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Flexible nursing degrees: what will their impact be on the workforce – and on you?

A new flexible nursing degree enables students to fit their studies and clinical placement

22 Apr 2025
Is the grass really greener? The factors driving nurses to apply to work overseas

Number of nurses in the UK hoping to move abroad to work more than doubled in one year.

25 Mar 2025
What do planned closures of nursing schools mean for the future of the profession?

University nursing school closures highlight the pressures on undergraduate nurse educatio

25 Feb 2025
Remote prescribing: is it ever good practice?

A nurse has been struck off by a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) fitness to practise p

28 Jan 2025
The heavy-handed nursing police: is that how the NMC feels to you?

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has been told it cannot act like the ‘nurse police’ and

10 Dec 2024
Should nursing students be allowed compassionate leave from clinical placements?

Nursing students on clinical placement might need to miss shifts if they’re dealing with a

26 Nov 2024
Should newly registered nurses start on band 6?

The RCN has proposed that newly registered nurses (NRNs) start their NHS careers on band 6

22 Oct 2024
When should nursing staff refuse to treat a patient?

After riots across the UK in summer, the RCN updated guidance to remind nurses of the circ

23 Sep 2024
Extra shifts: would you be willing to do more to help clear the NHS backlog? 

Nursing staff are being asked to do extra shifts to help clear the NHS backlog in England,

16 Aug 2024
Would a gratitude scheme help make you feel valued?

Staff at an NHS trust can award colleagues ‘hearts’ they can exchange for gifts

19 Jul 2024
Will revising job profiles change how nurses are valued?

Revision of Agenda for Change bands is long overdue, but the jury is out on whether change

21 Jun 2024
Patient choice versus harm prevention: where do you strike the balance?

Offering care home residents caffeine-free drinks as default helped reduce falls – as well

17 May 2024

Nursing’s regulator has pledged millions of pounds to resolve its growing FtP investigation

18 Apr 2024

A nurse suspended for inappropriate conduct was under stress due to personal issues.

26 Mar 2024

Agenda for Change doesn’t reflect the complexity of nursing roles, say unions.

23 Feb 2024

The historic decision to strike in December 2022 led to a hard-won pay deal, but nurses say

14 Dec 2023

Essential paperwork that’s standardised across healthcare settings could make information-s

22 Nov 2023

Instant messaging makes communication so seamless it might be easy to breach patient confid

24 Aug 2023

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