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Illustration showing two nursing team members in uniform standing pointing at a huge shift roster, as if discussing filling or swapping shifts

Nurses expect workload demands and pressures to influence shifts and rosters, but there ha

19 Mar 2024
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A nurse stands in front of a line of other nurses, looking happy and confident. Yet nurses often downplay their role

Managing high-stakes, safety-critical situations is a daily reality in nursing, yet some o

20 Feb 2024
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X-ray style illustration showing where the pancreas is located in the body

Pancreatic Cancer UK specialist nurse Di Dobson strongly believes people with the conditio

18 Jan 2024
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Car park pay machine and pay-and-display signs in a hospital car park – hospital nurses face charges and fines for parking at work

Using nurses as cash cows for driving to work, and worse, hitting them with fines if they

16 Jan 2024
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New rules to prevent overseas staff bringing family to the UK send a hostile message to wo

03 Jan 2024
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Experiences that nurses have as patients themselves can inform their practice as well as h

06 Dec 2023
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An accusation about my nursing practice blighted my life as well as my career, but I suffe

28 Nov 2023
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Nurses at every level need assurance complaints will be dealt with – which is why system-w

21 Nov 2023
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Cancer care delays are acutely felt by Deaf people as communication needs are often overlo

21 Nov 2023
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Tourette’s may present challenges in a clinical role, but can also enhance empathy with pa

08 Nov 2023
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A screen showing coloured images from a lung scan

Lung cancer numbers are rising among people who have never smoked but nurses can help ensu

01 Nov 2023
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Flu jab

Nurse employers must not pressurise staff to turn up for work if they experience adverse r

18 Oct 2023

Nurses working in hierarchical hospital environments can find it challenging to raise conce

17 Oct 2023

Ineffective leadership is often behind nurses’ reasons for leaving, such as bullying, stres

11 Oct 2023

How to help save energy and reduce carbon emissions by making small changes, which wil

04 Oct 2023

People with a stammer often encounter pity or impatience, including from healthcare profess

28 Sep 2023

Nurses’ mental ill health and burnout are pushing up sickness absence, yet many staff strug

12 Sep 2023

Many people are not aware of the possible long-term effects of cancer therapy, and nurses a

11 Sep 2023

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