Topic

Public health

Strengthening nurses’ recognition of, and response to, domestic violence and abuse
Nursing Management

Strengthening nurses’ recognition of, and response to, domestic violence and abuse

Clinical
23 Apr 2026
Assessment, diagnosis and management of syphilis: considerations for nurses
Nursing Standard

Assessment, diagnosis and management of syphilis: considerations for nurses

CPD articles
16 Apr 2026
Public health campaigns to raise awareness and encourage help-seeking for symptoms of colorectal cancer
Cancer Nursing Practice

Public health campaigns to raise awareness and encourage help-seeking for symptoms of colorectal cancer

Clinical
12 Mar 2026
Nursing Standard

Public health nursing: the roles, responsibilities and pay

Career advice
12 February 2026
Nursing Standard

Supporting people with hoarding behaviour: a health promotion perspective

Clinical
19 January 2026
Primary Health Care

Behavioural and social factors in the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men

Clinical
13 January 2026
Primary Health Care

Exploring the barriers to cervical screening uptake among women from minority ethnic backgrounds: a literature review

Clinical
27 November 2025
Nurse Researcher

Challenges of recruiting nurses as participants in research studies: insights from a smoking cessation study

Clinical
27 November 2025
Primary Health Care

Preparing and utilising the primary care nursing workforce for extreme weather events: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Clinical
20 November 2025
Nursing Standard

Incorporating planetary health into nursing practice and leadership

Clinical
17 November 2025
Primary Health Care

Why ramping up nursing students’ digital skills is a game changer

Editorial
11 November 2025
Nursing Standard

Understanding overweight and obesity: contemporary evidence-based approaches to delivering person-centred nursing care

CPD articles
03 November 2025
Nursing Standard

Flu vaccination: why are more NHS staff declining it?

Analysis
03 October 2025
Nursing Children and Young People

Understanding measles infection and how to improve uptake of the MMR vaccine

CPD articles
10 September 2025
Nursing Children and Young People

Damp and mould: improving the health and homes of children with asthma through NHS and local authority collaboration

Clinical
11 August 2025
Nursing Standard

Motivational interviewing in nursing: how can I use it in practice?

Students
01 August 2025
Nursing Standard

Unpacking ‘ultra-processed’ foods: what nurses need to know

Clinical
07 July 2025
Mental Health Practice

Developing a thematic ward atmosphere tool to improve staff and patient well-being in acute mental health settings

Clinical
03 June 2025
Primary Health Care

Using a lifestyle medicine approach in primary care to prevent and manage long-term conditions

Clinical
28 May 2025
Nursing Children and Young People

Assessing the dental health needs of children in the paediatric intensive care unit

CPD articles
22 April 2025
Nursing Standard

Approaches to health promotion

CPD articles
07 April 2025
Nursing Standard

Mpox: exploring the nursing role in diagnosis, management and controlling its spread

CPD articles
10 March 2025
Nursing Children and Young People

Climate change and the environmental impact of asthma inhalers: advice for children, young people and families

CPD articles
03 March 2025
Primary Health Care

Hepatitis C micro-elimination

Clinical
05 December 2024
Mental Health Practice

Health behaviour change

CPD articles
05 December 2024
Mental Health Practice

Supporting clients to make positive changes in health behaviours using the transtheoretical model and motivational interviewing

CPD articles
03 December 2024
Primary Health Care

Developing nursing students’ digital capabilities to enhance public health

Clinical
20 November 2024
Nursing Standard

Weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Mounjaro: what nurses need to know

Expert advice
05 November 2024
Nursing Children and Young People

Exploring risk factors for undernutrition in children aged under five years in Yemen

Clinical
07 October 2024
Primary Health Care

Reducing health inequalities for marginalised populations by improving access to hepatitis C virus testing and treatment

Clinical
25 September 2024
Nursing Standard

Applying health promotion knowledge to self-care: healthy eating and weight management for nurses

Clinical
02 September 2024
Primary Health Care

Our new Primary Health Care editor wants to hear from you

Editorial
09 July 2024
Nursing Older People

Promoting musculoskeletal health and preventing ill health

Clinical
03 July 2024
Primary Health Care

Supporting previously bereaved parents following the birth of a rainbow baby: a health visiting pilot

Clinical
24 April 2024
Primary Health Care

Why we need to celebrate successes such as nurse prescribing

Opinion
13 March 2024
Mental Health Practice

Preventing suicide by jumping in public locations: a systematic review of interventions

Clinical
28 February 2024
Nursing Children and Young People

Why children need to be vaccinated after surge in measles cases

Comment
26 February 2024
Nursing Standard

Health promotion: reconfiguring nurses’ practice to reduce social inequalities

Clinical
26 February 2024
Nursing Standard

Online spaces and the control of communicable diseases: implications for nursing practice

Clinical
19 February 2024
Nursing Standard

Asbestos risk for NHS staff: why this is not a danger of the past

Analysis
12 February 2024
Nursing Standard

Calls to bring back face masks to combat new COVID-19 variant

News
04 January 2024
Primary Health Care

Recovery Colleges: supporting recovery and living well in local communities

Clinical
13 December 2023
Nursing Standard

COVID inquiry: nurse anger at reckless approach of former PM

News
03 November 2023
Learning Disability Practice

How behaviour change theories can be used to promote physical activity in adults with learning disabilities

Clinical
30 October 2023
Primary Health Care

Developing a toolkit to enhance nursing students’ health promotion practice

Clinical
19 October 2023
Primary Health Care

Implementing civic engagement placements for nursing students in community organisations: a pilot project

Clinical
04 October 2023
Cancer Nursing Practice

Access to cervical screening for women with lower limb mobility impairments: an integrative literature review

Clinical
23 August 2023
Primary Health Care

Promoting the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives to reduce unplanned pregnancies

Clinical
16 August 2023
Emergency Nurse

How should I talk to people living with obesity about their health?

Practice question
08 August 2023
Primary Health Care

Overcoming barriers to cervical screening using Beattie’s model of health promotion

Clinical
19 July 2023
Nursing Standard

Lack of PPE due to planning for wrong type of pandemic, inquiry told

News
27 June 2023
Nursing Standard

Vapes and e-cigarettes: advising patients on risks and benefits

Expert advice
14 June 2023
Nursing Standard

Effects of climate change on patients with respiratory and cardiovascular conditions

Clinical
01 June 2023
Emergency Nurse

Health promotion in emergency care settings: investigating staff views and experiences

Clinical
18 April 2023
Nursing Standard

Promoting health through nurse-led healthy conversations

Clinical
13 March 2023
Nursing Standard

UK COVID-19 Inquiry wants ‘overlooked’ nurses to share their experiences

News
03 March 2023
Primary Health Care

Recognising and addressing health misinformation in nursing practice

Clinical
22 February 2023
Nursing Standard

Principles, tools and techniques for brief behaviour change interventions

Clinical
13 February 2023
Primary Health Care

Infant feeding issues related to gastrointestinal conditions: assessment and management

CPD articles
04 January 2023
Nursing Older People

Understanding the effects of adverse childhood experiences on older people

Clinical
07 December 2022
Learning Disability Practice

Screening for learning disability in primary care: an examination of feasibility against the Wilson-Jungner criteria

Clinical
01 December 2022
Nursing Older People

Advising older people on physical activity: challenges and strategies

Clinical
23 November 2022
Primary Health Care

Managing type 1 diabetes in school children: knowledge and attitudes of primary school teachers in Greece

Clinical
23 November 2022
Nursing Standard

Oliver McGowan learning disability training live for all nurses

News
02 November 2022
Nursing Standard

Health promotion for older people with dementia living in the community

Clinical
18 October 2022
Primary Health Care

Exploring the challenges and opportunities to address childhood immunisation hesitancy in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Clinical
12 October 2022
Nursing Standard

Understanding obesity and addressing stigma: the role of healthcare professionals

Clinical
03 October 2022
Nursing Standard

Scotland extends hospital smoking ban to include outdoor areas

News
14 September 2022
Mental Health Practice

Flu vaccine: what mental health nurses need to do

Comment
07 September 2022
Nursing Standard

How nurses can tackle health inequalities in hard-to-reach minority communities

Analysis
05 September 2022
Nursing Standard

Violence reduction nurse specialist: what’s involved in the role?

My job
29 July 2022
Nursing Standard

Nurses in Northern Ireland now able to sign off patient fit notes

News
22 July 2022
Nursing Standard

Monkeypox: how nurses can spot and treat it – and protect themselves

Podcast
20 July 2022
Nursing Standard

Understanding and mitigating low health literacy

CPD articles
20 July 2022
Nursing Standard

‘Smoke-free’ NHS: why is it still a struggle for so many sites?

Analysis
18 July 2022
Mental Health Practice

Supporting mental fitness in professional rugby league match officials

Clinical
21 June 2022
Nursing Standard

Supporting patients to achieve remission of type 2 diabetes

Clinical
20 June 2022
Primary Health Care

Using the ‘8Rs’ checklist to support safe vaccination practice

Clinical
08 June 2022
Mental Health Practice

Examining the preventive health-screening activities of mental health nurses

Clinical
07 June 2022
Nursing Children and Young People

Barriers to health promotion with overweight or obese children, young people and their families

Clinical
23 May 2022
Nursing Older People

Effects of social isolation and restrictions on older people during the COVID-19 pandemic

Clinical
18 May 2022
Nursing Standard

Nurse’s phone app helps people access local health services

News
12 May 2022
Nursing Standard

War in Ukraine: why I left my family and job to care for refugees

Comment
06 April 2022
Nursing Standard

How Ukraine war poses widespread threat to healthcare

Comment
15 March 2022
Nursing Standard

End of COVID rules: nurses left to wonder what it means for them

News
21 February 2022
Nursing Standard

Applying the principles of health promotion in nursing practice

Clinical
21 February 2022
Nursing Standard

Understanding the role of nutrition in preventing non-communicable diseases and supporting planetary health

Clinical
07 February 2022
Nursing Standard

MMR vaccine: call for nurse-led catch-up drive as uptake lowest in decade

News
02 February 2022
Mental Health Practice

Understanding loneliness and its relationship with mental health issues

Clinical
11 January 2022
Primary Health Care

Caring for people who are homeless: the work of a nurse to educate and train others

Clinical
05 January 2022
Nursing Standard

Compulsory COVID-19 vaccination: government tells NHS staff they must be double-jabbed

News
09 November 2021
Primary Health Care

Applying public health theory to practice in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

CPD articles
09 November 2021
Mental Health Practice

Improving recognition and support for women experiencing the menopause

Clinical
09 November 2021
Primary Health Care

Meeting the challenges of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination in the UK

Clinical
27 October 2021
Nursing Standard

Role of the nurse in addressing vaccine hesitancy and misinformation on social media

Clinical
04 October 2021
Nursing Children and Young People

Biological basis of child health 14: understanding the immune system, vaccines, allergy and disease

CPD articles
04 October 2021
Nursing Standard

Using health promotion to support healthy ageing

Clinical
27 September 2021
Primary Health Care

Delivering the annual immunisation update to primary care staff via live online learning

Clinical
22 September 2021
Emergency Nurse

Health promotion in emergency care: rationale, strategies and activities

CPD articles
16 September 2021
Nursing Standard

Optimising protein intake in older people to maintain their musculo- skeletal health

Clinical
26 July 2021
Primary Health Care

Developing and evaluating a new nursing student placement in public health teams

Clinical
21 July 2021
Nursing Standard

Motivational interviewing: what is it and can it help initiate behaviour change?

Features
05 July 2021
Nursing Management

Nursing organisation during COVID-19: experiences of an unaided, not-for-profit quaternary care teaching hospital in India

Clinical
22 June 2021
Primary Health Care

Nurses’ knowledge of breast screening and the implications for advising women with dense breast tissue: a literature review

Clinical
09 June 2021
Nursing Children and Young People

COVID-19 and children: should there be a vaccine roll out and could school nurses be key?

Analysis
28 May 2021
Learning Disability Practice

Bowel health and screening: evaluating a peer-led educational intervention for people with learning disabilities

Clinical
20 May 2021
Nursing Standard

Examining the effects of COVID-19 on mental health services, service users and nurses

Clinical
17 May 2021
Nursing Children and Young People

Health visiting: why heartbreaking lockdown stories make a powerful case for change

Comment
06 May 2021
Primary Health Care

Toxoplasmosis prevention: knowledge and practices among pregnant women in Jordan

Clinical
05 May 2021
Nursing Management

Supporting the well-being of nurses working during COVID-19

Clinical
04 May 2021
Mental Health Practice

Mental health issues in children: exploring primary school teachers’ experiences, knowledge and training needs

Clinical
27 April 2021
Nursing Standard

Enhancing the identification of anal incontinence in women of reproductive age

Clinical
19 April 2021
Emergency Nurse

Screening and management of unintentional low-level carbon monoxide exposure in the emergency department

Clinical
13 April 2021
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: nurses’ video urges peers to ‘protect your patients’ and get vaccine

News
09 April 2021
Cancer Nursing Practice

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with mesothelioma and their carers

Clinical
31 March 2021
Nursing Standard

Providing patient education on portion control and healthy eating

Clinical
25 March 2021
Nursing Management

Promoting healthy eating in nurses

CPD articles
23 March 2021
Nursing Standard

Dying from inequality as much as from COVID-19: the reality for deprived communities

Comment
04 March 2021
Nursing Older People

Preventing, identifying and managing delirium in nursing homes and acute settings

CPD articles
02 March 2021
Nursing Standard

Nurses urged to check people with learning disabilities registered for COVID-19 vaccine

News
26 February 2021
Mental Health Practice

Substance use disorder: evaluating the effectiveness of the Addiction Recovery Coaching exercise programme

Clinical
16 February 2021
Nursing Standard

Agency and social care nurses less likely than NHS staff to have had first COVID-19 jab

News
09 February 2021
Nursing Standard

COVID-19 vaccines safety study wants nurse participants

News
09 February 2021
Nursing Standard

Healthcare staff vaccination: lead by example and have the jab, say chief nurses

News
29 January 2021
Nursing Standard

Using the ‘aSSKINg’ model in pressure ulcer prevention and care planning

Clinical
25 January 2021
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: volunteers rush to help NHS staff administer vaccine

News
12 January 2021
Nursing Standard

My journey from rough sleeper to Queen’s Nurse

Career advice
22 December 2020
Nursing Standard

Nurse in COVID-19 high-risk group feels ‘privileged’ to receive vaccination

News
11 December 2020
Nursing Standard

Micro-sculpture of nurse to be auctioned to raise money for PPE charity

News
08 December 2020
Nursing Standard

Free school meals campaign showed the best of us – from footballers to nurses

Comment
18 November 2020
Primary Health Care

Using simulation to encourage nursing students to deliver health promotion in practice

Clinical
18 November 2020
Nursing Management

Why you should care about climate change and how you can push the agenda

Comment
17 November 2020
Nursing Standard

COVID-19 vaccine programme will need money and staff – RCN

News
11 November 2020
Nursing Standard

COVID-19 vaccine in pipeline for healthcare staff and most vulnerable says NHS chief

News
04 November 2020
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: no immunisation for NHS staff until vaccine proven safe and effective

News
27 October 2020
Nursing Children and Young People

Focus on asthma 2: air pollution and its effects on children and young people

CPD articles
19 October 2020
Primary Health Care

Managing childhood vaccination clinics during COVID-19: risks and solutions

Clinical
30 September 2020
Nursing Standard

RCN’s Beat the Flu campaign warns of double jeopardy with COVID-19 this winter

News
29 September 2020
Nursing Children and Young People

Focus on asthma 1: the state of care for children and young people in the UK and globally

CPD articles
28 September 2020
Nursing Standard

Obesity strategy: steps for tackling a public health crisis

Policy briefing
08 September 2020
Nursing Standard

If you want to educate the public – ask a nurse

Comment
25 August 2020
Nursing Standard

Nurses in study to find out if sniffer dogs can detect coronavirus

News
24 August 2020
Nursing Standard

Nurses’ child-friendly scrubs appeal for immunisation campaign

News
14 August 2020
Nursing Standard

Obesity in nursing: why fat-shaming helps no one

Comment
11 August 2020
Primary Health Care

How to discuss the human papillomavirus infection with patients in primary care

CPD articles
05 August 2020
Learning Disability Practice

How special interest groups can support safe sexual well-being in adults with learning disabilities

Clinical
28 July 2020
Nursing Standard

Lyme disease: how nurses can identify it and advise patients

Features
06 July 2020
Primary Health Care

Hepatitis A infection: public health management and the role of the primary care nurse

Clinical
01 July 2020
Mental Health Practice

Enhancing physical health monitoring in people with severe mental illness: the development of a health passport

Clinical
30 June 2020
Cancer Nursing Practice

Women put off cervical screening during COVID-19 pandemic

News
17 June 2020
Emergency Nurse

Meeting the needs of homeless people attending the emergency department

CPD articles
09 June 2020
Nursing Children and Young People

Factors contributing to parental ‘vaccine hesitancy’ for childhood immunisations

Clinical
01 June 2020
Primary Health Care

Preventing measles outbreaks: a global health challenge

Clinical
13 May 2020
Nursing Management

What the COVID-19 pandemic tells us about the need to develop resilience in the nursing workforce

Clinical
13 May 2020
Nursing Older People

Has the COVID-19 crisis changed community nursing practice in the UK forever?

Features
07 May 2020
Nursing Standard

Using effective hand hygiene practice to prevent and control infection

Clinical
27 April 2020
Nursing Standard

Role of non-specialist nurses in supporting people who misuse drugs

Clinical
23 April 2020
Mental Health Practice

Raising magistrates’ awareness of dual diagnosis and community sentencing options

Clinical
21 April 2020
Nursing Children and Young People

COVID-19: how redeployment is affecting children’s services

Analysis
17 April 2020
Nursing Standard

Use of personal protective equipment in nursing practice

CPD articles
08 April 2020
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: Scotland offers students band 4 pay to help tackle pandemic

News
24 March 2020
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: army called in to distribute supplies to NHS front-line staff

News
23 March 2020
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: nursing students raise concerns as many clinical placements continue

News
19 March 2020
Nursing Standard

No capacity yet to test all healthcare staff for coronavirus, MPs told

News
17 March 2020
Nursing Management

Stay calm and provide practical leadership

Editorial
13 March 2020
Nursing Standard

Coronavirus: search for patients treated by infected healthcare staff

News
11 February 2020
Nursing Standard

Violence against nurses: how workplaces can help to protect staff

Features
07 February 2020
Primary Health Care

Exploring the effectiveness of a brief health promotion intervention in an urgent treatment centre

Clinical
05 February 2020
Nursing Standard

Climate change is a global issue, but nurses see its effects close-up

Comment
04 February 2020
Emergency Nurse

Assessment and treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the emergency department

Clinical
04 February 2020
Nursing Management

Amenable, preventable, avoidable: untangling how senior nurses talk about mortality

Comment
03 February 2020
Nursing Standard

Why being an overweight nurse matters - and what to do about it

Features
29 January 2020
Primary Health Care

How to manage PVL-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections in primary care

Clinical
23 January 2020