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Button batteries, plastic toys and coins: treating children who ingest foreign bodies

More children and teenagers are attending EDs due to ingested foreign bodies

18 Nov 2021
Neutropenic sepsis: how to spot the signs and symptoms and take rapid action

Nurses need to be vigilant on this potentially fatal complication of anticancer treatment

27 Sep 2021

All you need to know about this year’s amended programme, educational events and lectures

13 Sep 2021

Children often present with atypical symptoms, delaying treatment

13 Sep 2021
Compassion in nursing: how to develop and maintain your skills

It’s an essential part of nursing, but should extend beyond patient care to self-care

06 Sep 2021

Sleep expert Steven Lockley’s tips to help you establish good routines around night shifts

31 Aug 2021

With one in four sepsis cases linked to urinary tract infection, awareness of symptoms is

23 Aug 2021
Shame, stigma and not making a fuss – why nurses fear seeking help when at rock bottom

There’s been an ‘exponential’ increase in suicide attempts among nurses during the pandemi

16 Aug 2021

Nurses share their accounts of a shift before lockdown restrictions eased on 19 July

09 Aug 2021

Implementing the infection control steps to improve outcomes and save lives

06 Aug 2021

Reduce your risk of medications errors by becoming comfortable with numbers

01 Jun 2021

Innovations in uniform design are making COVID-19 care requirements a bit more bearable

16 Apr 2021

Guidance for nurses on identifying and safeguarding children at risk

15 Apr 2021

Updated guidance aims to help minimise hospital stays and spot the signs of frailty

09 Apr 2021

The risk for nurses, plus how to advise patients worried about contracting COVID a second t

22 Mar 2021

How to address inequitable treatment and improve communication with patients and service us

05 Mar 2021

The RCN Nurse of the Year 2020 describes a day on the front line in the COVID-19 second wav

10 Feb 2021

The virus has been linked to heart damage, but has also disrupted care across the specialty

15 Jan 2021

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