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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
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Total pain goes beyond physical pain to encompass its psychological and spiritual impact; illustration shows an older woman clutching her head with the image repeated in transparent layers to highlight the many facets of pain

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

09 Oct 2024
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A nurse in uniform leaving her shift

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

08 Oct 2024
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NHS nurses’ strikes in 2022-23 showed strength of feeling about poor pay and conditions

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

06 Oct 2024
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Rest breaks for nurses: illustration shows a nurse holding the minute hand of a giant clock to prevent it from moving, suggesting stopping time to take a break

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

03 Oct 2024
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Image of agency nurses, illustrating an article about their pay and cost to the NHS

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

03 Oct 2024
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Nurse pay comparisons around the world: currency symbols represent nurse pay in different countries, shown in an illustration of a world map with a hand outstretched across it

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

29 Sep 2024
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Drugs errors are a major cause of preventable harm in the NHS, making double-checking and other safety measures  so important

Medication errors are all too common in healthcare.

26 Sep 2024

A total of 6.9 million days were lost to nurses’ sickness or absence in NHS England in the

24 Sep 2024

Would you take a voluntary pay cut?

20 Sep 2024

Many nursing staff work in shifts, including night shifts.

19 Sep 2024

Emergency department (ED) admissions can expose people living with dementia to risks, inclu

17 Sep 2024

With voting in the RCN’s member consultation on the 2024-25 pay offer for NHS staff in Engl

15 Sep 2024

The number of preregistration nursing students not completing their three-year nursing degr

12 Sep 2024

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