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Workforce: What can we learn from the ‘pay pendulum’ of decades ago?
Since the mid-1980s, the Pay Review Body has been fairly successful in keeping nurse pay on...
Medicines management: Should applicants for staff nurse posts have numeracy tests?
An increasing number of medication incidents are due to calculation errors, and while...
Workforce: Immigration of skilled younger nurses keeps our NHS running
With ‘self-sufficiency’ in NHS staffing yet to materialise, the UK relies on skilled workers...
Legal advice: Do I have to report a parking fine to the Nursing and Midwifery Council?
The Nursing and Midwifery Council requires nurses and midwives to report any convictions or...
Legal advice: Can I claim exemption from jury service if I am running a clinic on the...
Healthcare professionals used to be able to claim exemption from jury service, but it is now...
Workforce: Alarming decline in district nurses driven by lack of funding
The number of district nurses has fallen by almost 50% over the past seven years. With their...
Legal advice: Can a sample of cream from a pharmaceutical rep be used on a patient?
Samples provided by pharmaceutical companies can pose difficulties for nurses, including...
Medicines management: Why must co-dydramol now be prescribed by strength rather than...
With new co-dydramol products now available with a higher strength of opioid analgesic...
Legal advice: Can I access a friend’s medical records for them?
If you access medical records without justifiable reason you could be breaching the Nursing...
Workforce: Unpaid volunteers an attractive option for NHS, but need training
Policy attention is increasingly focusing on the contribution of volunteers to help expand...
Legal advice: Do I have a professional duty to have the flu vaccination?
As NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh calls for a debate about mandatory flu...
Medicines management: Should I sign for medicines before I witness the patient taking...
As the registered nurse preparing medicines, you are ultimately responsible for making sure...
Workforce: What do the UCAS figures tell us about new entrants to nurse education?
Legal advice: What should I do if police ask me to take a blood sample from an...
Workforce: Robots may take other jobs, but they can’t do what a nurse can do
Medicines management: Can I hide medication in a patient’s food?
Legal advice: What is presumed consent for organ donation?
Workforce: UK is looking less united in terms of nursing policy
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