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Improving care and patients’ lives: 2022 RCN Nursing Awards winners revealed
RCN Nurse of the Year and 13 other award recipients announced at a ceremony in London
Using instant messaging apps at work: what are the advantages and risks?
Advice on using services such as WhatsApp safely in healthcare settings
Calls to rethink plan to scrap health and social care BTEC amid growing staffing crisis
‘Reckless’ plan blocks pathway to nursing and deters potential recruits, warns NHS leader
Tory peer blasts ‘scandalous’ rejection of thousands of would-be nursing students
‘Rationing’ of university places condemned with 35,000 potential nursing students turned away
Nurses have endured a decade of falling wages, study finds
Health Foundation says pandemic and cost of living crisis necessitate a new approach to pay
New nursing education institute aims to revolutionise learning ‘for tomorrow’s nurses’
RCN wants the institute to become a centre of excellence in nurse learning
Evidence and Practice
Dimensionality and category functioning of questionnaires used in nursing research
Using modern Rasch techniques of objective measurement to develop high-quality questionnaires
Assessing patients’ perceptions of their safety in an acute hospital setting
How a measure was developed and validated to assess perceptions of safety
Developing a self-administered questionnaire: methods and considerations
A structured process for developing self-administered questionnaires
Academic writing retreats for nurses and allied health professionals
Developing engagement, dissemination and collaboration opportunities
Psychoanalytic therapy and narrative research interviewing: some reflections
Consider how you conduct interviews and what to share of the participants’ accounts
Exploring how children’s hospice nurses manage long-term relationships with parents
A feasibility study using mobile phones, WhatsApp and phone interviews
Features
Nurse well-being: practical support for your own and colleagues’ mental health
Advice and help as workplace pressures and the cost-of-living crisis hit home
What inspired me to become a nurse – and why I choose to stay
Nurses reflect on their route into the profession and what keeps them motivated
How genomics is changing cancer nursing
What nurses working in cancer care need to know about genomics
Nurse-led project shows how rewarding a career in cancer research can be
Cancer Research UK senior nurse Ben Hood’s project ignites interest in cancer research role and boosts recruitment
A day in the life of a clinical research nurse
The shared diaries offer a taste of nursing life and its high points and challenges
Opinion
Why it is vital to ensure the spotlight is put on nursing’s contribution in research
The significant value nurses’ can bring to research is in danger of being overlooked
How my CAR-T therapy research seeks to improve cancer care and empower nurses
Study was started during the pandemic and seeks to find out more about this cancer treatment
What have nurse researchers learned from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Elizabeth Halcomb looks at some of the key lessons and initiatives
Students
What is academic supervision and how can it help me get the most out of my studies?
How this support can help you keep your assignment on track – or even get you started
Clinical placement in a research and development team: what a nursing student can expect
Seeing clinical trials up close shows how medical ethics work in a real-world setting
Take a year out from study, get paid and boost your CV: an internship with a difference
Promoting academic careers with a combined teaching and clinical research role for students
Careers
Becoming a leader: what I’ve learned about making change happen
Tips on effective leadership from a nurse who had ‘no plan B’ but challenged herself
Loneliness in leadership: how to deal with it and support colleagues
Discussing loneliness is often still taboo, with leaders keen to appear strong
Having trouble accessing clinical supervision? You’re not alone
How to overcome the barriers to supervision and help maintain a healthy workforce