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Nurses struggling to negotiate time out during working hours can seek support
11 Feb 2020
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Despite staff shortages, practice nurses go the extra mile and make the best use of resources
16 Jan 2020
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SAlly Kitchin and colleagues collecting the 2019 RCNi Commitment to Carers Award

How Commitment to Carers award nominees have shared their work and inspired others

09 Jan 2020
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Picture shows playing cards created by the charity Marie Curie to help broach the subject of death and dying. Early and open conversations with patients and their families can make a huge difference to the end of life experience.
Early and open conversations can make a huge difference to the end of life experience
07 Jan 2020
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Picture shows a community nurse at the home of an older man and his daughter. In this article Ian Bailey says the technology exists for multidisciplinary teams to instantly share updated patient records, and nurses must be given access to it.
The technology exists for multidisciplinary teams to instantly share updated patient records
13 Dec 2019
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Picture is an image from the Facebook page of  North Midlands Breast Screening Service showing ways to detect breast problems. Its project to increase breast screening uptake has succeeded by using social media posts and a messaging app.
Uptake increased thanks to social media posts and a messaging app
20 Nov 2019
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Focus instead on the widespread myths in the community about healthy eating

13 Nov 2019
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Picture shows a woman talking to a counsellor about anxiety and depression. A five-year initiative by the WHO seeks to ensure access to high quality and affordable mental health care for an additional 100 million people in 12 countries.
Nurses are strangely absent from the World Health Organization’s five-year mental health plan
05 Nov 2019
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Illustration depicts shapes of human heads with multiple thought bubbles above them.  In this article Primary Care Network clinical director Julie Hoskin reflects on the sharp learning curve of her first 100 days in post.
Primary Care Network clinical director Julie Hoskin reflects on her first 100 days in post
31 Oct 2019
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2020 will be a rare opportunity to demonstrate the value of nursing to the wider world
10 Oct 2019
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ME

Often referred to as the ‘invisible illness’, ME can be a highly debilitating condition

02 Oct 2019
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Supernurse
Frustrated and often undervalued, is it time to reconsider the general practice nurse role?
26 Sep 2019

Investing in nurses and resources to educate parents is more pressing than battling fake news

13 Sep 2019
A community nurse argues that grieving when a patient dies shows she has done her job well
02 Aug 2019
Changes in sexual health services affected workforce skills, but RCN resources are helping
29 Jul 2019
District nursing team leaders encouraged to complete the survey
09 Jul 2019
Projects like Men’s Shed Govan can create a sense of worth among users
05 Jul 2019
Roving clinics can help provide care in remote places to combat loneliness and isolation  
17 Jun 2019

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