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Recruits from overseas: how to succeed in your career and thrive in the UK

What are the challenges foreign recruits face in building their careers?

22 Dec 2022
TV nurses: why being in a hospital documentary can show you and your team in a new light

Surgical and trauma nurses on the benefits of being on screen, and a paramedic explains hi

07 Dec 2022
Virtual wards: what are they and what do they mean for different nursing roles?

Nursing roles are being reinvented as virtual ward and hospital at home services evolve, s

01 Dec 2022
What does it take to be a major trauma nurse practitioner?

Role of major trauma nurse practitioners combines aspects of critical care, leadership and

23 Nov 2022
Are you a super-helper? How to ditch the guilt and avoid burnout

Super-helpers never say no to helping someone out – even though it might be to their detri

16 Nov 2022
What does an occupational health nurse do and could it be the role for me?

Role requires empathy and excellent listening and communication skills – and in return can

10 Nov 2022
Having trouble accessing clinical supervision? You’re not alone

It can help maintain a healthy, supported nursing workforce, yet access to good quality cl

04 Nov 2022
Becoming a leader: what I’ve learned about making change happen

Tips on being an effective leader from charity chief executive Joanne Bosanquet, who built

19 Oct 2022
When you make a medication error: what I learned as a newly registered nurse

Advice on avoiding medication errors, nurses’ duty of candour when a mistake is made and h

13 Oct 2022
Loneliness in leadership: how to deal with it and support colleagues

Talking about loneliness can still be seen as a taboo in healthcare settings, with those i

29 Sep 2022
Diversity in senior roles: a programme for aspiring black and minority ethnic leaders

NHS England Midlands’ aspiring nurse and midwife leaders programme aims to improve represe

15 Sep 2022
When the pressure is too much: how to recognise and seek help for burnout

An RCN Nurse of the Year describes how work pressures combined with a traumatic event led

08 Sep 2022

Providing cosmetic treatments, including botox and dermal fillers, is often a flexible work

02 Sep 2022

Nurses’ health and well-being will be top of the agenda at the careers fair, where you can

26 Aug 2022

The NMC’s new all-encompassing specialist practice qualification is for nurses working in a

11 Aug 2022

As a newly qualified nurse, being in control of a shift can seem daunting, but demonstratin

23 Jun 2022

When non-medical prescribers reported a lack of confidence to practise autonomously and une

08 Jun 2022

Racial diversity in senior nurse roles continues to elude the NHS, extensive data show.

01 Jun 2022

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