'Lansley must listen to nurses on the front line' Nurse Educators
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Practice
Drug administration guides in dysphagia
People with dysphagia suffer more drug administration errors than the general population. Individualised guides were developed to boost nurses’ confidence and improve safety.
Preparing leaders for safeguarding children
A training course aimed to develop leadership abilities in designated child-protection professionals to improve their skills, confidence and ability to challenge poor practice.
Effects of being a patient on student development
A student nurse used her personal experience as a patient to improve her own and other students’ nursing care to make it centred around the patient as a person.
Strategic leadership skills for nursing informatics
Nurses need to embrace new technology to meet future demands on healthcare. A programme is helping senior nurses to develop leadership skills.
Personal care at the end of life and after death
New guidance gives nurses clear advice on care surrounding death
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Transforming care for patients with spinal cord injury in Haiti
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Managing allergic rhinitis
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How to care for people with Parkinson’s disease
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Learning the lessons of moving education online
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How enhanced recovery can boost patient outcomes
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Using an adapted model of care to manage change
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Creating a protocol to reduce inpatient falls
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How nursing support staff contribute to care
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"Teaching injection technique will improve quality of life"
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South Asian cultural concepts in diabetes
News
Nursing lecturers to train nurses in Malawi
Nurses in Malawi are to be trained by staff from the University of East Anglia’s School of Nursing Sciences.
Top nurse to lead influential NHS group
Former nurse Dame Julie Moore is to become chair of the Shelford Group, which represents the 10 most prestigious and powerful acute trusts in England.
NHS staff diabetes training varies across England
A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) into standards of care for people with diabetes has revealed variations in training among NHS staff.
MPs call for mandatory HCA regulation
Healthcare assistants should be subject to compulsory regulation similar to nurses, an influential group of MPs has said.
Children’s nursing revolutionary receives honorary award
Marcelle de Sousa, who revolutionised healthcare for children and young people in the UK, has been honoured for her achievements by London South Bank University.
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Nurses want employers to allow mandatory training within working hours
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Academic attacks media 'myths' about nursing profession
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Nursing academics ‘must be supported’
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Nurses should be recruited on 'caring' values
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NHS London reviewing plan to reduce number of student nursing places
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'I want every nurse to be proud', says next CNO
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Nurse appointed to develop new end of life care centre
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Inaugural Student Nursing Times Awards celebrates student nurse talent
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Training access holds back nurse prescribers, warn researchers
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Rule change gives nurses same script powers as doctors
Online CPD
Nursingtimes.net Archive
Thousands of articles to help you keep your nursing practice up to date
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Impact of the Parkinson's disease medication protocol program on nurses' knowledge and management of Parkinson's disease medicines in acute and aged care settings.
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Nutrition education intervention for dependent patients: protocol of a randomized controlled trial.
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Effects of a structured educational programme on patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for gynaecological patients in South Korea.
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Interpreting the NLN Jeffries Framework in the Context of Nurse Educator Preparation.
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Relationship Between High-Fidelity Simulation and Patient Safety in Prelicensure Nursing Education: A Comprehensive Review.
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Maternal bodies and medicines: a commentary on risk and decision-making of pregnant and breastfeeding women and health professionals.
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Raising an autistic child: perspectives from Turkish mothers.
Opinion
'The most valuable learning resource you have are the people you are caring for'
We talk to Ian Hulatt, the Royal College of Nursing’s mental health adviser, who qualified as a nurse in 1979.
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