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Shelina Begum, mother of Tafida Raqueeb, speaking outside court

Develop the confidence to have a say in complex decision-making   

05 Dec 2019
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Picture shows Alison Woods with her mother. She describes her contrasting feelings as a nurse and a daughter when called to her mother’s bedside as she lay dying.

Nurse Alison Woods describes her contrasting emotions during her mum's

29 Nov 2019
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The HIV/Aids ribbon pinned on a nurse's uniform

As nurses, let’s build on all the advances that have transformed care since the bleak days

29 Nov 2019
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illustration shows figures holding hands in a circle – most are in blue but some are picked out in red

The NHS workforce crisis needs joined-up government action, not empty election promises

26 Nov 2019
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Conservative party leader Boris Johnson and Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn during the live TV election debate

Funding for nurse education needs to be across the board, not robbing Peter to pay Paul

22 Nov 2019
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illustration shows frightened man, woman and bawling child as nurse approaches with a syringe

Reluctant parents should be spared no gruesome detail about the reality of diseases like&n

19 Nov 2019
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Apologising when things go wrong is part of providing compassionate patient care

Apologising when things go wrong is part of compassionate care – but yo

14 Nov 2019
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Focus instead on the widespread myths in the community about healt

13 Nov 2019
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Picture shows a woman talking to a counsellor about anxiety and depression. A five-year initiative by the WHO seeks to ensure access to high quality and affordable mental health care for an additional 100 million people in 12 countries.

Nurses are strangely absent from the World Health Organisation’s five-y

05 Nov 2019
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Picture shows a scene from the movie Joker in which the star, Joaquin Phoenix, wearing clown makeup, is looking at a mirror on which has been written, ‘Put on a happy face.’ The article argues that Joker’s portrayal of mental illness is worrying. 

The critically acclaimed film Joker is playing to packed cinemas,

25 Oct 2019
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illustration shows a road that forks, with sign pointing left showing obese people, sign on right showing people of healthy weight

The idea of outlawing train picnics sounds extreme, but there’s wisdom in it

22 Oct 2019
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After struggling with symptoms, a nurse chief executive is pr

17 Oct 2019

Nurses need to know the truth about myocardial infarction – it coul

11 Oct 2019

A new University of Exeter programme gives equal priority to mental

08 Oct 2019

We need a world where governments pay nurses more, and pay for more nurses

03 Oct 2019

A staff nurse shares her tips for effective record-keeping

02 Oct 2019

They have a place in infection prevention and control, but are no substitute for hand

30 Sep 2019

Organisations should sometimes be willing to pay a premium to retain staff

25 Sep 2019

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