Analysis

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Shift in hospital culture frees up time
18 Jul 2016
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Jane Cummings

Two recent reports seek to empower nurses in light of staff shortages

01 Jul 2016

As NHS England unveiled the details of Leading Change, Adding Value, the new nursing framework for England, an evaluation of its

01 Jun 2016

A leadership training programme devised and delivered by a team in Surrey is improving patient care and boosting the morale of district nurses

01 Jun 2016

Nurses and other NHS staff who raise concerns about safety or the quality of patient care are promised full protection under a new na

03 May 2016

Nurses are concerned about meeting the continuing professional development (CPD) requirements of revalidation, an RCNi investigation

03 May 2016

The annual NHS staff survey is a chance to discover how front line staff feel about their working lives

01 Apr 2016

At the start of this month, the first nurses to begin the revalidation process will have completed their applications to maintain the

01 Apr 2016

The starting gun has been fired.

01 Mar 2016

A major project to find new models of care for the NHS to cope with increasing demands and financial constraints has been under way n

01 Mar 2016
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Plan for unregulated support role seen as a way to obtain ‘nursing skills on the cheap’, reports Clare Lomas

01 Feb 2016

The value of nursing leadership is highlighted in the RCN centenary exhibition, which opened last month at the college’s London headq

01 Feb 2016

There has never been a time of greater opportunity for nurses working in general practice, according to a report published last month by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI)

01 Feb 2016

Not many nurses have to learn to use a pistol and rifle, but Elizabeth Shillito did.

25 Nov 2015

Fresh guidance aimed at reducing poor nutrition and hydration in patients places more responsibility on senior nurses and clinical commissioners to ensure that messages trickle down to staff at all levels.

25 Nov 2015

At the chief nursing officer (CNO) for England’s summit this month, the RCN will publicise its campaign encouraging nurses to have more say in the choice of products, supplies and medicines they use on a daily basis

25 Nov 2015

Senior nurses in Northern Ireland are to be trained in political influencing to help them understand better the political landscape of the country, and how they can help to shape policy on behalf of nurses and nursing

30 Sep 2015

When Ireland's chief nursing officer (CNO) Siobhan O’Halloran was appointed to her post two years ago this month, she was determined to join nurses together, not just between the different nursing branches but geographically too

30 Sep 2015

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