death

Distrust of senior management: nurse talking with manager
Nursing Standard

‘Biased’ decisions and mistrust: what went wrong at one NHS trust?

Podcast
04 Dec 2025
Coping mechanisms used by nurses caring for dying children: a literature review
Nursing Children and Young People

Coping mechanisms used by nurses caring for dying children: a literature review

Clinical
10 Nov 2025
Bereavement: providing effective and compassionate nursing care and support
Nursing Standard

Bereavement: providing effective and compassionate nursing care and support

Clinical
10 Nov 2025
Delivering effective end of life care in the emergency department: a nursing perspective
Emergency Nurse

Delivering effective end of life care in the emergency department: a nursing perspective

Clinical
20 Oct 2025
Nursing Standard

Patient dies from sepsis after string of wound care failures

News
14 Oct 2025
Supreme Court appeal denied: Former nurse Colin Campbell who was found guilty in 2008 of killing (inset top row from left): Ethel Hall and Bridget Bourke, (bottom row from left) Doris Ludlam and Irene Crookes
Nursing Standard

Nurse convicted of four murders denied Supreme Court appeal

News
24 Sep 2025
Coroner said nursing staff lacked an understanding of the importance of following a tissue viability nurse’s recommendations on how to dress Edward Funnell’s pressure wound, while stating they did not contribute to his death
Nursing Standard

Patient death: tissue viability nurse recommendations not acted on

News
18 Sep 2025
'A phenomenal leader': matron Fiona Higginson
Nursing Standard

Tributes for ‘phenomenal’ ED matron after sudden death at work

News
15 Sep 2025
Nursing Standard

Tina Donnelly death: pioneering nurse was ‘force to be reckoned with’

News
08 Sep 2025
Samuel Acquah, theatre nurse, who died suddenly
Nursing Standard

Nurse’s sudden death: tributes to kind and dedicated colleague 

News
29 Aug 2025
District nurse shortages: an older woman alone and staring out of a window
Nursing Standard

Coroners’ death warnings: is a lack of district nurses leading to harm?

News
28 Aug 2025
Former nurse Colin Campbell has lost his appeals against his 2008 convictions for killing four older patients and attempting to murder a fifth
Nursing Standard

Former nurse convicted of four murders in 2008 loses appeals

News
26 Jun 2025
Nursing Standard

Talking to patients about death: tips to give you confidence

Students
29 January 2025
Nursing Children and Young People

Children's hospice care: why partnership and collaboration is key

Comment
18 December 2024
Nursing Standard

Managing pain at the end of life: advice for nurses

Analysis
18 November 2024
Nursing Standard

Could nurses hold the key to missing persons' cold cases?

Podcast
13 November 2024
Nursing Older People

Implementing palliative and end of life care for people with dementia

Clinical
05 November 2024
Nursing Standard

Lucy Letby: what is the purpose of the public inquiry?

News
09 September 2024

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