A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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Nurses expect health organisations to take sexual harassment of staff seriously – even whe
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Front line nurses, think tanks and the Nursing and Midwifery Council al
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A nurse's personal account of how abusive behaviour by senior staf
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Growing support for a soft opt-out from organ donation, which aims to&n
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The college’s representatives play an essential part in ensuring member
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Poor management of temporary staff means agency nurses often cannot use
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The shortage of nurses makes it all the more important to address the p
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Community nurses in Scotland now have the opportunity to go on a nine-m
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When a patient dies alone on a ward it is upsetting for families and st
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Flexible working, especially the option to do shorter hours, could
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A 'one stop' programme providing personalised care could help Mexi
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An NHS trust has used US-style improvement techniques to train hundreds of clini
Risky drinking – in decline among young people – is a growing problem among those in their fifties, sixties and seventies. The good news is that older people respond well to intervention.
Working in partnership with the US-based Virginia Mason Institute, five trusts are learning how to engage with staff across their organisations, put their ideas into practice, and improve quality and safety.
After a successful pilot stage, the Teaching Care Home programme is recruiting more homes to challenge perceptions of the sector, develops its workforce and boost recruitment.
Despite earlier and better planning at national and local level, increasing pressures could make this winter even worse than the last
The number of people with dementia who visit the emergency department in their last year of life is rising, prompting calls for better care planning and more support for families.
When older people develop delirium, it can land them in hospital and set off a cycle of declining health. Identifying and tackling the syndrome early - while people are still at home - is the target of a new RCN campaign.
