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Advice for nurses on improving your skills and confidence in assessing and managing chroni
Bias in NMC referrals: which nurses are most at risk of baseless claims?
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Deterioration: spotting the signs and escalating care on a pressured shift
Staff shortages could put identifying deterioration at risk, but with the stakes so high,
RESTORE2: how to spot the ‘soft signs’ of deterioration
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Fobbed off and undermined: the racist attitudes obstructing careers
Racism in the NHS is stopping nurses from achieving the promotion and career progression t
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Uptake of childhood vaccines shows a worrying fall due to several factors, here is a guide
Diogenes syndrome: how to recognise and act on signs of self-neglect in older people
In older people self-neglect can be associated with depression, hoarding and other mental
Calling in sick: do fear and guilt stop you from taking time off when you’re ill?
Advice for staff too scared to call in sick for fear of triggering formal sickness policie
Scarlet fever and Group A strep: what you need to know
Alarm over children’s deaths from serious infections has prompted an official alert and ap
How you can help women with learning disabilities through menopause
Nurses should use the resources available to help meet the needs of women with learning di
What nurses can do to help reduce excess deaths from heart disease – and the importance of
Advice for nurses on reporting concerns and abusive practices, whether in mental health or
Amputation is not an inevitable progression of lower limb pathology in people with diabetes
Continence issues in children and young people are common and nurses need to be able to off
As nursing faces a defining moment, we examine what is driving the dispute, the precedent f
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