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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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The RCN Foundation recently hired researchers from the London School of Economics to examine what the economic case for learning disability nurses is. A nurse holds the hand of a man with learning disabilities while talking to him

Learning disability nursing may be in a perilous state, but its worth could be underestima

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Nurse dishonesty: CV has the word ‘false’ stamped across it in red letters
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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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Learning disability nursing at a crucial tipping point: the challenge for registered learning disability nurses is to amplify ‘in profession’ confidence to strategic decision-making level

The profession is at a crucial tipping point, but we can promote our outcome-driven value<

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Regulation of NHS managers: an NHS manager speaks to a staff member at a hospital nurses station
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The proposal for a regulating body that holds managers to account is a step forward

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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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The new system will replace local commissioning groups

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People with learning disabilities and/or autism will need support to rebuild their lives

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CQC report acknowledges vulnerabilities of service users during COVID-19

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New law alone will not address unnecessary detentions of people with learning di

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Report reveals service users six times more likely to die than others during the first wav

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Image illustrates the online interaction between new nursing students and their lecturer during the first week of term at university

Nursing students starting university graduate courses face a strange new online world

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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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A worried looking nurse student blocks time off on a workplace calendar. Nursing students do not have an an allowance from the NMC to take compassionate leave

Time off to deal with a crisis would demonstrate compassion

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Reviews

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job coaches for adults with disabilities

Nicky Genders looks at a book focusing on the role of a job coach for people with LD

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Moulster and Griffiths

Michael Brown looks at a book focusing specifically on learning disability nursing models

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Girls and Autism

A new book focusing on girls and women on the autism spectrum

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Childhood obesity

Community nursing reference guide on nutrition and childhood obesity 

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Census

Novel about a dying man on a road trip with his son who has a learning disability

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Transition to Nursing Practice

Associate professor Nikki Welyczko reviews a text that is applicable to four fields of nur

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