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CPD budgets: nurses to get personalised professional development funds
But Treasury ‘misses opportunity to invest in preregistration education’
05 Sep 2019
Practising mindfulness at work can cut nurses’ stress
Nurse researcher tells RCN event a training programme has also improved ‘mental focus’
05 Sep 2019
Steep rise in nursing vacancies in Scotland
Ministers must act to ensure there are enough nurses for new safe staffing law – RCN
05 Sep 2019
NMC defends decision over nurse who manipulated vulnerable patient’s genitals
Regulator faces criticism over fitness to practise interim conditions order
04 Sep 2019
Scheme to develop nurses’ clinical and academic skills improves job satisfaction
Programme also creates leadership and research pathway for band 5 nurses
04 Sep 2019
Dementia-friendly X-ray room promotes calmer atmosphere
The specially designed imaging room can be tailored to patients’ mood
04 Sep 2019
Student’s treatment for eating disorder inspires her to become a mental health nurse
Rebecca Hackfath says personal experience of mental health issues could benefit the specialty
02 Sep 2019
Nurse abuse claims: RCN ‘would support’ public inquiry as police probe continues
College points to lack of nurse staffing, supervision and support at Muckamore Abbey
02 Sep 2019
Who’s standing in the RCN council elections in your region?
Outgoing council chair urges members to ensure their voice is heard as voting opens
02 Sep 2019
Pay nurses more to stabilise social care, charity says
Struggling sector needs to be able to recruit staff – the Health Foundation
30 Aug 2019
Cramped and crumbling hospital buildings pose risk to patient safety – NHS bosses
Trust chief executives call on ministers to find urgent injection of capital funding
30 Aug 2019
No-deal Brexit will put patients’ lives at risk, health unions warn ministers
RCN and Unison among unions urging government to protect medicines supply and NHS workforce
29 Aug 2019
Northumbria University becomes first centre to train nurses in organ donation
Trainees will also be ‘taught to handle the emotional side of their work’
29 Aug 2019
Community nurse leader scholarship honours memory of nurse who died age 31
Programme is ‘ideal’ tribute to the dedication of Hertfordshire nurse Anna Carey
28 Aug 2019
Obese nurses: protected mealtimes are vital to tackle weight issues, says academic
Richard Kyle uses Edinburgh Fringe show to highlight problem and suggest solutions
28 Aug 2019
Too stressed to work: the scale of mental ill health among NHS staff revealed
Nurses and other staff deserve rapid access to mental health support – Unison
27 Aug 2019
Number of mental health and learning disability nurses falls ‘significantly’ in a decade
NHS Employers says figures show growing gap between workforce and demand for services
27 Aug 2019
Awards to showcase best practice in continence care for young people to adult services
Paediatric Continence Forum Awards seek to promote excellence in bladder and bowel services
27 Aug 2019