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Former nursing leader Dame Sheila Quinn, who worked tirelessly to promote the profession, has
14 Dec 2016
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Patient safety could be at risk if nursing students cheat by passing off as their own work es
14 Dec 2016
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‘Exhausted’ nurses at a Scottish health board are putting patient safety at risk, says a c

14 Dec 2016
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Read our guidance to a resource from the Royal College of Physicians on preventing falls i

13 Dec 2016
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Jackie Smith

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has received its best review to date from the organisati

13 Dec 2016
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A new review has found ‘system-wide’ problems in the way the NHS investigates pa

13 Dec 2016
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IV therapy
Updated guidance on infusion therapy has been published by the RCN.
12 Dec 2016
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Sarah Kuteh

A nurse who offered to pray for patients waiting for surgery has been sacked from her job

12 Dec 2016
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Eating disorders

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says sending vulnerable people hundred

12 Dec 2016
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Student placement

The RCN says existing registered nurses will face increased pressure due to the volume of&

12 Dec 2016
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Caring for dying children

New guidelines help healthcare staff to navigate end of life care planning for children an

09 Dec 2016
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Bursary to stay in Wales

Bursaries will continue to be available to new nursing students in Wale

09 Dec 2016

Survey reveals only 1 in 3 diabetes patients discuss symptoms of high blood glucose levels with their nurse or doctor and 33% do not take their mealtime insulin as prescribed

09 Dec 2016

The family of a nursing student who died earlier this year have paid tribute to their ‘inspiring and caring’ daughter as they accepted her degree.

09 Dec 2016

We look at the key issues facing the nursing profession in 2017.

08 Dec 2016
A university has set up a £200,000 fund to help nursing students cope with course costs when the NHS-provided bursary is scrapped next year.
08 Dec 2016

A Christmas campaign designed to highlight the risk of falls to older people has been launched by the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

08 Dec 2016

Most health visitors’ workloads have increased in past two years.

07 Dec 2016

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