Opinion
Diabetes and dementia: safely managing people living with multiple long-term conditions
We need to remember and celebrate successes such as nurse prescribing
What you need to know about caring for people with sickle cell disease
Comment
Our professional inferiority complex: why you’re never ‘just’ a nurse
Safety-critical care is what we do, yet some of us can’t resist the urge to downplay
How can we improve the pancreatic cancer patient care pathway?
Pancreatic Cancer UK specialist nurse Di Dobson says people with the condition deserve better
How working with non-nursing partners can improve your service
A collaboration with ambulance and fire teams helped community nurses respond to falls
Rise in non-smoking lung cancer: how you can support earlier diagnosis
What nurses can do to help ensure that red flags symptoms are picked up promptly
Flu jab uptake: why emotional blackmail and the promise of a lollipop didn’t sway me
Staff need to know they won’t feel pressure to keep working if they develop side effects
5 simple ways to be a greener nurse – small climate-conscious changes you can make
These easy adjustments to your routine could save energy and cut emissions
Expert advice
Diabetes and dementia: safely managing people living with multiple long-term conditions
Older people with diabetes are at higher risk of developing dementia
What you need to know about caring for people with sickle cell disease
With shortages of sickle cell disease nurses, primary care nurses have a vital role to play
Sepsis guidance update: how do I need to change my practice?
Nurse specialist explains the importance of more targeted antibiotic use
Promoting safe care for people with epilepsy and a learning disability and/or autism
Nurses can use the new Clive Treacey Safety Checklist to support service users
Delegating healthcare activities: what is it and how can nurses do it safely?
Skills for Care’s guiding principles can help towards safe and effective delegation
Measles surge: what you need to know right now, and how your practice is affected
Your quick guide to public health messaging, symptom recognition and infection control
Editorial
We need recognition and action on community nursing’s red flags
The sector’s red flag issues are just as urgent and complex as other specialties
Inspirational primary care nurse wins RCN Nurse of the Year 2023
Julie Roye’s methods and ideas helped to improve smear uptake rates for diverse groups
GPNs must be included in roles reimbursement scheme if this vital role is to be nurtured
Including GPNs on the ARRS would prevent them feeling devalued and deskilled
Clinical supervision aids well-being and bolsters our workforce
Supervision can make nurses feel more valued and less likely to quit due to pressure
Why general practice nurses are special and unique
The role covers so much in primary care and offers many opportunities
Are you ready to shine? Then enter our RCN Nursing Awards 2023
The awards are open to nurses, midwives, health visitors, students and support workers
Your views
Patient confidentiality and sharing patient data in your work WhatsApp group
What safeguards do you need to help you use instant messaging responsibly?
NHS pay: would a separate pay spine benefit nurses?
We ask our readers if a split from Agenda for Change is the best approach
A year on from NHS industrial action, what has changed for nurses?
After the hard-won pay deal, we ask our readers’ panel how they feel about the dispute now
Dreaded form-filling: would standardisation across all settings make your job easier?
Universal patient documentation and its potential to ease your admin burden
Is it safe to ask nurses to move settings to fill-in the staffing gaps?
Nursing care is complex and staff from diverse specialties aren’t interchangeable
Why does it feel like pay for care home and independent sector nurses is overlooked?
Are non-NHS staff under-estimated by the public and even their nursing colleagues?
Reviews
Book review: Where There is No Psychiatrist (second edition)
University programme leader Rachel Erskine reviews Where There is No Psychiatrist (second edition)
Book review: Fast Facts: Parkinson’s Disease (Fourth edition)
Clinical research nurse Kathryn Louise Walker reviews Fast Facts: Parkinson’s Disease (Fourth edition)
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: Understanding key ideas and tensions in contemporary health policy
Book review: Walking Forward, Looking Back
Practice development nurse Valerie McGurk reviews Walking Forward, Looking Back