Layla Haidrani
‘Children just want to know people are listening to them’
Simon Hardcastle is about to take over as head of nursing children’s services hospital in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
My job: nurse consultant Karen Goudie
National clinical lead for older people at Healthcare Improvement Scotland Karen Goudie on designing new ways of working.
I always ask myself: ‘Have we given it our best shot?’
Nicola Thomas – the first UK nurse with a renal specialty to be appointed professor of kidney care at London South Bank University – is on a mission to change the way health professionals manage the care of people who have mild to moderate kidney disease.
App review: DonorPath
RCNi editorial assistant Layla Haidrani reviews the app DonorPath, by NHS Blood and Transplant
Breast cancer therapy – what’s preventing better treatments?
Oncologists, clinical leads, pharmacists and research fellows at the Breast Cancer Drugs Funding and Trials event earlier this year discussed how effective the current breast cancer drugs regime is and how the NHS can ensure new drugs reach patients.
‘While we treat diseases, we do not treat the root cause’
When and why did you develop an interest in research? During my master’s degree, I was able to publish my research thesis and was hooked on research.
Cancer nursing is like riding a roller coaster
The job may have its ups and downs – but the only way to get over one’s professional fears is to devour as much information as possible, says Mesothelioma UK clinical nurse specialist Simon Bolton.
A glimpse of nursing student life in China
Toni Bewley discovers what nursing student life is like in a north eastern city in Daqing, China.
My job: nursing professor of stroke care Professor Dame Caroline Watkins
The UK’s only nursing professor of stroke care explains why nurses in clinical practice are...
Dare to dream
Jane Scullion, nurse consultant, joint regional clinical respiratory lead for the East Midlands and published children’s author, embraces any opportunity that comes her way.
'It's up to nurses to tell politicians how it is'
Professor Matt Griffiths on lobbying the home office, changing the game for emergency nurses and why the recent attacks in Westminster and Manchester will mean a thorough review into major incident plans.
Nursing during Ramadan
Nursing students reflect on what Ramadan means to them and how they combine religion with...
Working in emergency care is the best job you'll ever have
With an increasingly challenging drug epidemic in the US, development specialist Charlene...