Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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The NHS is inclusive and treats all patients according to need. The EU referendum result is vital to its future, says Jim Bethel
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Parents and young people need safety advice to help curb the number of emergency presentations
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The challenges of emergency nursing mean it is important for staff to remember to take care of themselves
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Our health care systems might be different, but a Stateside emergency nurse says that our values give us a common bond.
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As healthcare professionals know, there is a serious national shortage of paramedics.
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Rob Atenstaedt and Hugo Cosh ask if there are lessons to be learned from their ambulance analysis for the rest of the UK.
Frustration, anger, disappointment and powerlessness are emotions frequently experienced by emergency nurses when they are unable to provide the care that they believe is needed
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Emergency nurse Grace McDonald compares the triage process in New Zealand with the UK
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Nurses need to watch for signs of invasive meningococcal disease, but new vaccines should soon make a difference
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On June 2 1948, Aneurin Bevan, the then Minister for Health, spoke to an audience of nurses at the Royal College of Nursing on problems in health care.
As the UK population grows, patients’ experiences of hospital should no longer depend on where they live
Despite the fact that the number of people who attend emergency departments with major trauma is small, its consequences have a dramatic effect on our population.
Pain pretenders beware, warns Jane Bates.
Once again emergency departments (EDs) are struggling with increased numbers of attendances – up 11% in January. There is no longer a winter in EDs as the seasons come and go and we continue to come under pressure.
Justin Walford, a charge nurse, prepares to give a talk at his daughter’s school about why he chooses to work in an emergency department
After winning the RCNi Nurse of the Year award you can highlight what you’re passionate about, says Amanda Burston.
Emergency nurses and doctors in the UK do a remarkable job dealing with increasing numbers of older and sicker patients.
Former RCN president Lucy Ottley once said: ‘What an opportunity we have to guide the future of our profession, while maintaining the best traditions and standards of the past.’
