Career advice

Returning to work: how to rebuild your confidence after an absence

Nurses returning to practice after stress-related leave or absence due to illness may find

15 Feb 2023
What does an organ donation specialist nurse do – and how can I become one?

Coordinating organ and tissue donation and supporting bereaved families requires excellent

08 Feb 2023
Finding your voice as a newly registered nurse: tips and advice

Tips and advice on how to step up to your new professional role, and use your voice to adv

02 Feb 2023
Redeployed to an unfamiliar area: what is a floating shift and do I have to work it?

With nurse staffing pressures making redeployment more common, find out how to cope if you

18 Jan 2023
Virtual wards: what are they and what do they mean for different nursing roles?

Nursing roles are being reinvented as virtual ward and hospital at home services evolve, s

01 Dec 2022
Are you a super-helper? How to ditch the guilt and avoid burnout

Super-helpers never say no to helping someone out – even though it might be to their detri

16 Nov 2022
Having trouble accessing clinical supervision? You’re not alone

It can help maintain a healthy, supported nursing workforce, yet access to good quality cl

04 Nov 2022
Becoming a leader: what I’ve learned about making change happen

Tips on being an effective leader from charity chief executive Joanne Bosanquet, who built

19 Oct 2022
When you make a medication error: what I learned as a newly registered nurse

Advice on avoiding medication errors, nurses’ duty of candour when a mistake is made and h

13 Oct 2022
Loneliness in leadership: how to deal with it and support colleagues

Talking about loneliness can still be seen as a taboo in healthcare settings, with those i

29 Sep 2022
Diversity in senior roles: a programme for aspiring black and minority ethnic leaders

NHS England Midlands’ aspiring nurse and midwife leaders programme aims to improve represe

15 Sep 2022
When the pressure is too much: how to recognise and seek help for burnout

An RCN Nurse of the Year describes how work pressures combined with a traumatic event led

08 Sep 2022

Nurses’ health and well-being will be top of the agenda at the careers fair, where you can

26 Aug 2022

The NMC’s new all-encompassing specialist practice qualification is for nurses working in a

11 Aug 2022

A new education and career framework for primary care and general practice will provide nur

04 Jul 2022

As a newly qualified nurse, being in control of a shift can seem daunting, but demonstratin

23 Jun 2022

When non-medical prescribers reported a lack of confidence to practise autonomously and une

08 Jun 2022

Racial diversity in senior nurse roles continues to elude the NHS, extensive data show.

01 Jun 2022

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