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End of life care: a patient looking reassured as a nurse monitors their intravenous drip

With a new report identifying that pain management in end of life care is often inadequate

18 Nov 2024
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Nursing staff’s responses to the NHS Staff survey reveal which employers value and support them most 

What nursing and other staff had to say in the NHS Staff Survey about the best places to w

15 Nov 2024
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Women, who make up 90% of the nursing workforce, are at higher risk of back pain. A group of nurses use a slide sheet to move a patient.

Musculoskeletal or MSK problems, including back pain, neck, shoulder or arm strain, and di

11 Nov 2024
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Difficult to diagnose, sepsis is a life-threatening condition when the body's extreme response to an infection damages vital organs and often causes deat

Difficult to diagnose, sepsis is a life-threatening condition in which the body's extreme

08 Nov 2024
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Agency nurse stigma: an agency nurse stands at a nurses' station on a ward talking to a permanent team member

Agency nurses are a much-needed section of the nurse workforce in the NHS, as employers co

04 Nov 2024
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Photo of nursing student checking finances with calculator

What amount do nursing students need to survive, how much financial support do they g

01 Nov 2024
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NHS sickness absence: a nurse looks apprehensive as she faces two people at a formal meeting

Levels of sickness absence among nursing staff are high, especially for work-related stres

28 Oct 2024
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Treating high temperature with paracetamol: a nurse with a thermometer showing 39.5°C, after taking the temperature of an older patient lying in a hospital bed

When to give paracetamol to patients, why and how often can a be complex consideration.

21 Oct 2024
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Nursing staff leaving the UK most often choose to move to Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the USA or Canada, all of which offer better pay. Image shows a woman standing in an airport terminal looking out to planes on the tarmac

In 2023-24 the number of UK nursing staff who requested a certificate of current professio

18 Oct 2024
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Internationally educated nurses essential to the NHS workforce, represented by a nurse of south-east Asian heritage smiling while working at a laptop

Nurses recruited from overseas have long been essential to the NHS.

16 Oct 2024
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Recovery from sepsis can be slow and marked by issues such as fatigue and depression

Sepsis survivors can struggle with multiple and prolonged physical issues including chroni

13 Oct 2024
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NMC-registered nursing professionals: registrants across the UK, represented by four nursing professionals in uniform standing in a hospital corridor

How many nurses and nursing associates are on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) regi

10 Oct 2024

What nursing staff need to know about the concept of total pain, which looks beyond th

09 Oct 2024

An RCN survey revealed 45% of nursing staff are considering leaving their NHS job.

08 Oct 2024

NHS nurses and support workers have told the UK’s biggest nursing union they’re not prepare

06 Oct 2024

When nursing staff find that circumstances make it hard or impossible to take rest breaks a

03 Oct 2024

The NHS wants to cut spending on agency nurses, so how much do they earn, where are th

03 Oct 2024

Nursing Standard looks at the pay-setting process in the four UK nations and in other count

29 Sep 2024

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