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A nurse using her smart phone to access social media

Online behaviour doesn’t always reflect nurses’ knowledge of the issue, says OU researcher

06 Sep 2019
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A nurse meditating. Picture: iStock
Nurse researcher tells RCN event a training programme has also improved ‘mental focus’ 
05 Sep 2019
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The NMC has defended a fitness to practise committee's decision in relation to the nurse

Regulator faces criticism over fitness to practise interim conditions order

04 Sep 2019
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A mentor advising a nurse

Programme also creates leadership and research pathway for band 5 nurses

04 Sep 2019
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Dementia-friendly X-ray room
The specially designed imaging room can be tailored to patients’ mood
04 Sep 2019
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Rebecca Hackfath

Rebecca Hackfath says personal experience of mental health issues could benefit the specialty

02 Sep 2019
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Muckamore Abbey mental health hospital for people with learning disabilities
College points to lack of nurse staffing, supervision and support at Muckamore Abbey
02 Sep 2019
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Illustration showing hands dropping papers into a ballot box

Outgoing council chair urges members to ensure their voice is heard as voting opens

02 Sep 2019
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Picture shows a healthcare assistant with a care home resident. The pay of social care staff, including nurses, must be raised to help stabilise the sector in England, a health charity says
Struggling sector needs to be able to recruit staff – the Health Foundation
30 Aug 2019
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Busy waiting area in hospital – NHS Providers calls for capital funding for trusts in England

Trust chief executives call on ministers to find urgent injection of capital funding 

30 Aug 2019
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protesters against Brexit highlight the impact they say it will have on the NHS

RCN and Unison among unions urging government to protect medicines supply and NHS workforce

29 Aug 2019
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Having a difficult conversation with a donors' loved ones

Trainees will also be ‘taught to handle the emotional side of their work’

29 Aug 2019

Programme is ‘ideal’ tribute to the dedication of Hertfordshire nurse Anna Carey

28 Aug 2019
Nurses and other staff deserve rapid access to mental health support – Unison
27 Aug 2019
Paediatric Continence Forum Awards seek to promote excellence in bladder and bowel services
27 Aug 2019

Charlie Ellis and Hannah Crichton say good nutrition helps patients to recover faster

26 Aug 2019
RCN unimpressed by call for food campaigner and Bake Off judge to review NHS catering
23 Aug 2019

Anti-abortion protesters will continue to be banned from getting close to Marie Stopes clinic

23 Aug 2019

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