Opinion
What to say to help patients see incontinence need not be inevitable
New approach needed to stop HIV
Ready to deliver on urgent treatment centres
Comment
What to say to help patients see incontinence need not be inevitable
Encouraging individuals to open up about continence can be life-changing for them
New approach needed to stop HIV
Guaranteed public health funding is needed for the UK to reach a zero HIV infections target
Ready to deliver on urgent treatment centres
NHS England's changes to emergency care services aim to alleviate pressure on EDs and GP...
No nurse should lack the training and support to manage patients’ pain
The resources exist to help you challenge inadequate care, says the RCN’s pain forum chair
Why the Long Term Plan is a missed opportunity in health promotion
A Queen’s Nurse says medical models alone will not address social determinants of health
Parkinson’s: how you can ensure patients get their medication on time
With caseloads for specialist nurses climbing, awareness among all healthcare staff is vital
Expert advice
Workforce: collapse in district nurse numbers is happening now – action to halt it isn’t
Ministers’ ‘golden hellos’ plan to boost district nurse recruitment still hasn’t materialised
Medicines management: Reducing antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract...
Overuse of antibiotics can lead to antibiotic resistance. This is becoming a major problem...
Medicines management: As a community nurse, should I become an independent nurse...
For community nurses whose prescribing powers are limited, undertaking the independent nurse...
Medicines management: How can we prevent older people from taking too many medicines?
Extending consultation times could enable practitioners to explore medication usage in more...
Editorial
Nurses warned not to be left behind in general practice developments
General practice nurses cannot be left behind in discussions about how practices develop
Nurses are pivotal in helping to stem the high rate of diabetes in the UK
A type 2 diagnosis should be an urgent wake-up for people to lose weight
Challenging the conditions putting general practice nurses under pressure
Nurses being compelled to take on more hours and work must stand firm
2018 RCNi Nurse Awards: providing care for homeless people
Eric Teague-Hellon is a worthy winner of Primary Health Care’s community award category
General practice nursing: focusing on the ten-point action plan to transform the...
Karen Storey reflects on her work at Health Education England and looks forward to fresh...
Primary care priorities: training, retaining and developing
The new year brings opportunities to reflect on where primary care is.
Your views
Blog: Halfway through my placement, I've fallen in love with primary care
Second year nursing student Claire Carmichael finds that the skills and experience gained at...
Changing perceptions: how heart disease conversations with all ages could save lives
Heart disease does not discriminate against age – despite what a lot of patients think....
Blog: Excited to begin my student placement in primary care
Second year nursing student Claire Carmichael is about to embark on her latest placement,...
Readers panel: Are smartphone consultations a threat to traditional GP services?
A 24-hour service offering GP consultations via video link or smartphones has been launched...
Readers panel: should school nurses be responsible for sex education in schools?
Education secretary Justine Greening recently confirmed that sex and relationship education...
Readers panel: do nurses have a duty to set an example to patients and quit smoking?
Public Health England head of digital strategy Mary Black, who lost her father and...
Reviews
Book review: Where There is No Psychiatrist (second edition)
University programme leader Rachel Erskine reviews Where There is No Psychiatrist (second...
Book review: Fast Facts: Parkinson’s Disease (Fourth edition)
Clinical research nurse Kathryn Louise Walker reviews Fast Facts: Parkinson’s Disease (...
Book review: Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation: A UK Perspective
Practice manager Sonia Hall reviews Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation: A UK Perspective
Book review: Public Health Ethics (Second edition)
Professor of public health research Susan Carr reviews Public Health Ethics (Second edition)
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