Analysis

Record-keeping: how to avoid making serious mistakes or leaving gaps

Record-keeping and documentation errors in nursing can have serious consequences for patie

08 Sep 2024
How far do you walk at work? Fitness and foot care tips for long shifts

A guide for nursing staff on taking care of your feet, how to choose the best shoes for lo

05 Sep 2024
Nursing pay: how to get the salary you deserve

A visual guide for nurses on acting-up pay, rebanding and pay justice, including how to re

04 Sep 2024
Nursing associates: what is their role and scope of practice?

Nursing associates have been a valued part of the nursing workforce in England’s NHS since

01 Sep 2024
Giving nurses control over their shifts: are employers’ attitudes changing?

Front-line healthcare staff who took part in a recent Institute for Employment Studies sur

29 Aug 2024
What’s the perfect shift length for a nurse?

Research shows that 12-hour shifts, a staple of many nurses’ weekly rota, are like Marmite

28 Aug 2024
Pay: what the new deal could mean for you

After months of delays, the independent NHS Pay Review Body (RB), which advises government

27 Aug 2024
Misleading job titles: why are non-nurses called nurses, and band 3 roles ‘advanced’?

NHS job titles risk misleading staff and the public by use of ‘nurse’ designation in unreg

23 Aug 2024
Communicating with patients: how to make yourself understood

A practical guide to help you improve your written and verbal communication, and ensu

19 Aug 2024
Why are so many newly registered nurses struggling to find jobs?

Newly registered nurse job applicants explain the impact of repeated rejections despite nu

12 Aug 2024
RSV: recognising signs and symptoms, and the new vaccination programme

How nurses can recognise respiratory syncytial virus signs and symptoms; the risk RSV pose

08 Aug 2024
How to fix the NMC: what next after devastating review?

Institutional bullying, racism and sexism at the Nursing and Midwifery Council was highlig

05 Aug 2024

Is the NHS Pay Review Body’s recommended nurse pay award enough?

02 Aug 2024

Early identification of septic shock and coordination among emergency department staff and

30 Jul 2024

Work pressures can cause emotional and physical exhaustion, leading to irritability, low se

29 Jul 2024

The Labour government wants nurses to do extra overtime shifts to help clear the waiting li

26 Jul 2024

It is not only high temperature nurses need to be alert for in suspected sepsis cases – low

22 Jul 2024

Some NHS trusts say restrictions maintain the image of the profession – but others are rela

15 Jul 2024

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