Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Nursing roles have been recognised as pivotal to the delivery of good quality, patient-centred care.
The authors outline the benefits of participating in the Transforming End of Life Care in Acute Hospitals Programme.
A large-scale study (Forder et al 2012) piloting personal health budgets for people with long-term co
A survey of nurses working with older adults across three NHS trusts was conducted to explore how perceptions of the workplace affect nurse wellbeing.
This article discusses a short leadership programme for nurse and allied health professional leaders working in a community or community hospital environmen
This article discusses the knowledge management skills required by nurses in the context of the government’s information strategy for England and Wales, whi
This article sets out the background to offender health care in the UK and explains how the commissioning of services in England is changing.
Intentional rounding is a widely debated topic and, in this article, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust shares its experience and learning from imple
Hospice nurses were the first to have some of their experiences described as ‘compassion fatigue’ but this term can now be applied to all nursing staff in c
The report into care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust called for strong leadership in nursing and the government’s response acknowledged the import
A working group comprising university academics and practice education facilitators from three NHS Scotland service provider areas has developed guidance to
The challenges of meeting the learning needs of clinical research staff are shared by managers of many groups of specialist practitioners.
Followership is an emerging concept based on human factors science. It describes a set of skills and behaviours that help improve team performance.
The need to support high numbers of new registrants simultaneously at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, led to the development of a preceptorship pathway.
Peer review is used increasingly in the NHS as a form of evaluation between professionals, services and organisations, and as a way of offering participants a snapshot assessment of particular health services or at points in a clinical pathway.
There is evidence of support for nurse practitioner (NP) roles in national and international literature.
Planned change in nursing practice is necessary for a wide range of reasons, but it can be challenging to implement. Understanding and using a change theory framework can help managers or other change agents to increase the likelihood of success.
To prevent high rates of nurse burnout and staff turnover, hospitals must create environments that fulfil nurses’ expectations and foster positive emotional responses to their job.
