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Want to improve surgery recovery? How to use ERAS from prehab to rehab

Enhanced recovery after surgery – or ERAS – is an approach that is bafflingly underused, d

21 Nov 2022
Strike action could be a defining moment for the profession – but can it succeed?

As nursing faces a defining moment, we examine what is driving the dispute, the precedent

18 Nov 2022
Brain fog: causes and coping strategies from menopause to long-COVID

Top tips for nurses on coping with debilitating brain fog when you need a clear head for w

11 Nov 2022
Tattoos and skin health: spotting signs of melanoma and treating rashes and infections

Advice for nurses on adverse reactions to inking, and how to screen for skin cancer as sle

24 Oct 2022
Celebrities with cancer: how their openness can influence others

Awareness of cancer influencers’ stories can help nurses offer care and support to people

18 Oct 2022
Record-keeping and documentation: how to improve your practice and avoid mistakes

Patient records act as a vital communication tool that helps ensure safety.

10 Oct 2022
Workforce vaccinations: impact of COVID-19 vaccine campaign on nurses’ views

As flu season looms, find out what nurses say about their intentions to have a flu jab and

20 Sep 2022
Nursing student attrition: what's happening to the COVID-19 cohort?

Nursing Standard investigation suggests 33% of nursing students who began courses in 2018

16 Sep 2022
PPE: there is more of it – but it’s still not fit for purpose, say female nurses

More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, a Nursing Standard survey finds nur

02 Sep 2022
Compassionate leadership: how to make it happen in your workplace

Empathetic and inclusive leaders enable teams to achieve better outcomes for patients, but

26 Aug 2022
Nurses’ freedom to speak: are things better for whistleblowers in the NHS?

While there have been improvements since a 2015 review, following care failings at Mid Sta

22 Aug 2022
Collective action: how nurse power can effect change in working conditions

Not everything needs a high-profile campaign – nurses acting together on lesser issues suc

19 Aug 2022

Nurses in rapid diagnostic centres, one-stop clinics and other services are striving to cle

10 Aug 2022

Advice for nurses on common mistakes, potential consequences and methods to employ to impro

08 Aug 2022

Employer-provided schemes can seem like a lifeline if you need to replace a fridge or mobil

25 Jul 2022

Having a terminal or life-limiting illness can increase a person’s risk of taking their own

22 Jul 2022

Greeted with a furious decision to ballot on industrial action, this yea

21 Jul 2022

Smokers remain a common sight outside hospitals, despite site-wide bans.

18 Jul 2022

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