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Walk down memory lane with the QNI on nursing in...
To mark 150 years of community nursing, the Queen
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NICE issue guidelines on suicide prevention in community settings
Guidelines for suicide prevention have been set out in an attempt to reduce the number of...
Game of Thrones star auctions a day on set for RCN charity
RCN ambassador Emilia Clarke is offering one fan the chance to join her during filming in...
Healthcare assistants increasingly being used as ‘nurses on the cheap’
Calling on HCAs to fill nurse staffing gaps is bad for patients – Unison
Unison urges nurses and support staff to accept three-year NHS pay deal
UK’s largest public service union endorses deal at this week’s health conference in Brighton
Attacks on nurses increase as shortages create ‘hostile environment’
Research shows assaults have risen nearly 10%, with trusts facing financial difficulties...
Evidence and Practice
A qualitative systematic review of the factors that influence prescribing decisions by...
This article aims to understand the factors that influence nurse independent prescribers’...
Working together to achieve better outcomes for patients with heart failure
The prevalence of long-term health conditions is increasing as the population ages...
Skin infections
This article outlines the issues involved in assessing and managing people who present with...
Advice on sleep position and foetal movement links to stillbirth
Links between sleep position and foetal movement prior to stillbirth
Diabesity prevention programme in primary care
‘Diabesity’, a term that combines diabetes and obesity, is the new epidemic in healthcare...
Health service factors that affect adherence to tuberculosis treatment in Ghana
Most of the global cases of tuberculosis (TB) are found in Asia and Africa. This is largely...
Revalidation
District nursing team delivered the best care in the world
Alec McDonald says the Tennant Street Medical Practice team delivered exceptional care for...
Watch our animated guide to revalidation
Our short film explains the revalidation process
Revalidation process gives specialists a chance to shine
As the first tranche of staff renew registration this month, cancer nurses explain why a new...
How nurses are preparing for the revalidation process
Five nurses from across the UK discuss their plans for renewing their registration,...
How Bupa created an infrastructure to support revalidation
Paul Edwards and colleagues explain how Bupa created an infrastructure for nurse leaders to...
Features
Musculoskeletal care – taking the pain away
Bone, joint and muscle conditions are the leading cause of disability in the UK, but...
Walk down memory lane with the QNI on nursing in the community
To mark 150 years of community nursing, the Queen's Nursing Institute has produced an awe-...
Nurse-led service aims to make sure health for the homeless is not forgotten
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust is running an initiative in Hammersmith and...
Eating disorders resource collection
Resources to help nurses support patients back to health
‘Projects require feedback to be effective – and the RCNi Nurse Awards are the ultimate...
Outpatient department staff nurse Anne Thomas, who won the community nursing category of the...
Cervical cancer resource collection
Keep your practice up to date in Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
Opinion
Blog: Excited to begin my student placement in primary care
Second year nursing student Claire Carmichael is about to embark on her latest placement,...
Book review: Healthcare in Transition: Understanding key ideas and tensions in...
Specialist community practitioner Anne-Louise Robens reviews Healthcare in Transition:...
Book review: Walking Forward, Looking Back
Practice development nurse Valerie McGurk reviews Walking Forward, Looking Back
Students
Stand up to the stigma of mental illness
Working with an inspirational community mental health nurse gave nursing student Robyn...
Community nursing is a complex and varied, but often underestimated, career option
Caring for homeless people requires a complex set of skills that can enable nurses to reach...
My motivations and first destination into a community staff nurse post
Following a 12-week placement as a community nurse, Hattie Domagala explains why team...
Careers
Award winning nurse leader wants you to challenge the typical medical model and...
Tanya Strange pioneered a prescription for loneliness – after findings suggested elderly...
Discovering a different side to the NHS
After 32 years in nursing, Helen Ballinger talks about her new role as clinical...
'Never forget why you became a nurse'...
Advanced nurse practitioner Lucy Archer began her training in French and European studies,...