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Sharing lived experiences can help deliver more holistic cancer care
04 Feb 2020
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Picture of oncology nurse Helen Dutton, who describes how she has adjusted from working in the NHS to the sometimes baffling world of private healthcare.
Helen Dutton describes the adjustments she needed to make in a new job with Bupa
27 Jan 2020
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SAlly Kitchin and colleagues collecting the 2019 RCNi Commitment to Carers Award

How Commitment to Carers award nominees have shared their work and insp

09 Jan 2020
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Picture shows playing cards created by the charity Marie Curie to help broach the subject of death and dying. Early and open conversations with patients and their families can make a huge difference to the end of life experience.
Early and open conversations can make a huge difference to the end of life experience
07 Jan 2020
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Picture shows two women wearing headsets, and one of them is speaking to a caller. Nurse specialists at Prostate Cancer UK receive detailed training including mentors and a learning contract to equip them to deal with requests for help and advice.
Training for nurse specialists at Prostate Cancer UK includes mentors and a learning contract
17 Dec 2019
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Picture shows Alison Woods with her mother. She describes her contrasting feelings as a nurse and a daughter when called to her mother’s bedside as she lay dying.

Nurse Alison Woods describes her contrasting emotions during her mum's

29 Nov 2019
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Picture is an image from the Facebook page of  North Midlands Breast Screening Service showing ways to detect breast problems. Its project to increase breast screening uptake has succeeded by using social media posts and a messaging app.
Uptake increased thanks to social media posts and a messaging app
20 Nov 2019
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Abstract illustration depicts a female figure with a magnifying glass and test tubes. In this article three leading cancer experts explain why the role of the clinical research nurse is crucial.
Three leading cancer experts explain why the role of the clinical research nurse is crucial
31 Oct 2019
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Social media

Nikki Morris on the benefits social media can bring to the nursing community

21 Oct 2019
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Nurse Aly Foyle appeared to have it all, but then she started to fear going to work
11 Oct 2019
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Sinead Tinker, a character in Coronation Street, in hospital
Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust worked with scriptwriters to produce a realistic storyline
04 Oct 2019
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Picture shows Maria Onasanya (second right) and Rachel Taylor (third right) with researchers from the Brightlight study on cancer in young people and a patient representative.

Maria Onasanya says her sarcoma journey taught her the value of being i

15 Aug 2019
A shortage of specialist nurses could affect outcomes for men with prostate cancer
11 Jul 2019
Breast surgeon Liz O’Riordan draws on her experience of breast cancer to advise on helping fellow staff
06 Jun 2019
Ten years on from peak Jade Goody factor, nurses should encourage women to book a test
22 May 2019
Demystify palliative care and advance care planning by helping patients to talk about death
16 Apr 2019

My own diagnosis made me re-evaluate what I thought I knew about survivorship

10 Apr 2019
Training and education would help nurses spot early signs of skin cancer and offer advice
04 Apr 2019

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