Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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The importance of normalising conversations about fertility with the 2,500 young people who are diagnosed with cancer.
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Susanne Cruickshank, on what the New Year could bring for the NHS.
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Leading Change, Adding Value (LCAV) puts a new emphasis on measuring improvement.
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Claire Deering: why it is our duty to ensure we do all that we can to understand brachytherapy for better patient care.
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Community matron Dena Ross, joint winner of the Nursing Older People category at the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017, encourages colleagues from black and ethnic minor
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With the uptake rate of cervical cancer screening at a 20-year low, nurses need to help women understand the importance of screening and its crucial role in p
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Understanding pain can be complex for a nurse, but clinical nurse specialist Lizzie Morgan's recent experience as a patient made her reflect on the concept of pain.
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As 2017 draws to a close, RCN cancer and breast care forum chair Susanne Cruickshank has a festive message and asks for feedback on the college's career and e
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Former staff nurse Michelle Brazier-Huelsman’s breast cancer diagnosis turned her world upside down, but with support from Cavell Nurses’ Trust she remained p
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Genomic profiling is set to change how breast cancers are managed, with some women requiring no treatment.
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Ensuring that the voice of nursing is heard can often be tricky, but is an important part of the RCN's role.
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As exam results are issued and careers begin, RCN cancer and breast care forum Susanne Cruickshank reminisces about her first job, and the journey into cancer nursing.
As a profession, nurses have to accept that they might be the subject of a complaint at some point during their career – and managers should ensure that a robust support and counselling system is in place for affected staff.
A five-year research project shows that open and honest communication with health professionals and better support for families are essential to young people with cancer, says Teenage Cancer Trust nurse consultant Sue Morgan.
With cervical screening uptake at a 19-year low in England, encouraging women to have a smear test could bring the day closer when no more lives are lost to cervical cancer, says colposcopy nurse and helpline volunteer at Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust Marianne Wood.
The assumption that everyone knows everything there is to know about cancer needs to by demystified by nurses, argues Susanne Cruickshank
Tracey Hinde from Leicester’s Loros hospice travelled to Malawi to see first-hand the difficulties her counterparts face in providing palliative care services.
Being diagnosed with cancer is life-changing. But when you're just beginning your career and adult life it is terrifying, writes blogger Alice-May Purkiss
