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Miners’ nurse recalls going down the pit
A new book tells the story of former Yorkshire pit nurse Joan Hart, who earned the respect...
12 Aug 2015
In the front line of risk from violence
Violence perpetrated by patients against nurses can have devastating effects, and leads to...
12 Aug 2015
Carter bows out with his head held high
RCN chief executive and general secretary Peter Carter leaves the college this month after...
05 Aug 2015
A fresh take on prevention
Just four months into her first job as a staff nurse in a nursing home, Shauna Rooney began...
05 Aug 2015
How over-recruiting saves cash
If two good nurses apply for one post, an increasing number of NHS trusts will appoint both...
05 Aug 2015
Home comfort helps healing
Parents of hospitalised children can benefit from ‘home-away-from-home’ accommodation...
29 Jul 2015
Artistic project is a chance to be happy
Third-year mental health nursing student Mark Collins introduced a group art project on to...
29 Jul 2015
Touchscreen helps to ease cancer worries
An electronic holistic needs assessment developed by Macmillan Cancer Support is helping to...
29 Jul 2015
RCNi.com – have you joined us yet?
In March we launched our website www.rcni.com . Since then, more than 27,500 of you have...
22 Jul 2015
The long road to recovery
Nearly 80,000 people in the UK today were diagnosed with cancer when they were under the age...
22 Jul 2015
Conscious of deterioration
Nurse consultant Gillian Robinson developed a coma assessment tool that has helped to...
22 Jul 2015
A do-it-yourself drive to spread the D word
A community nursing team in Surrey led by Pauline Bigwood was recognised in the 2015 Nursing...
15 Jul 2015
Feedback is catalyst for high-quality care
Serious concerns about care received by some patients at Whipps Cross Hospital in London led...
15 Jul 2015
Sickle cell comes out of the shadows
A patient feedback tool has been developed to capture the experience of patients with sickle...
15 Jul 2015
Diabetes care tool puts kids in control
The nursing team in the children’s diabetes service at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has...
08 Jul 2015
Why should I have to use a catheter?
Rethinking continence care assumptions could reduce infection rates and save the NHS...
08 Jul 2015
Taking the plunge with lipoedema
Women wait decades for an accurate diagnosis of lipoedema. Earlier diagnosis is essential to...
08 Jul 2015
Work together to prevent infection
Nurse Tanya Kidson leads the team behind a set of assessment tools that are helping care...
01 Jul 2015