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Latest practice articles for acute care nurses
"You feel that your life has been cut short"
Community nurses can support patients with arthritis by providing consistent care
Helping survivors to adjust after cancer
As the number of people living with or beyond cancer is growing, nurses have a crucial role in helping them adjust to their new lives after their treatment
Leading change: 3 - implementation
How to pilot, implement and review a change and make sure it is sustainable
Electronic record system preparation
Nurse leaders may need to prepare for new electronic record systems. This article advises them on the questions they will need to ask to ensure sustainable benefits for patients
Skin reactions in radiotherapy
How a toolkit helped staff to assess and manage radiotherapy-induced skin reactions
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"People with rare cancers get a raw deal in research and care"
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How to prevent the spread of norovirus
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When should peripheral venous catheters be replaced?
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Leading change: 2 - planning
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Toilet privacy in hospital
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"Beware the implications for nurses of assisted dying law"
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Intermittent self-catheterisation in MS
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Causes and strategies for moisture lesions
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Foreign body ingestion in children
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Pressure ulcer risk assessment
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Leading change: 1 - identifying the issue
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"If data isn't used, it just takes nurses away from the bedside"
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Using the 30º tilt to reduce pressure ulcers
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'Education and understanding are so important in this field because blood transfusion is all about patient safety'
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Preparing injectable medicines safely
Latest news for acute care nurses
Terms set for strategic review of nursing regulator
Initial recommendations from the strategic review into the Nursing and Midwifery Council are expected in April.
Government suffers NHS bill defeat
The government suffered its first defeat on highly contentious plans to reform the health service just hours after the Prime Minister mounted a passionate defence of the shake-up.
Hospitals 'should display food hygiene ratings'
Food hygiene ratings should be prominently displayed in all hospitals, a report by Welsh assembly members claims.
Zinc supplements 'can reduce child pneumonia death rate'
Young children with pneumonia should be prescribed zinc supplements to substantially reduce their risk of dying, a study suggests.
Did you miss our webchat today about C4's "Confessions of a Nurse"? Read it again
You can read our webchat about Channel 4’s programme, Confessions of a Nurse again
Mothers and babies still at 'significant' risk at Morecambe Bay
The safety of mothers and babies at the foundation’s Furness General Hospital remains at “significant risk”, according to a new independent review commissioned by foundation trust regulator Monitor.
RCN and CQC back call to improve patient admission data
The Royal College of Nursing is among the organisations backing a campaign for hospitals to routinely record simple care information when a patient is admitted, such as the presence of a pressure ulcer.
London hospitals told they could slash nursing bill by £421m
London hospitals have been advised by management consultants they could save £421m over the next three years through a major shake-up of nurse productivity, Nursing Times has learnt.
Acute care blog
How can staff be prepared for an electronic record system?
Each week we pick out a practice article and pose some topics for you to debate and pose your own questions on. What do you think?
