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Illustration shows three jigsaw pieces, one piece showing a manager with a clipboard trying to resolve conflict between two other people (one with arms raised as if to strike) on the other two jigsaw pieces

Bullying nurses may have lost their compassion, and their hurtful behaviour may drive othe

13 Mar 2024
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A nurse stands in front of a line of other nurses, looking happy and confident. Yet nurses often downplay their role

Managing high-stakes, safety-critical situations is a daily reality in nursing, yet some o

20 Feb 2024
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Car park pay machine and pay-and-display signs in a hospital car park – hospital nurses face charges and fines for parking at work

Using nurses as cash cows for driving to work, and worse, hitting them with fines if they

16 Jan 2024
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New rules to prevent overseas staff bringing family to the UK send a hostile message to wo

03 Jan 2024
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Experiences that nurses have as patients themselves can inform their practice as well as h

06 Dec 2023
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A young boy smiles and hugs a teddy bear while being pushed in a wheelchair along a hospital corridor by a smiling nurse

Nurses at a day treatment centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital introduced a criter

04 Dec 2023
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Nurse urges colleagues to actively listen to what patients – notably women – tell them in

29 Nov 2023
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An accusation about my nursing practice blighted my life as well as my career, but I suffe

28 Nov 2023
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Nurses at every level need assurance complaints will be dealt with – which is why system-w

21 Nov 2023
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Tourette’s may present challenges in a clinical role, but can also enhance empathy with pa

08 Nov 2023
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A picture of the Bedfordshire falls service team, including a nurse, in front of a fire engine

Working with ambulance and fire services helps a Bedfordshire nursing team respond to pati

02 Nov 2023
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Flu jab

Nurse employers must not pressurise staff to turn up for work if they experience adverse r

18 Oct 2023

Nurses working in hierarchical hospital environments can find it challenging to raise conce

17 Oct 2023

Ineffective leadership is often behind nurses’ reasons for leaving, such as bullying, stres

11 Oct 2023

How to help save energy and reduce carbon emissions by making small changes, which wil

04 Oct 2023

People with a stammer often encounter pity or impatience, including from healthcare profess

28 Sep 2023

Nurses’ mental ill health and burnout are pushing up sickness absence, yet many staff strug

12 Sep 2023

Healthcare experience for patients of minority ethnic heritage can be tainted by bias, with

07 Sep 2023

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