Opinion
It is healthy to grieve and reflect when a patient dies
Sexual health services reform has unintended outcomes
UK district nursing survey aims to provide true picture of the service
Comment
It is healthy to grieve and reflect when a patient dies
A community nurse argues that grieving when a patient dies shows she has done her job well
Sexual health services reform has unintended outcomes
Changes in sexual health services affected workforce skills, but RCN resources are helping
UK district nursing survey aims to provide true picture of the service
District nursing team leaders encouraged to complete the survey
Be innovative in approaching mental health issues… it can change lives
Projects like Men’s Shed Govan can create a sense of worth among users
Taking the service to the service user could improve rural access to mental healthcare
Roving clinics can help provide care in remote places to combat loneliness and isolation
Nurses need to focus on their own health even though the odds are stacked against them
A new film aims to help nurses ditch coping mechanisms that are damaging their health
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
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Readers panel: Are smartphone consultations a threat to traditional GP services?
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Readers panel: should school nurses be responsible for sex education in schools?
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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...
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Book review: Walking Forward, Looking Back
Practice development nurse Valerie McGurk reviews Walking Forward, Looking Back