Analysis

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
NHS nurse pay award for 2024-25: next steps and key dates

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

02 Aug 2024
When nurses begin to lose compassion – and how to get it back

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

29 Jul 2024
NHS waiting lists: can nurses take on more overtime?

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

26 Jul 2024
Is there a lack of child-specific content in nursing student training?

Less child-specific content is being taught on preregistration children’s nursing programm

25 Jul 2024
Identify sepsis: the body temperature changes to look for

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

22 Jul 2024
Tattoos and piercings: are staff uniform rules finally being eased?

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

15 Jul 2024
Toxic leadership: do you have a bullying, micromanaging boss?

Micromanaging, unsupportive leaders can create toxic teams, negatively impacting morale an

08 Jul 2024

Lucy Letby's crimes pose difficult questions about the ability to raise concerns in healthc

02 Jul 2024

Generational differences in how colleagues communicate can cause conflict.

01 Jul 2024

Nurses’ duty to raise concerns when patient safety is at risk does not always mean ref

28 Jun 2024

Maria Caulfield, a nurse who is standing for re-election as a Conservative MP, talks to Nur

25 Jun 2024

Nurse pay, flexible working, NHS waiting times and social care – the Westminster campaign p

18 Jun 2024

They were hailed as a way to boost the NHS workforce and widen pathways into nursing, but l

17 Jun 2024

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