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NMC cautions nurse for 'losing empathy' with patients in emergency department

Nurse Lindsay Burns received a five-year caution order after bodycam camera footage showed

25 Mar 2025
Hospital makes changes following nursing student’s death from sepsis

An inquest found lapses in regular observations and care after nursing student Zoe Bell di

24 Mar 2025

Nurses would stay in the profession for longer if they could exchange student loan forgive

21 Mar 2025
Man who died following fall had been left unsupervised

A coroner report found that Colin Colley was at high risk of falls and experienc

19 Mar 2025
Band 5 nurse suspended for falling asleep while feeding two babies during night shift

A band 5 nurse has been suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) following a n

18 Mar 2025
Senior nurses to lead trust bid to improve care of deteriorating patients 

A team of 22 nurses in band 6-8a roles will form an acute response team set up following c

14 Mar 2025
Hundreds of nurses threaten to quit bank shifts over pay cuts

Hundreds of nurses across four NHS trusts say they will stop working in-house bank shifts

11 Mar 2025
Could quitting caffeine improve your sleep and stress levels?

A care home trial to reduce caffeine intake among staff and residents has found impro

07 Mar 2025
Use Ask RCNi to find trusted answers to nursing questions 

Our new AI-powered tool delivers evidence-based answers to clinical and professional nursi

06 Mar 2025
Insulin administration before food message ‘didn’t get through to all nurses’

Hospital nurses’ incorrect administration of insulin to an inpatient with type 1 diabetes

05 Mar 2025
‘Gifted’ nurse awarded £41k for unfair dismissal by trust

Diabetes specialist nurse Susan Hamilton claimed a co-worker subjected her to ‘bullyi

04 Mar 2025
Secret hand hygiene audits: nurses go undercover in bid to assess NHS trust’s practices

An NHS trust is using undercover nurses for covert hand hygiene audits to improve standard

27 Feb 2025

Coroner finds that Philip Unwin’s death due to sepsis occurred after medical team’s failure

26 Feb 2025

NHS managers have agreed they should be subject to professional regulation to help restore

25 Feb 2025

Nurse who got a job with an NHS community health provider after dishonestly claiming two ye

20 Feb 2025

Institute for Fiscal Studies research finds higher pay for nurses and other public sector w

18 Feb 2025

NHS trust wants to rotate ICU nurses who work at Bassetlaw Hospital so they can gain experi

17 Feb 2025

A review of flexible working for the NHS nursing workforce in Scotland will consider change

14 Feb 2025

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