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Emergency service review prompts launch of trouble-shooting team

01 July 2009

Emergency Nurse

Analysis

AS THE UK prepares for a heatwave this summer and pandemic flu in the autumn, it can be easy to forget the trials faced by emergency care staff last winter.

Going the extra mile: health care for marathon runners

01 May 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

At last year’s London Marathon, St John Ambulance (SJA) volunteers treated almost 6,200 casualties from among more than 35,000 runners. In this article, emergency...

No time for complacency

01 July 2009

Emergency Nurse

Analysis

HEALTH EXPERTS have warned that the worst of the flu pandemic, which has killed hundreds of people worldwide already, will not hit Europe until this autumn.

Stark warning for emergency nurses: prepare to ration care during flu pandemic

01 July 2009

Emergency Nurse

News

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS (EDs) have been warned that, if they fail to prepare for the flu pandemic, staff may fall ill or even die because of unnecessary exposure to a...

Trusts urged to challenge information on services

01 June 2009

Nursing Management

News

THE BOARDS of NHS and foundation trusts must challenge the information they receive about the running of their services, according to an Audit Commission report.

Looking again at role revision

01 March 2010

Nursing Management

Analysis

NURSES IN advanced roles can provide care and produce clinical outcomes of the same standards as doctors, according to a recently published report.

MP for older people

01 May 2008

Nursing Older People

News analysis

‘Using drugs to chemically restrain vulnerable older people with dementia is no different to strapping them to a chair. It is an abuse of their human rights and...

Nmc tells nurses to stop using humour and jargon in records

21 July 2009

Nursing Standard

News

Using ‘coded expressions of sarcasm’ or ‘humorous abbreviations’ to describe patients has been ruled out in Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) guidance on...

NMC and RCN begin talks over regulation of nurse practitioners

08 December 2009

Nursing Standard

News

Minimum standards and separate regulation for nurses working in advanced and specialist roles is being considered by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) with the...

Lack of support from employers means nurses miss out on CPD

06 April 2010

Nursing Standard

News

Almost a third of nurses have been unable to undertake mandatory training in the past year, an RCN survey of 3,000 members from across the UK reveals.