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Authoritarian staff trigger so-called ‘challenging behaviour’

Too often, healthcare staff resort to restrictive practices when faced with behaviour they

30 Oct 2016
App improves care of non-verbal patients

A tool created by a school nurse that enables children with communication diffic

28 Oct 2016
Care plans minimise the use of restraint

An award-winning practice development team has devised protocols that put mental health pa

27 Oct 2016
E-learning tool to support nurses in developing cultural competence

An e-learning tool developed by Katie de Freitas is helping nurses and midwives 

25 Oct 2016
Diabetes-related foot amputations: a preventable disaster

You don't have to be an expert in diabetes to help save patient's limb.

20 Oct 2016
Domestic abuse: what healthcare professionals need to know

The RCN is updating its online resources on domestic abuse and violence and will publish a

19 Oct 2016
Innovative nurses: transforming patient care in Northern Ireland

The latest in Nursing Standard's series celebrating modern nursing roles focuses

12 Oct 2016
Helping aspiring BME leaders make it to the top

A programme from the NHS Leadership Academy is enabling talented people from under-represe

08 Oct 2016
The unvarnished truth about race discrimination in the NHS

The first report of the Workforce Race Equality Standard has set a baseline for all NHS tr

07 Oct 2016

An online framework has been developed to help health professional

06 Oct 2016
How we transformed unit's care and culture

When Gloria Rowland joined the maternity team at a Norfolk trust, morale was low

03 Oct 2016
An extraordinary life

Celebrated nurse Elizabeth Anionwu spent 9 years in care as a child, and her early life wa

02 Oct 2016

A slide sheet created and developed by a moving and handling nurse is protecting patients a

26 Sep 2016

Sustainability and transformation plans hit the headlines in August, raising concerns that

22 Sep 2016

The latest article in Nursing Standard’s series celebrating modern nursing roles across the

21 Sep 2016

Christine Talboys was shortlisted in the Cancer Nursing category at the RCNi Nurs

20 Sep 2016

The nurse-led Trafford Community Enhanced Care Service in Greater Manchester is suppor

15 Sep 2016

Crucial facts on World Sepsis Day

13 Sep 2016

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