It’s time to start looking after nurses to boost care
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'Why did no alarms ring when children caught measles?'
If your kitchen smoke detector starts to shriek, do you: (a) cover your ears and assume the din will eventually stop, or (b) act immediately to keep you and your loved ones safe?
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'Student plan based on an ‘alternative’ recommendation'
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'I have lipoedema. So please don’t blame me or call me fat'
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Create the right conditions for staff to deliver quality care
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'Nurses must get involved in national debates to be heard'
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'True commitment is needed to prevent pressure ulcers'
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'Put nurses at the bedside, then work out how many are needed'
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'An honest culture is enough to protect both patients and staff'
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'Paperwork is important but some of it must be culled'
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'Information systems are now a fundamental part of care'
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'Most children with type 1 diabetes get inadequate care'
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'Does the McDonald’s business model suit modern healthcare?'
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'Professionalism is the best regulator of nursing care'
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'Counter the scapegoating and show the public you still care'
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'We have allowed the nursing role to be denigrated'
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'Rotational schemes boost skill development and job retention'
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'Ensuring dignity in hospital care is not rocket science'
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'A methodical approach can help manage difficult patients'
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'Caring is a fundamental part of the job, not an optional extra'
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'Inability to swallow tablets is common and cause for concern'
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'Be brave to get the technology to help you give better care'
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"Be bold and take action to improve the care we provide"
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"Ensure you meet the end-of-life needs of LGBT people"
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"Managing diabetes in older people needs special care"
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"Understanding the Liverpool Care Pathway is essential"
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"Many children avoid school toilets because they are dirty"
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"Humanity, respect and dignity are the foundations of practice"
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"The stage 1 mentor role for new nurses needs questioning"
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"Moving patients is far more than just inconvenient"
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"You can nurse with dyscalculia - but know your limitations"
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"Expand HCA role to focus on older people’s rehabilitation"
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"Controlled drug prescription power is a vote of confidence"
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“Standardise intravenous line care to reduce infection risk”
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“Adopt ambulatory emergency care to cut hospital admissions”
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“Celebrate the pioneering move to raise education status”
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“Nurses must lead on delivering and celebrating excellent care”
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“How news stories encourage people to learn resuscitation”
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“Many issues and beliefs affect individual sun safety advice”
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"Palliative care can sustain and support mental health clients"
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"Without time to think, the fire of innovation dies out"
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"System leaves junior staff overseeing the most acutely ill"
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"Embrace the opportunities that advanced practice offers"
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'Policy and practice must align to enable safe discharge at night'
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"Research is on the right topics if combined with clinical role"
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"See the big picture and stay vigilant over patient safety"
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"If the cap fits: does nursing need to rebrand its image?"
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"Can kindness and compassion really be measured?"
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'Age should not be a barrier to high-quality continence care'
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"School nurses need the tools to meet government vision"
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"Simple actions can help a lot at incredibly difficult times"
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'Ensure diabetes is not misdiagnosed in children'
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'What would you do if asked for health advice on Twitter?'
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'We can all do our bit so people with dementia feel included'
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"Staff and resident storytelling can help improve care homes"
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"The tide of endless emails and sticky notes must be tackled"
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"Why don't we ask patients what they thought of their care?"
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"Clinicians must not bottle out of advising on formula feeds"
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"Systems such as red trays erode essential nursing skills"
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'Nurses could help stop sepsis killing four patients an hour'
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"People with rare cancers get a raw deal in research and care"
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"Beware the implications for nurses of assisted dying law"
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"If data isn't used, it just takes nurses away from the bedside"
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“Focus on the values of nursing to boost care – not checklists”
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“Technology can transform the quality of clinical practice”
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"At Christmas, making a stand against routine can be enough"
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"We need to do research and shout about it - or fall behind"
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“Compulsory training would help every HCA spot moisture lesions”
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"Why do nurses believe they are management material?"
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"Extending choice will let us set standards for children"
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“Bowel screening should be made part of mainstream care”
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“Nurses should defy the deeply embedded doctor-nurse game”
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'A "Top Gear" approach to flu clinics must be quashed'
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“All nurses need to know about inherited blood disorders”
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'Practice nurses should know about diabetes in pregnancy'
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'If assisted suicide is legalised, are nurses best placed to do it?'
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'Patient stories give another view of the world we work in'
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'Pre-operative fasting guides can still fall short of the mark'
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“In the middle of a maelstrom, good nursing is everything”
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'Staff need key competencies in infection prevention and control'
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'Too much information can be dangerous, not empowering'
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Upskill support workers to meet older people’s needs
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'Members of the public can help reduce cancer mortality'
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“Person-centred care is led by learning disability nurses”
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'Those with a rare disease often know more about it than we do'
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'Respiratory strategy must be acted on if care is to improve'
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'We can consign this nasty infection to the history books'
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'A half-empty glass does not prove your patient can drink'
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'A plethora of job titles just serve to confuse our patients'
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'Depression after stroke may be missed – nurses can spot it'
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'We can read Nightingale as a credo for compassion today'
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'Cottage industry could end delayed discharge misery'
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'Despite progress, we still need to be vigilant about MRSA'
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'We must recognise that we are role models to our patients'
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'We should not dismiss the value of Nightingale wards'
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'Regrets of the dying should influence end of life care'
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'Passionate teams are needed to monitor data on catheter care'
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'Pressure ulcers will still be seen until basic care is right'
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'Stay vigilant on hand hygiene or it’s back to the last century'
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'Nutritious meals count for nothing if they are cold'
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'I can’t be the only male community nurse who gets to read the gas meter'
