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Study looks at assertiveness of district nurses with specialist qualification
Research project will evaluate whether holding a specialist qualification boosts district...
02 Feb 2017
Gender stereotypes may be putting children off a healthcare career
Primary school children are more likely to identify a woman as a nurse and a man as a...
02 Feb 2017
Campaign gets inpatients out of pyjamas to help speed up recovery
Nurses at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust are leading a campaign to get patients...
02 Feb 2017
Nurse back at work thanks to bionic hand
A staff nurse who had her arm amputed due to a genetic condition is back at work after...
02 Feb 2017
Unite protest against proposed Yorkshire health visitor cuts
Humber NHS Foundation Trust is consulting on changes to its public health nursing service...
02 Feb 2017
Nursing workwear company plans £10,000 fundraising drive for nurses in hardship
Staff at a nursing workwear company are planning bike rides, fun runs and bake sales to...
02 Feb 2017
Fall in nursing degree applications
The number of nursing degree applicants in England has fallen by 23%
02 Feb 2017
Project aims to develop social care robot for older people
Academics are to explore whether 'culturally aware' robots could help care for older people...
01 Feb 2017
Hospital dementia campaign extended to care homes
A campaign which calls for people with dementia to be supported by their carers in hospital...
01 Feb 2017
A&E nurses working in intolerable conditions, RCN Northern Ireland director says
RCN Northern Ireland director Janice Smyth has said nurses are ‘under extreme stress’ in...
01 Feb 2017
NHS is failing to recover bills from overseas patients, say MPs
System for recovering money from overseas patients who use the NHS is chaotic, say MPs.
01 Feb 2017
Nursing associates begin training at University of Derby
Students at the University of Derby have embarked on their studies to become Nursing...
01 Feb 2017
Exclusive: New project to examine needs of mental health workforce
The mental health workforce of the future is under the spotlight in a new project...
01 Feb 2017
Blood cancer charity launches special patient information packs
A blood cancer charity is encouraging cancer nurses to distribute its new personalised...
01 Feb 2017
Nurses to support GPs with mental health and addiction issues
A new service has been launched to help GPs affected by mental health and addication issues.
01 Feb 2017
'Government burying head in sand on pay'
MPs warn the NHS cannot afford to lose the goodwill of nurses
31 Jan 2017
Nurses should routinely ask older people about falls – NICE
Practice and district nurses should routinely ask people over 65 about falls, says the...
31 Jan 2017
Nurse academic collects OBE from Prince Charles
It was a proud moment for nurse academic Ruth Northway when she collected her OBE from...
31 Jan 2017