Editorial

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The pandemic is putting nurses under immense emotional strain, but we’re here to help

05 Jan 2021
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Nurse staffing must be a priority area too – 2020 offers ample evidence of that

01 Dec 2020
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I have seen first-hand how nurses rise to the challenge – but they must be offered support

30 Oct 2020
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Nurses must get the safeguards they deserve as they prepare for a second wave of infection

23 Sep 2020
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More people are starting nursing courses this year, despite an ill-conceived recruitment a

01 Sep 2020
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Prime minister Boris Johnson clapping outside No 10 Downing Street. Picture: Alamy

After the COVID-19 crisis, many are rightly angry over the recent publi

30 Jul 2020
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montage of images of nursing staff who died in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic
We hope online Book of Remembrance will be a comfort to bereaved families of nursing staff
02 Jul 2020
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Waterloo street art - NHS heroes

Praise is welcome, but it’s time the profession secured a different kind of reco

26 May 2020
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The army deliver a consignment of medical masks to St Thomas' Hospital, London. Picture:Getty Images

Delivering PPE supplies is a start, but staff will need further su

24 Mar 2020
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Older nurse mentoring a young nurse

Learning what different generations of staff want from their job w

28 Feb 2020
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illustration shows nurses in a variety of practice scenarios, showing how skilled and diverse the profession is
The image of nursing as women’s (low-skilled) work continues to hamper recruitment
31 Jan 2020
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Nurses offer spiritual care as part of their everyday practice, for example, by holding a patient's hand or asking what matters to them

It’s already part of your everyday nursing practice – whether you are aware of it&nbs

02 Dec 2019

Employers must recognise nursing is especially challenging for women who are in the menopause

30 Oct 2019
Whole shifts without a sip of water show what the national nurse shortage looks like close-up
29 Sep 2019
Take a look at our resources for nursing’s next generation, and existing workforce
03 Sep 2019

Our Nursing Standard survey will be used to influence policymakers

28 Jul 2019

Pledges in the interim plan need to be backed up with concrete action on staffing

04 Jul 2019

Nursing Standard-Marie Curie survey reveals impact of staff shortages on nurses and patients 

28 May 2019

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