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Improving the health and well-being of unpaid carers – initiatives with impact
How Commitment to Carers award nominees have shared their work and inspired others
09 Jan 2020
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How Marie Curie's Talkabout campaign tackles taboo around death and dying
Early and open conversations can make a huge difference to the end of life experience
07 Jan 2020
Nurses should be given technology for instant access to patient records
The technology exists for multidisciplinary teams to instantly share updated patient records
13 Dec 2019
How Facebook transformed our breast screening service
Uptake increased thanks to social media posts and a messaging app
20 Nov 2019
Stop blaming nurses for malnutrition in older people
Focus instead on the widespread myths in the community about healthy eating
13 Nov 2019
WHO’s $60 million mental health initiative should not ignore nursing
Nurses are strangely absent from the World Health Organization’s five-year mental health plan
05 Nov 2019
A clinical director's learning curve
Primary Care Network clinical director Julie Hoskin reflects on her first 100 days in post
31 Oct 2019
International year of the nurse and midwife offers a chance to showcase our talents
2020 will be a rare opportunity to demonstrate the value of nursing to the wider world
10 Oct 2019
How nurses can support people with ME
Often referred to as the ‘invisible illness’, ME can be a highly debilitating condition
02 Oct 2019
General practice nurses are super nurses, not doctors’ helpers
Frustrated and often undervalued, is it time to reconsider the general practice nurse role?
26 Sep 2019
Stop blaming the anti-vax bogeyman and focus on immunisation services
Investing in nurses and resources to educate parents is more pressing than battling fake news
13 Sep 2019
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
02 Aug 2019
Sexual health services reform has unintended outcomes
Changes in sexual health services affected workforce skills, but RCN resources are helping
29 Jul 2019
UK district nursing survey aims to provide true picture of the service
District nursing team leaders encouraged to complete the survey
09 Jul 2019
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
05 Jul 2019
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
17 Jun 2019
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
17 Jun 2019
Smacking ban would offer chance to educate parents and carers
A Welsh ban on smacking children would be a chance to educate and support parents and carers
22 May 2019