a public health crisis
The government’s plan to get the nation fit, protect against COVID-19 and ease strain on the NHS
Rheumatology nursing: your guide to the new RCN competency framework
Skills and career framework aims to support the development of rheumatology nurse roles
COVID-19: when you can refuse to treat a patient due to inadequate PPE
The implications for nurses of RCN guidance on care provision and inadequate PPE
Essential bowel care advice for nurses
RCN guidance advocates a proactive approach to bowel care
Helping nurses to ‘defuse’ after difficult situations
The RCN has issued guidance on how to discuss and reflect on challenging incidents at work
Improving care for patients who have catheters
RCN updates its guidance on using catheters and how to minimise associated risks
Journal scan
COPD: patients in need of reassurance say they value input from clinicians
Healthcare professionals' support prevents people with COPD feeling overwhelmed by symptoms
Diet study offers hope for people with epilepsy
Bacteria may help limit seizures, study of high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet finds
Hospitals underestimate number of staff needed to prevent infections
Study suggests new benchmark
Sharing surveillance of infectious diseases could reduce use of antibiotics
International study found diagnoses improved through shared use of surveillance systems
Sham operation casts doubt on back treatment
Surgery to repair spinal fractures was no more effective than a sham procedure
Documenting and treatment of pain falls as cognitive impairment increases
Pain management drugs less prevalent in nursing home residents with severe impairment
Podcast
Public speaking: how nurses can excel at presentations
Cast off your fears and learn how to become a more confident speaker
How nurses can build their confidence at work
We discuss what is meant by confidence and steps that nurses can take to improve it
Joy in nursing, and how the Code can support staff and managers amid workplace pressures
NMC leaders on incivility and promoting joy in nursing, and how the Code acts as an anchor
Why nurses must support patients' right to a second opinion
We talk to the lead nurse of a service for raising concerns about patient care
Not ‘just a skin tear’: why they matter and how they should be managed
What you need to know about this often overlooked type of wound
NHS strikes one year on: how nursing staff took a historic stand with public’s support
Look back at what nurses told us on the picket lines, and why the campaign isn’t over
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