These are very useful debates, nurses' happiness and wellbeing is a clear precursor to happy and well patients"
Forums, blogs, ideas, debate
Nursing blog, nurse forums, debate and opinion for all nurses
Nursing in Haiti
The simple art of giving and working together - Haitian style
Fi Stephenson reports from the front line of the Haiti earthquake zone, where a huge aid delivery brought some much needed respite
Nursin' USA
Nursin' USA - Why don't UK wheelchairs go in the right direction?
Our favourite US import Sara Morgan is impressed by manual handling procedures in the UK - if only we were so forward-thinking when it came to wheelchairs
Comment and blogs
Relationships with patients' partners - where do you draw the line?
Beyond the Bedpan is appalled at the coverage of a cancer nurse being investigated for ‘inappropriate’ relationships with the partners of former patients. It’s an uncomfortable subject that raises some serious personal and professional questions. What do you think?
We can’t let crucial end of life choices be impaired by silence
The needs of a dying person can be complex and emotionally sensitive. They can also be incredibly simple; being with a person to support and care for them can be all they would like.
Take it from me - the future of nursing is bright
Ignore the negativity and bad press - the future of nursing is in good hands. Nursing Times resident student nurse Katrina Michelle Rowan has plenty of reasons to be cheerful.
Sharing nursing ideas
Benefits of developing community leg ulcer services in college
In response to the Darzi Review, High Quality Care for All, ( DoH, 2008 ) Hampshire Community Health Care (HCHC) are currently undergoing exciting new changes in order to Transform Community Services, aiming to improve the quality of care and health choices, offered to service users.
Care of deteriorating patients
Salford Royal Foundation Trust signed up to Patient Safety First in 2008 and is one of the trusts to implement the reducing harm from deterioration intervention.
Joint working with the parent of a child with Down's Syndrome and learning disabilities
Genuine joint working between a community nurse, clinical psychologist and the parent of a child with Down’s Syndrome and learning disabilities enabled progress far beyond the boundaries of traditional working partnerships
Practice questions
I have been asked to help measure the apex and radial pulse. What are they and why is it necessary to measure both?
Nursing practice often involves undertaking procedures about which there is debate or uncertainty. In Practice Question we ask experts to determine how nurses should approach these situations
Does giving paracetamol to lower raised temperature interfere with the body's natural defence response to infection?
Nursing practice often involves procedures or management about which there is debate or uncertainty. In Practice Questions we ask experts to determine how nurses should approach these
Beyond the Bedpan
Relationships with patients' partners - where do you draw the line?
Beyond the Bedpan is appalled at the coverage of a cancer nurse being investigated for ‘inappropriate’ relationships with the partners of former patients. It’s an uncomfortable subject that raises some serious personal and professional questions. What do you think?
Join the debate
Mark Radcliffe
The NHS is going the same way as a Swiss ski slope
I have never been to Switzerland but I like to think of it as a neat and tidy country with skiing facilities and interestingly shaped chocolate.
Nursing in the Jungle
From Dulwich to Belize - a nursing adventure begins
My adventure with Trekforce began as most good adventures begin, with a chat in the pub. I was talking about how I would like to work for a charity, such as MSF or VSO, but was wanting to find a stepping stone between an NHS setting and a charity setting.
Practice comment
Nurses should not let themselves be defined by their uniform
It is time to stop focusing on nurse uniform as a means of professional identity, and to base our self worth on the importance of the profession’s work, argues Sara Morgan
Poor numeracy skills must be tackled to cut medication errors
Drug errors related to the wrong dose are a leading cause of serious incidents. Trusts must implement strategies to ensure staff are competent to calculate doses, says Paul Warburton
