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Newly qualified nurses are having to seek employment elsewhere to make ends meet, such as in coffee shops or in retail. Picture shows a female barista making coffee

Newly registered nurses unable to get jobs in the NHS are having to seek employment elsewh

14 Oct 2024
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Patients can be misled when the word ‘nurse’ is part of the title of a non-registered role

Misleading job titles in nursing imply our work is so minor that being a nurse amounts to

16 Sep 2024
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Nurse retention: steep rise in newly registered nurses quitting profession means action is needed to boost morale and reduce burnout

Nurse retention, burnout and low morale are challenges with a deliciously simple solution

13 Aug 2024
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Mental healthcare and digitalisation: picture shows computer screen with System Hacked warning – recent ransomware attacks and technology outages have underlined the need for robust cybersecurity measures and disaster recovery plans

The digitalisation of mental healthcare remains a strategic priority and can bring nursing

12 Aug 2024
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Smiling nurse helps patient get up from bed, showing how ward nurse intervention is important in preventing inpatient falls

It’s heartening to hear how some hospital nurses have all-but eliminated falls on their wa

23 Jul 2024
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Image shows a member of healthcare staff facing an open cupboard and holding a plastic bottle of medication

Nurse’s six-month suspension for taking paracetamol tablets from a ward supply is hard to

02 Jul 2024
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A depressed and fed up looking nursing student site on the stairs of college

Pre-registration nursing programmes are among the most challenging, so we need to ensure s

30 Jun 2024
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Blurred image of healthcare professionals moving at high speed with a hospital trolley along a corridor, suggesting the time and workload pressures facing emergency department staff

It’s not hard to imagine the terrible pressures in the emergency department where care fai

14 May 2024
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A young boy sitting on a swing in a children’s play area in a park

The shared experiences of 6,000 adults can inspire nurses despite inaction on recommendati

10 Apr 2024
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Illustration showing two nursing team members in uniform standing pointing at a huge shift roster, as if discussing filling or swapping shifts

Nurses expect workload demands and pressures to influence shifts and rosters, but there ha

19 Mar 2024
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An illustration showing a person’s movements being picked up by a motion sensor

Technological innovations in mental health are in line with NHS plans, but service users a

04 Mar 2024
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A nurse stands in front of a line of other nurses, looking happy and confident. Yet nurses often downplay their role

Managing high-stakes, safety-critical situations is a daily reality in nursing, yet some o

20 Feb 2024

Using nurses as cash cows for driving to work, and worse, hitting them with fines if they s

16 Jan 2024

New rules to prevent overseas staff bringing family to the UK send a hostile message to wor

03 Jan 2024

Health passports were designed to address health inequalities for autistic people and help

20 Dec 2023

In a 'defining moment' in mental health nursing, a revamp of psychosocial interventions edu

11 Dec 2023

Experiences that nurses have as patients themselves can inform their practice as well as he

06 Dec 2023

The King's speech offered nothing on Mental Health Act reforms, letting down nurses and ser

05 Dec 2023

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