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Unsocial shifts and rotas: what’s your breaking point?

Nurses expect workload demands and pressures to influence shifts and rosters, but there ha

19 Mar 2024
Surge in measles cases underlines the need for children to be vaccinated

UK vaccination rates have reduced leading to a surge in measles cases, but the MMR vaccine

26 Feb 2024
Our professional inferiority complex: why you’re never ‘just’ a nurse

Managing high-stakes, safety-critical situations is a daily reality in nursing, yet some o

20 Feb 2024
Hospital car parking: who exactly is making a profit from all those charges and fines?

Using nurses as cash cows for driving to work, and worse, hitting them with fines if they

16 Jan 2024
Cruel curbs on migrant care workers’ lives are at odds with British values

New rules to prevent overseas staff bringing family to the UK send a hostile message to wo

03 Jan 2024
PEWS could be a great leap forward as long as you have the staff to use it

The launch of the paediatric early warning score (PEWS) is a step in the right direct

11 Dec 2023
How to help families discuss organ donation with children

Patients may find it difficult to talk about organ donation with loved ones, especially yo

07 Dec 2023
How my disability made me a better, braver nurse

Experiences that nurses have as patients themselves can inform their practice as well as h

06 Dec 2023
How nurse-led change on a children’s day surgery unit reduced the wait for discharge

Nurses at a day treatment centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital introduced a criter

04 Dec 2023
Patient’s clinical negligence complaint left me broken and isolated by misplaced shame

An accusation about my nursing practice blighted my life as well as my career, but I suffe

28 Nov 2023
Why we mustn't overlook dads caring for children with complex needs

To meet the needs of mothers and fathers caring for children with complex needs, nurses sh

23 Nov 2023
Bullying in the NHS: more than just a few bad apples

Nurses at every level need assurance complaints will be dealt with – which is why system-w

21 Nov 2023

Tourette’s may present challenges in a clinical role, but can also enhance empathy with pat

08 Nov 2023

Nurse employers must not pressurise staff to turn up for work if they experience adverse re

18 Oct 2023

Nurses working in hierarchical hospital environments can find it challenging to raise conce

17 Oct 2023

Ineffective leadership is often behind nurses’ reasons for leaving, such as bullying, stres

11 Oct 2023

How to help save energy and reduce carbon emissions by making small changes, which wil

04 Oct 2023

People with a stammer often encounter pity or impatience, including from healthcare profess

28 Sep 2023

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