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In the spotlight

With the global spotlight on primary healthcare, Leah East wants nurses in primary care to step out of the shadows 

01 Aug 2018
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Father figures

Historically, healthcare has focused mainly on maternal health – but the emphasis on family mental well-being from birth highlights the need to ensure fathers

01 Aug 2018
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A nurse sitting in an armchair, presumably in someone's home
Research shows the conditions community nurses should be able to prescribe medicines for
01 Aug 2018
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MMR Vaccine
How collaboration helped contain a recent outbreak of the virus
30 Jul 2018
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Make measles top of the vaccination check list, RCN specialists advise nurses

11 Jul 2018
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What would happen if we took the politics out of an ever changing public health environment, asks RCN Public Health Forum and independent healthcare consultant Jason Warrin

20 Jun 2018
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Evidence suggests that a social approach can raise people’s levels of control in managing long term conditions, so independent public health nurse Heather Henry took it on

20 Jun 2018
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Figures climbing up an interconnected series of clouds

If nurses can think about how to be good role models, we can teach the next generation leadership skills without trying

18 Jun 2018
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Cost of life

Should the cost of emergency care be considered when a patient's life is at risk? And what will this mean for the NHS?

15 Jun 2018
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Could the nursing associate role bridge the gap between registered nurses and healthcare assistants? 

24 May 2018
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For patients with diabetes knowing how to take care of their feet and when to seek specialist care can be difficult.

23 May 2018
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Records

What you can expect from the new data protection regulation and how it will affect your work

23 May 2018

Adult safeguarding is a complex area requiring all our judgement and compassion

10 May 2018

The latest pay rise for NHS nurses will seem even more unfair for general practice nurses, but their concerns are being listened to

23 Apr 2018

This year’s RCN congress will be one to watch for district and community nurses as safe staffing, staff well-being and survival of the district nursing role are debated

10 Apr 2018

Clarity on the long term funding plans for district nurse training programmes is a matter of urgency to  ensure a creditable workforce plan, writes Crystal Oldman.

05 Mar 2018

With an already overstrecthed NHS, and increasing amounts of homelessness in the UK, Bethann Siviter wants to know how the two can run seamlessly

02 Mar 2018

A new Welsh parliamentary review sets out recommendations of a long term plan for the development of health and social care

01 Mar 2018

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