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The nursing home team that helped me fight for a ‘second life’
Patient’s Choice nominee Rekha Govindan changed the prognosis for a man given weeks to live
17 Aug 2020
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Support when families need it most: ‘health visitors may not know the impact they have’
Patient’s Choice nominee Noreen Ferguson helped a family deal with their son’s diagnosis
17 Aug 2020
Shame, stigma and sexual dysfunction: the overlooked diabetes complications
Some physical and mental health issues common in people with diabetes are not discussed
29 Jun 2020
Life in lockdown: how social distancing complicates existing mental health conditions
Mental health nurses discuss how the pandemic affects clients and disrupts services
08 May 2020
Seven ways to improve sleep on mental health wards
Collaborating with service users on sleep issues is crucial to care outcomes
21 Apr 2020
COVID-19: how nurses can facilitate advance care planning
Conversations about end of life care are important for the patient and those close to them
13 Apr 2020
Living with… post-traumatic stress disorder
Neal Aplin recounts how he learned to cope with the aftermath of a traumatic event
06 Apr 2020
Living with… paranoid schizophrenia
In this article Clare Wood underlines that recovery is unique for everyone
12 Mar 2020
Cervical cancer screening resources to address mental health disparities
Support for women service users with severe mental illness to access screening
14 Feb 2020
Adding personal health budgets to your mental health nursing skill set
The budgets empower patients to self-manage care and regain control of their lives
02 Dec 2019
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Award winners champion sexual health and rehabilitation of mental health service users
As entries open for the RCNi Nurse Awards 2020, past winners reflect on their career-...
18 Nov 2019
Exploring serious mental illness: an interview with nurse-turned-author Nathan Filer
For World Mental Health Day 2019 a former nurse talks about his latest book
09 Oct 2019
Nurses open up about their mental health problems
Mental ill health is now the top reason for NHS sickness absence – but there is good news
12 Sep 2019
Mature students are vital to mental health nursing – but numbers are dropping
Financial pressures put older potential candidates off mental health nursing as a career
31 Jul 2019
Team offers intensive support to enable service-users to live independently
Rehabilitation by award-winning team enables people with mental illness to live at home
22 Jul 2019
How one nurse helped break the taboo of talking about sex in mental healthcare settings
Rachel Luby impresses RCNi Nurse Awards judges with her determination and approach
04 Jul 2019
The mental health conference that felt more like a festival
Student-led conference on mental health nursing incorporated yoga, dance and social media
21 Jun 2019
My role in the review of forensic mental health services
Chair of the review Derek Barron talks to Mental Health Practice
13 Jun 2019