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Quick survey wants your views on nurses’ uniforms, job titles… and TV medical dramas

29 Oct 2019
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Picture shows nurses Samantha Wilby and Faye England wearing acorn badges to show they are newly qualified. Novice nurses and midwives at a trust in Yorkshire will wear the badges to remind other staff to be patient with them.

Novice nurses and midwives at a trust in northern England will wea

24 Oct 2019
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woman sitting in hospital gown looks up at healthcare professional

Health and social care staff are often unable to tailor care to individuals’ needs – repor

23 Oct 2019
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Distressed woman on the phone

Government backtracks on health secretary Matt Hancock’s Twitter statem

22 Oct 2019
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Nurse looking tired

College responds to report revealing staff shortages and

15 Oct 2019
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nurse holds clip board and completes paperwork to illustrate use of the Sepsis 6 tool

Find out how revised tool helps you escalate concerns if you suspect a patient has sepsis

14 Oct 2019
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The NMC will pilot its fitness to practise Careline support service for 12 months

Regulator pilots 24-hour emotional support line for registrants undergoing FtP procee

10 Oct 2019
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nurse sits by a patient's bedside looking at her clipboard

Routine rounds are more to do with managing risk than patient-centred care, study sug

09 Oct 2019
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nurses sits in hospital corridor with her head in her hands as RCN calls for ministers to take responsibility for short staffing in the NHS

College wants ministers to be held legally accountable for short-staffing

09 Oct 2019
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illustration shows bloodstream where sepsis is occurring

Sepsis screening tool has changed – find out what this means for nurses

08 Oct 2019
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Illustration shows two people with tick sheet as NMC announces streamlined UK registration system for overseas nurses and midwives

Regulator cuts red tape in bid to get applicants on to UK register as fast as possibl

07 Oct 2019
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Picture shows a nurse doing a medicines review with an older man. A nurse-led monitoring tool that checks for adverse drug reactions could help curb overuse of mental health medicines in care homes, researchers say.

A checklist used by nurses could help overuse of medicines for mental h

07 Oct 2019

Nicola Bevan also forged prescriptions to obtain cosmetic products 

04 Oct 2019

Skills for Care videos describe how role bridges the gap between healthcare assistants

04 Oct 2019

Deputy chief medical officer says nurses and front-line colleagues have a ‘strong responsib

03 Oct 2019

College will ballot members on whether to accept or reject the offer

03 Oct 2019

RCN calls for ideas on how to reduce healthcare’s carbon footprint

03 Oct 2019

A community mental health framework for adults and older people will int

03 Oct 2019

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