Analysis

Using paracetamol to treat fever: why it’s not always the answer

When to give paracetamol to patients, why and how often can a be complex consideration.

21 Oct 2024
UK nurses leaving to work abroad: where do they go and why?

In 2023-24 the number of UK nursing staff who requested a certificate of current professio

18 Oct 2024
Irreplaceable: where would the NHS be without internationally educated nurses?

Nurses recruited from overseas have long been essential to the NHS.

16 Oct 2024
Post-sepsis syndrome: what you need to know

Sepsis survivors can struggle with multiple and prolonged physical issues including chroni

13 Oct 2024
The UK’s nursing workforce in numbers: who makes up our register?

How many nurses and nursing associates are on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) regi

10 Oct 2024
Understanding total pain: how you can improve your practice

What nursing staff need to know about the concept of total pain, which looks beyond t

09 Oct 2024
Thinking of leaving the NHS – what you and your manager should do first

An RCN survey revealed 45% of nursing staff are considering leaving their NHS job.

08 Oct 2024
NHS pay: could strikes be back on the agenda after rejection of 5.5% award?

NHS nurses and support workers have told the UK’s biggest nursing union they’re not prepar

06 Oct 2024
Missed rest breaks: are you getting back the time you’re entitled to?

When nursing staff find that circumstances make it hard or impossible to take rest breaks

03 Oct 2024
Agency nurses: how much do they earn – and at what cost to the NHS?

The NHS wants to cut spending on agency nurses, so how much do they earn, where are t

03 Oct 2024
Nurse pay around the world: how does your salary compare?

Nursing Standard looks at the pay-setting process in the four UK nations and in other coun

29 Sep 2024
Drug errors: how to reduce your risk of making a mistake

Medication errors are all too common in healthcare.

26 Sep 2024

A total of 6.9 million days were lost to nurses’ sickness or absence in NHS England in the

24 Sep 2024

A nurse who provided patient care following the knife attack in Southport in July, in which

23 Sep 2024

Would you take a voluntary pay cut?

20 Sep 2024

Many nursing staff work in shifts, including night shifts.

19 Sep 2024

With voting in the RCN’s member consultation on the 2024-25 pay offer for NHS staff in Engl

15 Sep 2024

The number of preregistration nursing students not completing their three-year nursing degr

12 Sep 2024

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