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Nursing bank shift pay cuts: illustration showing a hand holding a pair of scissors as the person starts to cut into a red UK pound sign

Nurses face pay rates well below what they deserve, as trusts risk exacerbating shortages<

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Nurse dishonesty: CV has the word ‘false’ stamped across it in red letters

Public trust is precious, and nurses should be able to rely on colleagues’ high standards<

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Nurses performing CPR: debrief conversations as well as education updates are essential

With a rise in CPR-related referrals to the NMC, what nurses need is support

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Regulation of NHS managers: an NHS manager speaks to a staff member at a hospital nurses station

The proposal for a regulating body that holds managers to account is a step forward

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New NHS national uniforms in different colourways are designed to better distinguish nursing and other occupational groups 

New NHS uniform has its critics, but perhaps it’s not such a bad idea

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A student nurse cares for an injured older patient. Placements help students build confidence and experience through hands-on care

Placement hours are a big commitment, but they also build skills and confidence

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Expert advice

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A nurse sitting in a workplace setting rubs her eyes as if feeling tired after a shift

Tiredness is normal, exhaustion is not.

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Difficult conversation: two nursing staff seated facing each other, one seen from behind. The other looks apprehensive

Read tips to help you face the challenge of broaching a sensitive issue at work

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Career, well-being and money worries management: nurses face complex stresses that need to be managed

Practical tips if you’re struggling to get your life or career under control

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Comfort zone in nursing: nurse leaving the comfort zone of a cage and heading for a challenge

Ways to change your mindset so you can feel the fear, do it anyway – and have no regrets

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Nutrition for nurses on shift: a nurse sits at a table in a break room holding a sandwich in one hand while leafing through a document

Advice on planning nutritious meals and snacks – and the breaks to enjoy them

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Urinary issues for nurses: illustration of a nurse holding her hands over her groin area as if desperate to go to the toilet but unable to

How to make sure you take the breaks you need to keep your bladder healthy 

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Editorial

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Nurses need to familiarise themselves with common late effects associated with many cancer therapies, such as endothelial damage and metabolic changes

Advice on nutritional management and preventive interventions for cardiovascular events

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14 March will mark the fourth year of National Cancer clinical nurse specialist day, which shines a light on their work in delivering excellence in cancer care
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Many specialist nursing staff help deliver and promote excellence in cancer care

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New consultant editor of Cancer Nursing Practice: Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust chemotherapy nurse consultant Catherine Oakley
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Chemotherapy nurse consultant Catherine Oakley wants your contributions

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Cancer Nursing Practice provides critical content that is appropriate, comprehensive and easy to read, but is always open to suggestions from readers. Illustration shows someone stepping away, which consultant editor Carole Farrell is doing after 15 years
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Consultant editor Carole Farrell is leaving her role and wants the journal to thrive

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A group consultation for people receiving systemic anticancer therapy
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They can help with an understanding of treatment options, side effects and potential outco

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An illustration depicting how personalised medicine and genomics can improve a person’s cancer care
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Many nurses will need to improve their knowledge of genomics

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Nurses in scores of trusts across the UK have launched a historic strike – the largest eve

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Flexible nursing degree: montage of woman in four contexts – home learning, parenting, on clinical placement and attending university lecture

Making the profession accessible to more people juggling carer and family commitments

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UK nurse emigration: nurse carrying a suitcase stands on top of a globe with international destinations marked with pins

Pros and cons of practising abroad – and why staying in the UK can be worth the stress

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Nursing school closures: students attending a lecture. UK nursing school closures come despite chronic nursing shortage

Loss of degree programmes exposes precarious state of nurse education funding

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Remote nurse prescribing: a nurse providing patient care remotely sits, wearing a headset with a microphone, as she works on a desktop computer

Striking off of nurse who prescribed Botox highlights risks of ignoring guidance

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Nurse regulator role: illustration of a large hand holding a magnifying glass above a nurse caught in a spotlight, suggesting the NMC scrutinising what nurses do

Regulator has been told to remember where there’s healthcare, there’s risk

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Reviews

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Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care

Assistant professor Vineeth Joseph reviews Psychosocial issues in Palliative Care

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Death and the Elephant

Nurse consultant Natalie Doyle reviews a life-affirming memoir

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Anti cancer Living

Chemotherapy nurse consultant Catherine Oakley reviews Anti Cancer Living

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The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer tile

Maria Leadbeater reviews The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer

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Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine

Community liaison nurse team leader Kate Law reviews the Oxford Textbook of Palliativ

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Abbreviated MRI of the Breast_tile

Informative reference book written from a US perspective

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