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Do autism health passports actually help nurses and patients in practice?

Health passports were designed to address health inequalities for autistic people and help

20 Dec 2023
Feeling unwell? Damned if you don’t work, damned if you do

Nurses who are unwell are too often bullied into working or made to feel guilty if they ta

13 Dec 2023
How to help families discuss organ donation with children

Patients may find it difficult to talk about organ donation with loved ones, especially yo

07 Dec 2023
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
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
Why nurses deserve to be recognised as essential to improving rehabilitation care

Brain injury charity set up by the actor and her mother funds nurse education and campaign

23 Oct 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
Nurses thinking of leaving: is lack of leadership partly to blame?

Ineffective leadership is often behind nurses’ reasons for leaving, such as bullying, stre

11 Oct 2023

How to help save energy and reduce carbon emissions by making small changes, which wil

04 Oct 2023

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

28 Sep 2023

Even experienced staff can get caught in the grip of imposter syndrome, and feel unsure in

26 Sep 2023

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

12 Sep 2023

Healthcare experience for patients of minority ethnic heritage can be tainted by bias, with

07 Sep 2023

Nurse whose grandson was on the Countess of Chester neonatal unit where nurse Lucy Letby wo

31 Aug 2023

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