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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

Ageism plays a part in why the effects of incontinence for older people are considered so

10 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
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
Heart attack stereotypes: would you recognise signs and symptoms, especially in women?

Nurse urges colleagues to actively listen to what patients – notably women – tell them in

29 Nov 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
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
Constant pressures underline the importance of self-care

Constant pressures in nurses’ professional lives affect health and well-being, self-care –

14 Nov 2023
Tourette’s syndrome: how diagnosis has affected my career, and the support staff need

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

08 Nov 2023
How working with non-nursing partners can improve your service

Working with ambulance and fire services helps a Bedfordshire nursing team respond to pati

02 Nov 2023
Flu jab uptake: why emotional blackmail and the promise of a lollipop didn’t sway me

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

18 Oct 2023
Martha’s rule: what it is – and how it can help you advocate for patients and families

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

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

Older people’s nursing is undervalued as a specialty and the increasingly complex needs of

03 Oct 2023

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

28 Sep 2023

A funding boost from the National Institute for Health and Care Research should encourage n

13 Sep 2023

Nurses’ mental ill health and burnout are pushing up sickness absence, yet many staff strug

12 Sep 2023

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