Analysis
NHS cyber attack: the lessons to be learned
Nurses across England and Scotland had to cope with major disruption last month when dozens...
08 Jun 2017
Fears potential mature nursing students are being put off by fees
About 6,000 fewer mature students have applied to start nursing courses this coming autumn...
30 May 2017
PJ paralysis Twitter campaign gets trusts moving
What started as a simple Twitter discussion about getting patients dressed and out of their...
22 May 2017
RCN pay strike poll: has the tipping point been reached?
As anger over the ongoing pay cap mounts, the RCN council has asked its members what they...
19 Apr 2017
Exclusive: Decline in degree places for learning disability nursing
Despite a call for more front-line staff after the Winterbourne View scandal and high demand...
11 Apr 2017
How a programme for future nurse leaders has prepared them for the top
At the end of 2015, deputy directors of nursing were being interviewed for one of 15 sought-...
05 Apr 2017
Westminster attack: 'You can't help but be humbled by how our staff responded...
When nurses, colleagues and patients found themselves drawn into the centre of the terrorist...
29 Mar 2017
Freedom to speak up? Extra protection mooted for NHS whistleblowers
NHS whistleblowers will have extra protection when they seek new jobs under plans being...
22 Mar 2017
Exclusive: Nursing Standard-Sunday Mirror survey reveals realities of front-line nursing
Almost 60% of nurses feel stressed all or most of the time, according to an exclusive...
19 Mar 2017
Under pressure: A day on the front line
Three nurses share their diaries from a typical shift
09 Mar 2017
Exclusive: Newly qualified nurses should have limited prescribing powers, draft NMC...
Graduating nurses in the UK will be given limited prescribing powers, according to the...
02 Mar 2017
Tackling malnutrition: more work needed to meet standards
Almost half of hospitals in England are not meeting mandatory food and drink standards,...
23 Feb 2017
Exclusive: Nursing Standard-Marie Curie end of life survey findings
More than four out of ten nurses and healthcare assistants (HCAs) have received no training...
22 Feb 2017
Universities speak out on fall in degree applications
In the face of reductions in applications for nursing degree programmes, universities in...
08 Feb 2017
‘Nursing is in crisis and we desperately need this pay rise’
Nurses struggling to pay heating bills, turning to costly pay day loans and pawning their...
01 Feb 2017
Training needed to tackle stigma around HIV
Report reveals examples of poor care for older people with HIV
25 Jan 2017
Nurse-led team manages clinical testing of products to cut NHS costs
A team of nursing professionals is helping to lower NHS costs and enhance services by more...
18 Jan 2017