Analysis

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Bank nursing shift: a bank nurse in scrubs stands alongside a patient who is sitting in a wheelchair

Bank work in the NHS is a form of zero-hours contract, says Acas, the Advisory,

12 May 2025
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Nursing’s new generation – clockwise from top left: Ashleigh Robinson, Antoinette Lagrata, Lincoln Gombedza, Soraya Manoucheri, Jordan Spires and Amber Fletcher

Six nurses aged under 35 who are already making their mark in their particular fields of p

11 May 2025
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Nurse career breaks: nurse stretches out her arms in happy relief, she is outdoors near trees

For nursing staff feeling overworked and burnt-out, taking a career break might be an opti

05 May 2025
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he NHS Pay Review Body is supposed to offer independent advice to the government, but is seen by many as outdated, inefficient and bureaucratic: nursing staff on the picket line with one nurse holding a sign and placard with fair pay for nursing and safer

The independent NHS Pay Review Body advises and makes recommendations to the government on

02 May 2025
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Peripheral cannula

Sampling blood using a cannula may seem like a convenient method that might avoid the pain

28 Apr 2025
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A despairing looking nurse leans against a hospital corridor window: never events, safety critical incidents, can cause serious patient harm or death

Never events are defined as wholly preventable and any such safety critical incidents are

25 Apr 2025
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Escalating patient deterioration: nurse and doctor confer over patient notes

Nurses are essential in escalating concerns about patient deterioration – but as a nurse,

21 Apr 2025
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NHS recruitment freezes and newly registered nurses: young nurse and colleague at a ward drugs trolley

NHS budget constraints are hitting nurses, whether newly qualified or more experienced.

18 Apr 2025
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A senior nurse speaks to an NHS manager in a hospital corridor while looking at a tablet

Proposed regulation of NHS managers could significantly impact nurses.

14 Apr 2025
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Nursing staff and students face significant financial pressures and of those who are consi

11 Apr 2025
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NHS pay rise: nursing and other healthcare staff shown on one side of a set of scales, while a pound sign placed by a suited figure is poised above the other side

The annual pay rise for NHS nursing and other staff is set by government.

07 Apr 2025
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Leadership in advanced nursing practice: two advanced nurse practitioners stand by a patient's bedside talking to them

What is meant by the term advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) and when can a nurse claim to

04 Apr 2025

Nursing steps to accurately measure fluid balance can help prevent hypervolemia and li

01 Apr 2025

How nurses can ensure proper hygiene, timely catheter removal and appropriate patient educa

31 Mar 2025

Pain is a subjective experience and there are a variety of tools nurses and other healthcar

28 Mar 2025

Employers’ duty when it comes to pregnancy risk assessment and adjustments for nursing staf

24 Mar 2025

Legal protection of the‘nurse title is on course to become reality, with a move to change t

21 Mar 2025

Nurses say their Datix reports are often ignored or downgraded, even – or sometimes especia

17 Mar 2025

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