It’s time to start looking after nurses to boost careNursing Times
1 November 2011
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‘Target-chasing turned nurse against nurse’
The second article in this six-part series on the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry looks at why nurses were in turmoil -
“Nurses should defy the deeply embedded doctor-nurse game”
Nurses still need to push for equality with doctors -
10,000 plus nurses have joined social enterprises
More than 10,000 community nurses have been transferred from the NHS to social enterprise schemes under a major government programme, an investigation by Nursing Times can reveal. -
'Armchair experts must face the facts – staffing levels affect care'
Debates about care failings must include staffing levels, insists Jane Ball -
Aspirin 'could prevent cancer'
Many thousands of hereditary cancers and deaths could be prevented simply by taking aspirin, a landmark study has found. -
Avoiding air embolism when removing CVCs
CVC removal is fairly straightforward but nurses should take essential steps to avoid complications -
Cancer numbers expected to rise by 45%
Cancer cases are set to grow in number by 45% over the next two decades, according to research. -
Care home and hospital spot checks to follow CQC report
Hundreds of hospitals and care homes face unannounced spot checks under plans to “root out” problems. -
Care home operator HC-One launched
A new company formed from Southern Cross’s largest landlord NHP and turnaround experts Court Cavendish has become the UK’s third largest care home operator. -
CQC criticises east London trust over maternity services
Patients remain at risk of poor care in an NHS trust which has faced serious concerns after the deaths of two pregnant women, according to a report. -
Current seasonal influenza vaccines offer 'inadequate protection'
A new generation of more effective flu vaccines is “urgently needed” to prevent widespread illness and death, it has been claimed. -
Designing wards to release time to care
Innovative ward layout can reduce wasted nursing time. A hospital designed three new wards to allow nurses to spend more of their shift providing direct patient care -
Developing an end-of-life benchmark in acute care
Measuring standards in end-of-life care to raise awareness of best practice across a trust -
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Drugs to combat hospital-acquired infections 'increase risk of complications'
Researchers have warned that drugs used to tackle hospital-acquired infections (HAI) can increase the risk of post-operative complications. -
Fourteen trusts rated worst by first official hospital death rate
Fourteen hospital trusts have been identified as the poorest performers in the first official hospital-wide mortality ratings. -
Government increases pensions offer by '8 per cent'
The government has made unions a renewed offer on pensions that it claims equates to an 8% increase on previous proposals. -
How to interpret spirometry results
The second in a two-part series on spirometry looks at how to interpret the test results and highlights possible reasons for abnormal results -
Independent NHS breast screening review launched
An independent review of NHS breast screening is under way after researchers suggested the harms may outweigh the benefits. -
Is the doctor-nurse game still being played?
The doctor-nurse game first described 40 years ago is still relevant to modern nursing, despite many changes to the profession. Is nursing partly to blame? -
Long-term contraception pill usage reduces ovarian cancer risk
Taking the contraceptive pill for 10 years reduces the risk of developing ovarian cancer by 45%, according to research published online in the British Journal of Cancer. -
Mid Staffs inquiry considers minimum staffing levels
Minimum staffing levels do not necessarily improve patient outcomes, the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry has heard. -
Nurse sacked over Facebook patient picture
A nurse who posted a picture of a patient on Facebook was dismissed from her job, it has emerged. -
'Nursing has given me a concrete purpose'
I would love to be able to sit here and tell you that nursing was something that I always wanted to do, but that would be untrue. -
'Nursing Times Awards helped us to move our infection team forward'
The year has flown by since we won the Nursing Times Awards 2010 Infection Prevention and Control for ‘Service User involvement in Infection Prevention and Control’ and this is our final blog! -
Nursing Times launch iPhone job app
Nursingtimes.net has launched a new iPhone app for the nursingtimesjobs.com job board. -
Nursing Times launches new nutrition screening CPD unit
Adequate nutrition is vital for people with compromised health, yet malnutrition is not always easy to recognise. Detecting malnutrition in all patients is a crucial nursing role that involves the use of validated screening tools. -
Obesity limits effectiveness of flu vaccines
Influenza vaccination is less effective in obese and overweight people than other patients, according to research published online in the International Journal of Obesity. -
Organ transplant recipients 'twice as likely to develop cancer'
Cancer is twice as likely to develop in people who have received an organ transplant than in people who have not, according to new research. -
Patient-clinician involvement makes UI research more clinically useful
Staff involved in front-line urinary incontinence care should be able to influence research agendas, say experts. -
Public health reforms risk 'division' of children's nursing services
The government’s public health reforms risk creating a “dysfunctional division” among children’s nursing services, with a gulf developing between health visiting and school nursing, MPs are warning. -
Public sector workers to join pensions rally
Public sector workers will join a rally on Wednesday as part of a growing union campaign against the Government’s controversial pension reforms, with threatened strike action across the UK just a few weeks away. -
RCN ballot 'inevitable' unless ministers row back on pensions
The Royal College of Nursing has warned ministers that balloting on industrial action is “inevitable” if ministers do not change their plans on pension reform. -
RCN under fire from members over changes to indemnity scheme
The Royal College of Nursing was forced this week to defend a decision to withdraw its indemnity cover for nurses working in general practice. -
Read the transcript from today's webchat with Editor Jenni Middleton
Today Jenni Middleton chatted with us live about her latest editor’s columns -
Read the transcript from today's webchat with Mark Radcliffe
Did you miss it? You can reread today’s webchat with Mark Radcliffe -
'Regulating the healthcare support workforce – what problem are we trying to resolve?'
In response to the recent coverage on the need to introduce the statutory regulation of healthcare support workers, Dean Royles, director of the NHS Employers organisation, provides a different perspective. -
Seriously ill patients generate a 'primitive fear'
More attention should be paid to the psychological impact on nurses of providing care to increasingly acutely ill patients, according to a report produced by a health think tank for the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry. -
Social media 'could detect flu outbreak'
Twitter and Facebook could be used to help detect outbreaks of disease and other phenomena, academics have said. -
Student quiz answers announced
Ready to try your hand at another quiz and bag yourself a prize? You could win a FREE copy of Emergency Nursing Made Incredibly Easy -
Switch from tamoxifen 'can cut breast cancer death risk'
A change of treatment can reduce women’s risk of dying from breast cancer, according to new research. -
TCS social enterprise transfer faces legal challenge
A judge has ordered a primary care trust to halt the planned transfer of its provider arm to a social enterprise, pending the outcome of a High Court hearing. -
'The opportunity to regulate HCAs must not be missed'
Ministers need to put patient safety first when considering healthcare assistant regulation, says Baroness Masham -
This week is 'Prepare for Placement' week
Are you due to go on placement or on placement now but in need of a little advice? We can help! -
What to expect from your student nursing placements
Over the course of your education you will be placed in a variety of different areas and specialisms. Each will have its own unique opportunities for learning and development … -
'What would you do, if you didn't nurse?'
Laura Carter considers why she fell into nursing and what might have happened if she hadn’t -
Whistleblower nurses faced daily personal insults
The government must urgently review protection for whistleblowers in the wake of a series of cases involving nurses and other healthcare workers, a campaign group has said. -
Whistleblowers seek better legal protection
A group of whistleblowers including nurses, doctors and managers plans to challenge the government over the level of protection provided to staff who raise concerns. -
Your placement learning objectives decoded
Learning outcomes are there for a reason, let studentnursingtimes.net help decode them for you …
