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NMC names chair for review of post-registration standards
Review’s focus includes specialist community and public health nursing
Mary Seacole’s life story to become Hollywood movie
Film’s producer says Crimean war nurse was ahead of her time
Discharging young people from hospital into the community: nurses to join new taskforce
Children’s commissioner will lead initiative to speed up transfer from inpatient services
UCAS deletes ‘misleading and offensive’ advice on nursing after Twitter backlash
RCN intervenes as nurses pour scorn on UCAS for downplaying the profession
Off-guard image of exhausted midwife goes viral
Picture captures woman’s raw emotion after ‘particularly hard’ shift
Reusable inhaler could cut plastic waste
Device can be reused six times before being recycled and will reduce product carbon footprint
Evidence and Practice
Family members’ and carers’ perceptions of palliative care provided by district nurses
This literature review identifies the challenges of delivering consistent palliative care
Dengue fever
Nurses involved in travel health should be aware of the signs of dengue fever and what to do
Identifying barriers to engaging older adults with primary care sexual health services
Despite the prevalent cultural stereotype that people’s sexual activity declines or ceases...
Nurse-led advanced cardiovascular assessment: a case study
A study of the process of diagnosing a patient and other factors
Preparedness of practitioners to care for people with motor neurone disease at home
Qualitative study on how health and social care staff perceived their preparedness
Dementia therapy through music
Three studies examine the benefits of music-based therapies for people with dementia
Features
Help older patients by tackling overprescribing
Polypharmacy puts many older people at risk of serious side effects
E. coli infection: how every nurse can help prevent it
The Gram-negative bacteria is a growing threat in community and acute settings
Sepsis: what you need to know
Around 44,000 people a year die from the 'silent killer'. What can nurses do?
General practice nursing’s new voice at the RCN
New GPN professional lead Marie Therese Massey aims to raise the specialism’s profile
A career ladder that general practice nurses can climb
New leadership and training opportunities are opening up for primary care nurses
Practice nurse transforms pathway for leg ulcer care
A nurse studied her practice’s leg ulcer care and devised a new pathway that improved healing
Opinion
International year of the nurse and midwife offers a chance to showcase our talents
2020 will be a rare opportunity to demonstrate the value of nursing to the wider world
How nurses can support people with ME
Often referred to as the ‘invisible illness’, ME can be a highly debilitating condition
General practice nurses are super nurses, not doctors’ helpers
Frustrated and often undervalued, is it time to reconsider the general practice nurse role?
Students
It’s just not true that your first job must be in an acute hospital – and here’s why
QNI's Crystal Oldman on why the community is the perfect place to start your nursing career
What a placement on a remote island taught me about truly person-centred care
Working in this environment means really getting to know your patients, says Elizabeth Spence
Refugee camp made me thankful for NHS
A nursing student describes volunteering at a refugee camp and reflects on what she learned
Careers
Experiences of pregnant women with fetal diagnosis of congenital heart disease
Parent support groups have an important role for women with fetal abnormalities
Why community nursing is not just for older nurses
Newly qualified nurses can gain clinical skills and confidence outside the hospital setting
Helping nurses to integrate health and social care
Resources include a toolkit to support nurse leaders to make decisions about service redesign