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Why do students fail to disclose health problems?
Many student nurses fear disclosing information about disability or health. This study explored their concerns and developed a web zone to improve knowledge
Improving training in motivational interviewing
Practitioners from different clinical backgrounds can use motivational interviewing. A university set up a module on the technique for health and social care professionals
Benefits of napping on night shifts
Napping on breaks during a night shift can boost nurses’ health and patient safety
Reducing distress following assault in the workplace
EMDR and reprocessing therapy can help reduce mental health nurses’ emotional distress after being assaulted at work
Are newly qualified nurses prepared for practice?
Research shows the transition from student to newly qualified nurse is a reality shock
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Why nurses need to unwind from work
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How do nurses cope when values and practice conflict?
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Fitness to practise for student nurses: principles, standards and procedures
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The high impact actions for nursing and midwifery 2: fit and well to care
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A Slovenian model of integrated care for older people can offer solutions for NHS services
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See the person in the health professional: how looking after staff benefits patients
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Looking beyond bullying to assess the impact of negative behaviours on healthcare staff
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Exploring NICE guidance on long-term sickness and incapacity for work
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Exploring how to enable compassionate care in hospital to improve patient experience
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Guidance on infection control to be published
News
Nurses 'need more advice over back pain'
NHS workers need to be given more advice about what to do when suffering back pain, according to a report.
Trust ends increment pay freeze over sick leave
A second hospital trust in the north west has ripped up a sickness absence policy under which nurses were withheld pay increments, following a landmark legal ruling, Nursing Times has learnt.
Drop in number of NHS staff who recommend a job in the health service
The proportion of NHS staff who would recommend their organisation as a place to work is steadily dropping, latest survey results reveal.
Trusts press on with pay curbs for sick leave
A tribunal decision that forced a trust to stop withholding pay from staff taking long periods of sick leave has failed to deter other organisations from pursuing similar policies, Nursing Times has learnt.
Hospital trust acted unlawfully in attempt to block pay increments
A hospital trust acted unlawfully in attempting to stop pay progressions for staff claiming sickness leave, an employment tribunal has found.
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Nurses to encourage patients to use health apps
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Nurse health and wellbeing should be 'core principle' for NHS trusts
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One in four employers actively encourage mental health discussions
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Vaccine side effects top of nurses' concerns about flu jab
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Jobless ill health impacts NHS
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Student nurses left unprotected after being refused flu jab
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High nurse turnover leads to more injuries
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Part three of the register a 'shambles'
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Exclusive: NHS nurses suffer more than 8,800 serious industrial injuries in three years
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Female nurses reduce burnout in ICU teams
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"We must look at our practices and attitudes about shift work"
Nurses need to look at how they can reduce the toll that night shifts can take on their health and wellbeing
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Standard principles: hospital environmental hygiene and hand hygiene
This article describes standard principles for infection prevention and control focusing on hospital environmental hygiene and hand hygiene, both of which are crucial to the prevention of healthcare associated infection (HCAI). The guidelines do not address the additional infection control requirements of specialist settings, such as the operating department or for outbreak situations.
