Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Being assigned a student to mentor gives Emma Cowen cause to reflect on how much she has learnt in her first year as a qualified nurse – and how much more the
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After being born 26 weeks early, Kerry Nolan was treated at the NHS trust where she now works
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Too few nurses from black and minority ethnic backgrounds receive awards for their efforts, perhaps because so few are nominated by colleagues.
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Government statements about the state of the NHS are misleading: operations are being cancelled and people are dying waiting for ambulances.
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Leading Change, Adding Value (LCAV) puts a new emphasis on measuring improvement.
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Nursing children and young people requires specific skills that nursing associates undertaking a generic training programme may not acquire.
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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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Ten months into her first qualified role, staff nurse Emma Cowen reflects on feelings and thrills of the job, and thinking like a swan.
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Research on the diversity of gut microbiome raises questions about how we feed children who are not able to feed themselves
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Four years ago, the government published the Francis report, but as winter looms the lessons that should have been learned are falling short writes Emma Cowen
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How one former care leaver is trying to help children and young people in similar situations navigate the healthcare system.
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How a clinical internship can help you become an instigator of change in clinical practice.
'Going gluten free' is a phrase heard often in the 21st century, but a study defined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence looks at the health effects it can have on children who do not have coeliac disease.
Rising from a 32-hour week to a 34-hour week seems insignificant, but for a newly qualified nurse those two hours can really tip the scales in finding a work-life balance, as Emma Cowen finds out.
Putting into practice the theory behind resilience in the workplace.
Former nursing director at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, Judith Ellis, who now runs a medical royal college, argues that nurses should act as role models and support efforts being made to tackle the growing obesity crisis.
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.
The NMC consultation on new proficiency standards, which closes on 12 September, is an opportunity to equip children’s nurses properly for the future, says Doreen Crawford
