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Nutritional care: steps to support patients with eating and drinking difficulties
The latest guidance on assessment and care, especially for those at the end of life
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‘Incredibly discriminatory’ email about Nigerian nurse prompts NMC intervention
Regulator and NHS commissioning group investigate message sent to job applicant
Men in Nursing video aims to tackle perceptions and promote diversity
Universities in Northern Ireland want to show nursing as rewarding career for men
Nurses in Scotland to get 4% pay rise amid calls for further talks
Increase ‘without further negotiation’ comes despite rejection of deal by two nursing unions
Nutritional care: steps to support patients with eating and drinking difficulties
The latest guidance on assessment and care, especially for those at the end of life
NMC expected to remove emergency education standards introduced during pandemic
Governing council to decide if standards should be removed and a possible timetable
Nurses say ‘yes’ to joining worldwide nursing network
RCN members want to see college return to the International Council of Nurses
Evidence and Practice
Toxoplasmosis prevention: knowledge and practices among pregnant women in Jordan
Improved health education could help reduce the risks of infection and complications
Nurse prescribing: developing confidence, autonomy and collaboration
Nurse prescribing can benefit patients, prescribing clinicians and healthcare systems
Best practice in the management of diabetic foot ulcers and pressure ulcers on the foot
The differences between diabetic foot ulcers and pressure ulcers on the foot
Antimicrobial stewardship: a competency framework to support the role of nurses
The role of nurses in antimicrobial stewardship and the competency framework underpinning it
Missed care in community and primary care
Assessing appropriate staffing levels and skill mixes in community nursing is complex
Orem’s self-care model: understanding how traditional masculinity affects men’s health
Nurses need to know specific aspects of masculinity ideology as it can affect self-care
Features
Nurses and stress: how performing arts skills can improve self-care and communication
Training given by actors is helping NHS staff to look after themselves better
COVID-19 and acute kidney injury – do you know how to identify patients at risk?
AKI is linked to COVID-19, and the pandemic has affected both its incidence and demographics
Nurses’ time to shine: how to get started on your RCN Nursing Awards entry
Advice from winners, nominees and our chair of judges to help you celebrate your achievements
Hand hygiene: how can you be sure your workplace is getting it right?
Compliance is critical to patient safety, but monitoring it is far from straightforward
Opioid prescribing: tackling the ‘time bomb’ of long-term use and addiction
How to spot red flags, advise patients and help them find other ways to cope
Anaphylaxis: how to make a swift diagnosis, treat, monitor and advise patients
What nurses should know about this systemic allergic reaction and medical emergency
Opinion
LGBTIQ+ and healthcare: a guide to gender-inclusive language
Non-inclusive language can create barriers to quality cancer care
I’m sweltering: does my employer have to maintain a set workplace temperature?
What nurses need to know if they are too hot for comfort at work
Health visiting: why heartbreaking lockdown stories make a powerful case for change
Resources need to be put where the pandemic’s effect on vital services has been most damaging
Students
Volunteer vaccinators: a nursing role that’s about much more than just a jab in the arm
Nursing students explain why vaccine hubs are proving to be rich learning environments
Pop-up hospital helps students make up for placements lost to COVID-19
University offers practical experience with clinical scenarios role-played by student peers
Prison nursing: why its complexity makes it a rich learning environment for students
Clinical placements in criminal justice settings offer a wide spectrum of nursing experience
Careers
Acute care in the community: why it’s rich in career opportunities
Homecare is an acute nursing environment with a diverse range of roles at all levels
Island nursing: why it’s rich in career opportunities as well as work-life balance
A nurse explains the professional rewards of finding a job on a small island
Is it time to step up to a band 6 nursing position?
The pandemic may have given you a taste of more senior roles – so consider your next move