RCN says flat rate does not ‘accurately reflect the level of responsibility expected of staff’
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Cancer charity Macmillan has created a digital nurse specialist role to help signpost patients to reliable information online and steer them away from fa
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Care Quality Commission says four in ten mental health services for children are failing, with young people facing long delays for treatment.
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Care quality is being jeopardised by low staffing levels, say public sector auditors.
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Traumatic incidents can have profound psychological implications for all people involved and the wider community.
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Statin use could be associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, though this should be weighed against their effect in lowering risk of heart attack
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Hospital's play week emphasises the importance of recreation for children who are inpatients
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Nurses who misuse prescription drugs recover better if they are treated like addicts rather than thieves, an addictions conference in Lisbon heard.
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Patients recovering from operations could be sent from hospital to nearby homes where they would be put up in a spare room while they recuperate, in a scheme
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Hope emoji will tackle stigma of feeding in public
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The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) has launched a new short film highlighting the ‘critical’ role health visitors play in improving child health.
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Nurse leader researches and designs framework for improving care of inpatients with dementia.
Power to seek blood or saliva samples from anyone who bites or spits at a nurse 'could make bad situations worse'.
Professor of nursing Laura Serrant has been placed on the 2018 Powerlist of people of African and African Caribbean heritage.
International Council of Nurses chief executive says developed countries should focus on homegrown staff
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A bereavement nurse specialist who helped families in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing has accepted a national award on behalf of emergency and medical services colleagues.
UK experts on prescription drugs misuse and tobacco addiction are among the speakers at an international conference on addictive behaviours and dependencies that opens in Lisbon today, with Nursing Standard reporting live from the event, including updates on Twitter.
