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Nursing Live free event: what’s in it for your nursing branch?
NHS pay: could strikes be back on the agenda after rejection of 5.5% award?
Missed rest breaks: are you getting back the time you’re entitled to?
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Nursing Live free event: what’s in it for your nursing branch?
Nursing Live on 23-24 October can help nurses and students in all specialties
Struck off: care home nurse who knew resident had left property to her in his will
Man believed he had a romance with nurse who would visit him on her days off
NHS pay: delays to salary uplifts to end
Wes Streeting promises timely pay decision, but RCN wary of ‘language of austerity’
New nurses should begin their careers on band 6 – and more than £37,000 a year
£7K pay uplift for new nurses would attract brilliance, says RCN chief
Role banding: ‘I want fairness for all nurses doing my job’
Specialist nurse argues his band 6 role should be upgraded to band 7
COVID-19 inquiry: nurses describe scenes ‘from hell’ on wards
Former national adviser tells inquiry about trauma of nurses’ experiences in the pandemic
Analysis
NHS pay: could strikes be back on the agenda after rejection of 5.5% award?
RCN members’ clear message: this year’s pay rise is short-changing us
Missed rest breaks: are you getting back the time you’re entitled to?
Staff who miss breaks should be given equivalent rest time, but often this does not occur
Agency nurses: how much do they earn – and at what cost to the NHS?
The NHS wants to cut agency spend, so we examine their pay and financial burden on services
Nurse pay around the world: how does your salary compare?
We look at the rises agreed in comparable healthcare systems and how UK salaries rate
Going to work in sickness and in health?
We take a look at the figures for staff sickness rates and how they compare across NHS roles
Southport attack: what I’ve learned about coping after a tragic incident
A nurse who provided care after the stabbings in Southport discusses the effects of trauma
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
Pressure ulcers: tips for avoiding preventable harm
Tissue viability nurse consultant Julie Tyrer talks about risk assessment tools
Sepsis: how to spot atypical symptoms
A nurse whose son was hospitalised with the condition lists unusual signs to look out for
Nurses’ uniforms: what do scrubs say about the nursing identity?
The latest Nursing Standard podcast looks at the changing image and nature of the profession
Essential pain management: how to improve your skills, with real-world scenarios
Listen to this podcast to ensure you can recognise, assess and treat patients’ pain
‘Orwellian at times’ – troubling findings of review into nursing regulator
Review team leader discusses what he found behind the scenes at the NMC
NHS staff goodwill is exhausted, Wes Streeting tells podcast
Shadow health and social care secretary discusses Labour’s plans for nurse staffing levels
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