Kimberley Hackett

Nursing Standard

Sharps injuries: survey suggests one in four nurses receive no safety training

Results show more than 60% receive a sharps injury in their career, RCN says

Nursing Standard

Pressure on nurses is affecting register leaver numbers, says NMC

Support for staff well-being vital to help nurses stay as COVID-19 impact becomes clear

Picture shows specialist nurse Christine Plant jogging. She has created an online group to provide advice and support to others affected by cancer
Cancer Nursing Practice

Nurse who overcame cancer sets up support group

Christine Plant created the online group to help others with or who have had cancer

A scene from the video Men in Nursing
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Men in Nursing video aims to tackle perceptions and promote diversity

Universities in Northern Ireland want to show nursing as rewarding career for men

Logo of the International Council of Nurses, which the RCN has voted to rejoin
Nursing Standard

Nurses say ‘yes’ to joining worldwide nursing network

RCN members want to see college return to the International Council of Nurses

Google search window showing search ‘how to become a nurse UK’
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Surge in Google searches about how to become a nurse

Search engine data suggest growing interest in nursing as a career since start of pandemic

NMC
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GP surgery failed newly qualified nurse through ‘complete absence’ of training

NMC criticises employer for giving inexperienced nurse too much responsibility

Nursing Standard

Female nurses’ well-being significantly worsened during COVID-19 pandemic

NHS Confederation’s survey findings must be ‘driver of real and lasting change’

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Nurses with long-COVID must be ‘given time and support to recover’

RCN, and support group founded by nurse, call for help amid rise in number of staff sick days

Computer image of vaccine ampoule and needle with hands representing various ethnic groups
Nursing Standard

NMC says COVID-19 vaccination messages need to be more inclusive and appropriate

Nursing regulator seeks to address vaccine hesitancy among healthcare staff

First page of a will document – as solicitor explains the steps to take to write a will
Nursing Standard

Nursing Standard podcast: the help you need to write your will

The simple steps to take, and why getting it done can give you peace of mind

Carer
Nursing Standard

One in three NHS staff are also family carers, survey shows

Nurses need more flexibility when juggling work with caring responsibilities, says RCN

Medics with a patient in a wheelchair in Kolkata, India on 27 April
Nursing Standard

India’s COVID-19 crisis: ‘our colleagues are working tirelessly’

RCN commends staff, as minute’s silence is held for those who have died around the world

woman in a formal meeting shakes hands
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Free mentoring: bid to boost diversity in senior nursing roles

Support for Filipino nurses hoping for career progression to UK profession’s top jobs

Nursing Standard

Staying cool and comfortable at work: the challenges of PPE

Innovations in uniform design are making COVID-19 care requirements a bit more bearable

A computerised image illustrating the effects of sickle cell disease
Nursing Standard

Blood disorder crisis must be treated ‘as urgently as cardiac arrest’

Sickle cell awareness vital, specialist says, after coroner finds patient received wrong care

Nursing Standard

Scottish pay deal: Unison advises nurses to accept 4% offer

Union urges members to vote for the deal while RCN and GMB hold out for bigger increase

Nursing Standard

COVID-19: nurses’ video urges peers to ‘protect your patients’ and get vaccine

Nursing team also address concerns among people from minority ethnic backgrounds

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