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Escalating patient deterioration: nurse and doctor confer over patient notes
Tips to help you be a determined advocate for your patient when time is of the essence
21 Apr 2025
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NHS recruitment freezes and newly registered nurses: young nurse and colleague at a ward drugs trolley
Newly qualified staff are struggling to find jobs and belt-tightening is hitting bank pay
18 Apr 2025
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A senior nurse speaks to an NHS manager in a hospital corridor while looking at a tablet
Change could raise the profile of nurse leadership, but challenge professional boundaries
14 Apr 2025
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Financial hardship is a reason some consider leaving their studies, but help is available
11 Apr 2025
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NHS pay rise: nursing and other healthcare staff shown on one side of a set of scales, while a pound sign placed by a suited figure is poised above the other side
Find out how your financial needs are – or are not – taken into account
07 Apr 2025
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Leadership in advanced nursing practice: two advanced nurse practitioners stand by a patient's bedside talking to them
The requirements and benefits of ANP roles, including experience, qualifications and pay
04 Apr 2025
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Illustration showing potentially-life threatening pulmonary oedema as a result of fluid overload 
Why fluid balance charts aren’t always effective and ways to improve monitoring
01 Apr 2025
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Catheter use and infections: close-up of a patient in pyjamas with their hands resting on top of a urinary catheter tube
How to ensure proper hygiene, timely removal and patient education, and prevent infection
31 Mar 2025
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A pregnant nurse at a patient’s bedside
Employers’ duty on risk assessments and adjustments, plus tips on prioritising well-being
24 Mar 2025
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Legal protection of nurse title: health worker in scrubs wears name badge that reads ‘not an actual nurse’
Protecting title in law gives you the respect you’ve earned, as well as promoting safety
21 Mar 2025
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Reporting incidents in nursing: a woman with her finger to her lips, suggesting staff being asked not to speak out about safety incidents
Nurses report incidents being ‘shut down’ or downplayed to avoid extra paperwork
17 Mar 2025
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Remembering people who died in pandemic: community nurses Olaoluwa Ojuolape, Nike Bademosi and Emma Robinson carry flowers to lay at the opening of the London Blossom Garden, a COVID memorial space, in 2021  
How public health catastrophe unfolded, legacy of long-COVID and aims of official inquiry
13 Mar 2025
Balancing professional image with effective care, and how this applies in mental healthcare
10 Mar 2025
Inadequate handovers can lead to failures to respond to a rapid decline in someone’s health
07 Mar 2025
It is too often recorded inaccurately, or not at all. Here’s what you need to know
04 Mar 2025
We talk to nurses who worked overseas about missing family and home and why they returned
03 Mar 2025
Tips on making a good first impression and responding to different types of questions
28 Feb 2025
A range of options help nurses balance responsibilities and also benefit employers
24 Feb 2025

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