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A nurse monitors a child’s pulse and blood pressure as they lie in a hospital bed

A new standardised early warning system for nurses scores children’s risk of deterioration

03 Nov 2023
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Photo of nurse Jimmy Cooper, still working as he approaches 80

Intensive care nurse Jimmy Cooper, who retired and then returned, says ‘keeping up’ with y

03 Nov 2023
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Two nurses discuss a file that one of them is holding

Nursing shift handovers for such patients are hugely varied, lack struc

02 Nov 2023
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New national period and menopause policy follows survey showing many nurses feel unab

01 Nov 2023
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Photo of nursing student with nurse, illustrating story about student survey

Survey also finds many worried about their mental health, staff shortages and burnout – as

01 Nov 2023
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Nurse standing in a hospital room making notes on an electronic tablet

Unified approach on patient information across hospital, community and

31 Oct 2023
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Nurse leans on wall looking dejected – as guidance aims to help NHS staff address workplace bullying

Newly qualified nurses and students among those most at risk from colleagues’ or managers’

30 Oct 2023
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RCN chief nurse Nicola Ranger in House of Commons committee room while giving evidence to MPs

Sexual harassment at work has been seen as ‘part of the job’ because most nurses are women

27 Oct 2023
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Photo of a busy ward, illustrating story about rising NHS waiting lists

Health Foundation analysis prompts calls for urgent action after ‘a decade of underin

27 Oct 2023
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Photo of a clock surrounded by fallen leaves, illustrating a story about clocks going back in October

We asked Nursing Standard readers whether the extra hour on shift for some nurses should m

27 Oct 2023
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Nurses picket Northern General Hospital in Sheffield during RCN pay strike in 2022

Court challenge looms after NHS bank staff and nurses working for social enterprises were

26 Oct 2023
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A medic standing at the bedside of an older patient checks a sepsis screening tool

Patients still dying due to not receiving right care at right time, but

26 Oct 2023

Charity helpline sees rise in calls by care workers recruited from overs

25 Oct 2023

‘Retire-and-return’ option for new NHS pensioners proved more popular among recently retire

24 Oct 2023

Nurses’ leader credits new law with improving staff well-being but tells Welsh parliament m

24 Oct 2023

NHS trust’s advert for clinical nurse specialist with ‘an advanced level of practice’ draws

23 Oct 2023

Near misses, medicine errors and unsafe incidents are rife says Care Quality Commission’s a

20 Oct 2023

Culture at Countess of Chester Hospital to be a key focus of Thirlwall Inquiry as it examin

20 Oct 2023

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