Careers

Career advice

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Band 5 to band 6 nurse: illustration of a nurse taking a confident step up on a flight of stairs as she moves from a band 5 to a band 6 role

We look at the keys to transition, including support and skills development

Career advice
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A nurse sitting at a desk in a job interview gestures while speaking to an interviewer

Tips on responding to different types of questions, and how and when to use STAR

Career advice
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Nurse promotion: a smiling nurse shakes the hand of an interviewer as she introduces herself at the start of a job interview

Expert advice to help you highlight your strengths and boost your chances of success

Career advice
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Nurse leadership: illustration of three nurses standing with arms akimbo with an image of the sunrise behind them

How to see yourself as a leader, regardless of role, and where to start

Career advice
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PIP assessor visits a claimant at home; they look at tablet screen together, the assessor makes notes

The attractions and downsides of taking a job conducting benefit claimant assessments

Career advice
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Reporting concerns in nursing: an illustration showing two nurses having a discussion with speech bubbles around their head

How to overcome difficulties at work and not let them hold back your career

Career advice

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

My job
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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

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

My job

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<

Research in practice
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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

Research in practice
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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

Research in practice
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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 in practice

Research and commentary

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Diabetes app

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

Research and commentary
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A nurse talks to a teenager moving to adult services and her mother

And what about the parents?

Research and commentary
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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

Research and commentary
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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

Research and commentary
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The emotional pain felt by grandparents is often overlooked 

Research and commentary
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NBS

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

Research and commentary

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

Research essentials

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