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Not good enough: RCN’s verdict on pay offer to NHS nurses in Northern Ireland
RCN poll reveals concern that lack of nurses compromises patient safety
This could end in tragedy – health visitor leader’s grim warning over workload
News
Not good enough: RCN’s verdict on pay offer to NHS nurses in Northern Ireland
College consults members on what they want to do now
RCN poll reveals concern that lack of nurses compromises patient safety
Survey of UK public also finds more than half demand more funding for nursing students
This could end in tragedy – health visitor leader’s grim warning over workload
Survey reveals why health visitors say they are struggling to keep children safe
Nursing apprenticeships: MPs move to inject momentum into stalling programme
Cross-party group wants a more flexible approach to funding and supernumerary status
Nurse-led community-acquired pneumonia screening halves hospital mortality
Acute medical admissions model should be used to ease NHS winter pressures, say researchers
Health visitor role in Scotland given new banding, with salary to match
Re-evaluation agreed with NHS employers will add more than £5,000 to starting pay
Analysis
Access to older people's services is 'complicated and confusing', CQC...
Report suggests integration can improve services, but highlights navigation difficulties
Nursing Standard survey reveals extent of obesity among nurses
Does your weight hamper your ability to offer healthy lifestyle advice?
Too few primary care nurses with leadership roles involved in service delivery decisions
Nurses’ Voice network seeks to help primary care nurses develop their careers
The ambulance service bringing care closer to home
Following Lord Carter’s review, NWAS NHS Trust is trying to reduce avoidable admissions
Nurses’ role 'more significant than that of doctors’ when spreading good practice...
Study by Warwick Business School reveals benefits of nurses in ‘hybrid’ leadership positions
Inspectors highlight lack of joined-up health and adult social care services
Focus on managing delayed discharges has ‘almost overwhelmed other priorities’, warns Care...
Clinical update
NICE issues guidance on decision-making and mental capacity
This guidance reflects concerns about the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Quality standard for eating disorders highlights need for closer liaison between teams
Eating disorders guidance from NICE calls for better coordination and earlier access to care
Updated NICE guideline on diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure
People with chronic heart failure should be given a detailed care plan, updated NICE...
Updated NICE guidance on dementia care
First update in a decade says staff working with people who have dementia need extra training
RCN urges nurses to encourage cervical screening tests
New RCN guidelines advise nurses to encourage eligible women to access cervical screening...
Identifying and treating urinary tract infections: new NICE guidelines
Recommendations on diagnosing and managing UTIs
Policy briefing
Diabetes: recommendations for improving mental well-being
All-party group calls for clearer pathways to support individuals’ psychological needs
Safeguarding framework will help nurses protect their patients
RCN sets out competencies for healthcare staff in relation to adult safeguarding
Animals in healthcare
A new RCN protocol supports nurses in planning to bring dogs safely into care homes and...
Improving respiratory health in Wales
The Welsh Government's plan to improve accuracy and diagnosis speeds for chronic obstructive...
Advice on setting staff hours for specialist palliative care
New guidelines for 24-hour palliative care services
New voluntary standards for general practice nurses
New voluntary standards on the education and practice of senior general practice nurses have...
Research news
NHS Scotland initiative proposes nine care pathways for school nurses
Initiatives intended to help improve children’s health and well-being
Meningitis: low uptake of MenACWY vaccine by school leavers in London scrutinised
Study suggests catch-up immunisation programme for 18-20 year olds needed
Nurse-led gout management improves patient-centred outcomes
Study finds people with significantly lower flare-up rates in managed intervention group
D6 shows scant effect in diabetes care
D6 training for nurses of type 2 diabetes patients showed scant improvement glycaemic control
Indicators of care improved by 3D reviews
Reviews using a 3D approach did not improve their quality of life but gave better indicators...
Nurses as good as doctors in providing primary care
Nurses substituting for doctors in primary care achieve results that are as good or better
Journal scan
Clinical presentation of scabies in older care home residents differs from classic...
Prospective study of scabies outbreaks in ten care homes for older people
Study advocates continued use of anticoagulants in patients with resolved atrial...
Treatment with anticoagulants reduces risk of stroke by two thirds
Diet study offers hope for people with epilepsy
Bacteria may help limit seizures, study of high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet finds
Sharing surveillance of infectious diseases could reduce use of antibiotics
International study found diagnoses improved through shared use of surveillance systems
Higher vitamin D level associated with lower risk of total cancer
Japanese study suggests beneficial effects for prevention of cancer in all sites
Practice workloads increase more than 10%, e-consultation finds
Trialling the use of online consultation systems in monitoring and improving general...
Podcast
Childhood obesity: my vision for unlocking the potential of school nurses
Series 3 Episode S7: Pippa Bagnall calls for more work on child obesity prevention
Hear how a nurse-led acute response team dramatically reduced cardiac arrest
Series 3 Episode 6: Nurse practitioner Amor Palada talks about preventing cardiac arrest
Reaching out to nursing students via the internet
Series 3 Episode 4: how the online Student Nurse Project is connecting students nationwide...
How to support patients to stay safe when meeting people through dating apps
Season 3 Episode 2: Sexual health nurse discusses sexual assault and dating apps
Nursing Standard podcast: Could parliament's Brexit chaos be the catalyst for...
Episode 7 of the Nursing Standard podcast has an interview with nurse peer Baroness Mary...
Nursing Standard podcast: Agile working
Tissue viability nurse Debbie Wickens takes us on her rounds
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Wales offers a great quality of life for the newly qualified nurse
Newly qualified Mental Health Nurse Luke Pybus, from Somerset, is delighted he made the...
Working in Wales can really take you places in your career
Sian Thomas, a Consultant Nurse for Child Health in South Wales, and Nurse of the Year 2016...
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