Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Expert advice
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As long as informed consent is obtained first, unlicensed medicines can be administered to patients using a patient-specific direction, says medicines management expert Matt Gri
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Offering health advice via social media is fraught with problems as you do not have access to all the information you need and could be in danger of working o
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The Scottish Government says it will scrap the 1% public sector pay cap next year, and there is speculation England may follow suit.
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Never perform a task you are not competent to carry out. Doing so puts your nursing career and your patients at risk, warns legal expert Marc Cornock
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Cases of meningitis W are rising rapidly in England, with university first-year students most at risk.
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Although the data should be treated with caution, the message is clear: both sides of the England-Scotland border are reporting the highest ever number of nur
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As long as your reasons are not based on discrimination, and it is not an emergency, you can refuse to care for a patient provided you follow your employer’s
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Despite a call from experts for patients to stop taking antibiotics when they feel better, nurses should still advise patients to complete the course of treat
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With nurse turnover having huge financial implications for employers, it is little wonder nurse retention is now a major objective for both Health Education E
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A nurse has designed a chart for recording patient observations and data.
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All medicines have the potential to cause harm to patients.
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NHS Confederation proposal for a £10 billion housing fund for workers shows creativity in supporting NHS staff, says workforce expert James Buchan.
As part of its overhaul of nursing education, the Nursing and Midwifery Council is consulting on plans to withdraw its standards for medicines management.
A mentor is concerned that a student’s plans to interview patients for a research study without their consent is unethical. Consent must be given prior to any patient interaction, and patient safety must always be the priority, says legal expert Marc Cornock.
With NHS Improvement halting new rules to cut spending on agency nurses, there may be little scope left to make further savings on temporary staff. But nursing shortages mean the NHS still needs them, says workforce expert James Buchan.
A ‘fair blame’ instead of ‘no blame’ approach would help ensure practitioners are not afraid to report medication errors while also addressing negligent or poor practice, says medicines management expert Matt Griffiths.
Overuse of antibiotics can lead to antibiotic resistance. This is becoming a major problem worldwide, and we urgently need to change the way we prescribe and use antibiotics, says medicines management expert Matt Griffiths.
A mentor believes a student's attitude makes her unsuitable for nursing, but students who are not yet registered with the NMC cannot be reported to the regulator.
