Careers

Career advice

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A person holds a clapper board on a film set, standing at the top of a building overlooking a city skyline

Four nurses using their skills on sets and in scripts share what it takes to succeed

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Nursing career choices: a smiling nurse talking to a patient on a hospital ward

Specialist nurses’ tips and advice, and how early nursing experiences shaped their careers

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Band 6 nurse roles: senior ward nurse supports more junior nurse at patient’s bedside

Tips on achieving your ambitions if you want to avoid some of the stresses of management

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Career development for overseas-educated nurses: male figure at bottom of stylised mountain, viewing path to summit

Overseas-educated nurse’s career advice for anyone who has come to the NHS from abroad

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AI for nursing job applications: illustration showing a person and an AI robot reviewing candidates CVs

AI tools can cut down the work involved, but what are the potential pitfalls?

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Nursing professional curiosity: illustration of a large green open head with a nurse standing inside the open head holding a pair of exaggerated binoculars

A curious mindset fosters continuous improvement in your practice and leadership skills

My job

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A man sitting in a home office talking on a phone, while looking at patient notes, as with an occupational health nurse working from home

It can offer more flexibility than ward or community jobs. Find out what’s involved

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Image shows a nurse walking along a winding path in the direction of an arrow pointing to ‘ACP’. The path is flanked by other clinicians

An ACP has advice on how to make the move into advanced practice

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Oliver Soriano describes how he has dealt with the highs and challenges along the way

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Established to attract, retain and develop staff, these roles are a great career move too<

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A role delivering appropriate and safe feeding for patients, in hospital and at home

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The position involves care in preventing, diagnosing and treating venous thromboembolism

Research in practice

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Picture shows a group of young people engaged in friendly conversation. Senior research nurse Heather Rostron examined the attitudes of investigators who recruit children and young people as advisers for research projects.

Involving children and young people in healthcare research presents challenges for nurses<

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The word ‘Hope’ written in sand on a beach. Picture: iStock

Does ‘hope’ help as a coping mechanism in clinical trials or give rise to misconceptions a

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Pregnant women at a parent support group

Parent support groups have an important role for women with fetal abnormalities

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Tara Kerr-Elliott’s interviews influenced a proposed study on post-death care

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Child feeding

By sharing their views patients, families and researchers can ensure resear

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A literature review examines potential benefits of using high-flow nasal cannula therapy

Research and commentary

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Diabetes app

Study examined the efficacy of Euglyca app aimed at children and young people

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Picture shows a newborn baby undergoing blood spot screening. Research shows that the way parents are told after screening that their child may have cystic fibrosis can affect the depth and duration of their distress.

How parents are told their child may have cystic fibrosis can affect their distress

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Picture shows abstract image of child talking to her mother. A study explored whether children experienced less long-term stress if they were informed about their medical condition and planned surgery

Lucy Bray looks at the implications for practice of a study examining how parents share me

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The emotional pain felt by grandparents is often overlooked 

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NBS

Healthcare professionals’ and parents’ experiences of the confirmatory testing period

Research essentials

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NCYP October cover

Once you have made the decision to publish your work the next step is to consider your int

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Peer_Review

Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people of similar competence, or who

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Social media

Traditionally, research and theoretical studies have been disseminated through articles pu

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Designing a presentation

Hints and tips on preparing an engaging and targeted abstract for a conference presentatio

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Presenting to a committee

This article explores when and where ethical approval is required and how this should be u

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frances

Conducting research to a high standard requires funding and grant applications to funding

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