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Record-keeping guidance: 6 tips to make documenting your work easier
A staff nurse shares her tips for effective record-keeping
02 Oct 2019
Glove use in patient care: do you know when to wear them and when not to?
They have a place in infection prevention and control, but are no substitute for hand hygiene
01 Oct 2019
Creative nurse retention strategies go a long way to solving safe-staffing woes
Organisations should sometimes be willing to pay a premium to retain staff
25 Sep 2019
Body cameras and why nurses should keep an open mind
Use of bodycams needs more research, but evidence suggests they may have a role
23 Sep 2019
OPEL alert showed me the full impact service pressures have on patients and nurses
The urgent need to free up beds takes a toll even on patients deemed fit for discharge
18 Sep 2019
Stop blaming the anti-vax bogeyman and focus on immunisation services
Investing in nurses and resources to educate parents is more pressing than battling fake news
13 Sep 2019
What every nurse stands to gain from the NMC’s new proficiency standards
The regulator’s ambitious standards apply to all nurses, not just students
12 Sep 2019
We face a worldwide shortage of 9 million nurses
Urgent action is needed to avoid the catastrophic nursing shortage predicted by WHO
06 Sep 2019
End of life care: when pain relief isn’t enough
Even with the best care, patients are dying in agony – assisted dying should be an option
05 Sep 2019
NHS staff sickness data reveal the toll emotional labour takes on our mental health
Let’s not allow mental health problems to become the new back pain for nurses
30 Aug 2019
Getting it right at the NMC starts with compassion
Andrea Sutcliffe wants to take the fear out of fitness to practise processes
23 Aug 2019
Before my rare condition was finally diagnosed, I struggled to be believed
Clinicians should keep an open mind about what might seem like an obvious diagnosis
19 Aug 2019
Patient safety is just not possible without the right number of nurses
World Patient Safety Day helps us focus on what the evidence says about the role of nurses
12 Aug 2019
Let the NMC know nurses need kindness, not blame
The regulator is changing its tune, with potentially big implications for fitness to practise
09 Aug 2019
Workplace stress and how not to feel undermined by other people’s negativity
Reflection allowed me to analyse an unpleasant experience and boost my resilience
07 Aug 2019
Tackling student mental health challenges together
The first-ever nursing student mental health day started a new conversation about well-being
05 Aug 2019
Measuring the value of Roald Dahl children’s nurses and their marvellous medicine
The charity is asking patients and families about the NHS care its specialist nurses offer
02 Aug 2019
Marching at Pride shows we’re improving the NHS for LGBT people
Across the health service there is still a long way to go to stamp out discrimination
30 Jul 2019