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Community matron Beverley Marriott blogs about why she wanted to take part in an older person's nurse fellowship programme

21 Jan 2016

Specialist gynaecological nurse Tracie Miles reflects on the findings of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening

15 Jan 2016

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the RCN – 100 years of influencing policy, driving forward practice, and giving a voice to o

06 Jan 2016

Christine Walker, editor of Nursing Children and Young People, looks back on the ICN's biennial conference in Seoul

21 Dec 2015

Nursing student Charlotte Humm explains why the demise of the NHS student bursary will be devastating for nursing students, the profession – and patients

07 Dec 2015

Research by the national learning disability charity FitzRoy has found that families of people with learning disabilities would get better services if social care staff were bet

18 Nov 2015

The momentous decision to introduce revalidation marks the start of a new era for the UK’s 690,000 nurses and midwives, in which they

18 Nov 2015

Wendy Durham and Chris Sykes explain conceptual frameworks and how they are used in nursing research

17 Nov 2015

As a report from LGBT campaigning charity Stonewall reveals that LGBT health and social care staff still experience homophobic bullying and discrimination from colleagues and pa

14 Sep 2015

Susan Osborne travelled to Canada to join other healthcare professionals raising money for the Cavell Nurses' Trust charity

14 Sep 2015

Ainna Fawcett-Henesy, international consultant in Nursing and Health, on why the RCN has to do everything possible to achieve sufficient numbers of staff

21 Aug 2015

Jo Brown and Guy Collins explain that simulated practice can prepare students to work in community settings

14 Aug 2015

Julia Bradley, from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, says women are being distressed by the tactics of anti-abortion campaigners

12 Aug 2015

Contains measures for quality of care as well as barriers and patient experience

27 Jul 2015

Contrary to recent comments from health secretary Jeremy Hunt, consultants are not fat-cats who prefer playing golf on a Sunday to treating their patients, says Drew Payne

24 Jul 2015

The named person scheme, part of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, will undermine the therapeutic relationship between community practitioners and parents, says Brid Hehir

24 Jul 2015

Nursing Children and Young People have started a continuing professional development series of six articles, looking at the role of the children’s endocrine nurse specialist.  Here the authors outline the role and why they find this specialty such a fascinating area to work in.

23 Jul 2015

Scrapping nursing bursaries and bringing in tuition fees will do nothing to address workforce planning issues, says health consultant Tom Bolger

16 Jul 2015

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