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University partners with trusts to increase nursing student places fivefold
A university providing self-funding nursing student places that have not been commissioned...
18 Apr 2017
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RCNi Nurse Awards 2017: Have your say in Patient's Choice category...
Time is running out to cast your vote in the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse...
13 Apr 2017
Nurse helps create innovative assessment unit
Service is helping to reduce emergency department admissions.
13 Apr 2017
RCN poll asks whether members want to strike over pay
RCN opens online poll on whether members are prepared to strike over pay.
13 Apr 2017
Nearly two-thirds of nurses have not written a will, survey shows
The Cavell Nurses’ Trust is urging nurses to write a will after revealing that they are less...
12 Apr 2017
Scotland moves towards safe nurse staffing legislation by launching consultation
The Scottish government has announced it will consult on enshrining in law the use of...
12 Apr 2017
Remote Scottish island seeks new nurse
Fed up of the hustle and bustle of hospital life? A dream nursing job has just become...
11 Apr 2017
Patients and nurses join forces on app-review website
Specialist nurses and patients have joined forces to create a freely accessible app-review...
11 Apr 2017
Job applications soar at hospital trust after TV documentary series
A major London hospital trust which was the subject of a hit TV documentary series has seen...
11 Apr 2017
Overseas-trained nurses given extra chance on competency tests
NMC changes rules on exams to practise in the UK, offering applicants more flexibility and...
11 Apr 2017
Calls from nurses to financial helpline more than double
A charity providing financial assistance to nurses saw large rise in calls in first three...
10 Apr 2017
‘Front-line community nurses can help shape policy’
Academic says nurses and health visitors are the ones who interact with the public and...
10 Apr 2017
Government ‘storing up problems’ as mature students shun nursing, RCN warns
Six thousand fewer mature students have applied to study nursing, according to UCAS figures
10 Apr 2017
Nurse reprimanded after failing to perform CPR on care home resident he believed had...
Nursing and Midwifery Council panel heard nurse failed to perform CPR on care home resident...
07 Apr 2017
BME nurses more likely to be referred to NMC by employer – but white staff more likely...
Black and minority ethnic (BME) nurses are disproportionately referred to the Nursing and...
07 Apr 2017
'Nurses on 12-hour shifts more likely to take sick leave'
Nurses are more likely to take sickness leave if working 12-hour shift patterns, new...
07 Apr 2017
NHS could be up to 42,000 nurses short after Brexit, projection claims
The NHS could suffer a nursing shortage of up to 42,000 just six years after Brexit, a...
07 Apr 2017
'Shocking' decision to shelve safe staffing work has had ongoing policy...
The decision in 2015 to stop a national evidence review on safe staffing was ‘shocking’ and...
06 Apr 2017