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Apps, coaching and healthy food options at work: weight management support for nurses
Resources that can help you change how you think about food and lose weight while you sleep
28 Jan 2022
Dementia misdiagnosis: identifying people at risk of being missed
GP and memory assessment services curtailed by COVID-19, but staff training needs recognised
06 Jan 2022
Living with. . . self-harm
A nurse discusses her own experiences to help others give effective, non-judgemental care
13 Dec 2021
Mental health: sharing skills with nurses in poorer countries to bring about change
Nurse João Marçal-Grilo founded a charity to support fellow nurses in South Asia
02 Dec 2021
Fear of cancer recurrence: how nurses can support people after successful treatment
For some patients such fears can be debilitating and may require psychological support
23 Nov 2021
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Keeping forensic mental health services close to home: a lifetime’s work and leadership
Nurse consultant who transformed patient experience honoured with Special Recognition Award
25 Oct 2021
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‘We can help women stop a tragic cycle’: meet our RCN Nurse of the Year 2021
Nicola Bailey defied opposition to set up abortion care in Northern Ireland amid the pandemic
12 Oct 2021
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Community mental healthcare: ‘My son felt listened to when he talked to his nurse’
Jodie Heath nominated for the 2021 Patient's Choice award for supporting young patient's...
04 Aug 2021
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Community nurse looked beyond labels and ‘held on to hope when I lost mine’
Katie McIlroy has been nominated for the Patient’s Choice award for care of women with...
04 Aug 2021
How one specialist personality disorder unit stopped using restraints and restrictions
Dialectical behavioural therapy has transformed nursing care in an inpatient recovery unit
12 Jul 2021
‘I had to be sectioned’: the nurse who became the patient
Rachel Davis draws on personal experience of depression and psychosis to educate her peers
03 Jun 2021
Nurses and stress: how performing arts skills can improve self-care and communication
Training given by actors is helping NHS staff to look after themselves better
17 May 2021
Living with… borderline personality disorder
Hollie Berrigan discusses the sometimes devastating effects of a BPD diagnosis
12 May 2021
Magnet hospitals: what makes them places where nurses want to work?
Why UK hospitals are trialling the US model and what it means for staff and patients
10 May 2021
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Nurses’ time to shine: how to get started on your RCN Nursing Awards entry
Advice from winners, nominees and our chair of judges to help you celebrate your achievements
22 Apr 2021
Hand hygiene: how can you be sure your workplace is getting it right?
Compliance is critical to patient safety, but monitoring it is far from straightforward
15 Apr 2021
Mental health: delivering specialist support and care for military veterans
New service Op COURAGE provides specialist services for veterans
05 Apr 2021
Storytelling: a way to build therapeutic relationships in mental health settings
How storytelling offers positive mental health benefits and is a useful de-escalation tool
16 Feb 2021