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Practice
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.
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.
Managing stress incontinence in postnatal women
More needs to be done to improve continence services for women suffering from SUI after childbirth. This article discusses causes, assessment and treatment options.
How to use action learning sets to support nurses
Allocating time for one-to-one meetings for clinical supervision may be difficult to maintain. Action learning sets enable peer-group learning, development and support.
Exploring the evidence for using TENS to relieve pain
TENS is a non-pharmacological method of managing pain. How does it work and what is the evidence for its use - and why does its use pose a dilemma to nurses?
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Identifying leadership development needs
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Perinatal support to protect maternal mental health
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RM+RM=better midwifery care
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Does Caesarean delivery prevent anal incontinence?
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Pregnancy and social difficulties
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Simulation: can it eliminate failure to rescue?
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What leadership skills will community nurses need to improve outcomes in the new NHS?
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How to effectively manage hypertensive disorders in women who are pregnant
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Using support workers to release time for qualified midwives in maternity care
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How to support women to manage their weight before, during and after pregnancy
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.
Multiple abortion data revealed
Terminations were given to three teenage girls in England and Wales who had previously had at least seven pregnancies terminated, latest figures reveal.
NICE calls for women over 40 to be given IVF
Women struggling to have babies should be offered IVF treatment into their early 40s, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has said.
RCM launches cuts-monitoring website
A new website allowing medical staff to see cuts as and where they happen has been launched by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
Lansley outlines new NHS information strategy
Reducing the amount of paperwork done by midwives and introducing barcode technology in care homes were among the goals set out in the government’s new NHS Information Strategy.
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More midwives could work in community
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One-to-one midwifery care to combat postnastal depression
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Induced birth 'reduces risk of infant death'
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B12's effects on gestational diabetes investigated
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Fertility treatment could raise birth defect risk
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Troubled trust turns to nursing quality framework
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East Kent maternity shake-up goes ahead
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Study calls for congenital heart disease screening for newborn babies
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Midwives accept pensions offer
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Few schoolchildren would 'consider nursing' as a career
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Opinion
"Can kindness and compassion really be measured?"
Evaluation through measurement is key to improving quality but how ready are we to be transparent about nursing performance, asks Anne Cooper.
Behind the Headlines
Pregnancy: weight control cuts complications
“Dieting in pregnancy is good for you,” according to The Independent, while the Daily Mail has warned pregnant women not to eat for two since “piling on the pounds during pregnancy” increases the risk of complications.
