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Elizabeth Anionwu

Leading Mary Seacole statue campaigner and the UK’s only nursing professor of stroke

30 Dec 2016
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RCN president Cecilia Anim
RCN president Cecilia Anim is urging nurses to make their voices heard through petitions, bra
30 Dec 2016
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Nurses have paid tribute to George Michael for championing the profession – and recal

28 Dec 2016
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Nursing leaders from across the UK have paid tribute to the ‘hard-working and dedicat

22 Dec 2016
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Nurses have been voted the most trustworthy professionals for the fifteenth year in a row in
21 Dec 2016
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Falls prevention

A study has found a ‘calculable’ link between nurse staffing

20 Dec 2016
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Waste project
A pioneering nurse whose recycling project saved £50,000 is urging others to put their ideas
20 Dec 2016
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Bursary or Bust demonstration

Nursing leaders voice concern about reduction since the government withdrew funding for st

20 Dec 2016
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The NHS in England is ‘buckling’, a think tank has warned, with levels of f

20 Dec 2016
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A nurses' choir were in for a surprise when they landed a starring role in a festive TV speci
19 Dec 2016
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Nature workshops

NHS staff are being offered the chance to relax in woodland as part of w

16 Dec 2016

Pressures on hospital beds is so severe that the equivalent of seven extra hospitals had to be opened on the busiest day last winter, according to a new analysis by the Nuffield Trust.

16 Dec 2016
A new tool has been developed to help nurses on emergency wards identify quicker the signs of acute limb compartment syndrome (ALCS).
14 Dec 2016
Patient safety could be at risk if nursing students cheat by passing off as their own work essays bought online, a higher education watchdog has warned.
14 Dec 2016
Updated guidance on infusion therapy has been published by the RCN.
12 Dec 2016

The RCN says existing registered nurses will face increased pressure due to the volume of placements needed for new training programmes.

12 Dec 2016

Bursaries will continue to be available to new nursing students in Wales next year — but they will have to commit to spending the first two years of their career in the country.

09 Dec 2016

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