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Nursing research needs to ‘raise game’ or lose funding

12 May 2015

Cancer Nursing Practice

News

FUNDING FOR nursing research could be at risk – despite improvements in its quality over the past 20 years – because universities are not submitting enough work by...

High turnover of top-level staff revealed

28 August 2014

Nursing Management

News

MORE THAN one quarter of nursing directors across nearly 200 NHS trusts in England have been in post a year or less, an RCN Publishing investigation has found.

Australian staffing ratios have led to safer care and motivated nurses

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

News

A senior nurse who fought for mandatory minimum nurse patient ratios in the Australian state of Victoria has said the government’s decision not to do the same in...

Nurses demand significant changes to revised NMC code of conduct

04 June 2014

Nursing Standard

News

The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s revised code of conduct is so long and detailed it will be impossible to use.

Lack of hospital handover is making our jobs harder, say district nurses

04 June 2014

Nursing Standard

News

Poor communication between community nurses and their hospital counterparts is contributing to low morale and poor job satisfaction among district nurses.

Nurses feel ‘impotent, alone and unheard’, whistleblower tells NHS

11 June 2014

Nursing Standard

News

The nurse whistleblower who helped expose the Mid Staffs scandal has warned front line staff were still being ignored when trying to raise concerns about poor care,...

Employers welcome guidance on performance-related pay systems

18 June 2014

Nursing Standard

Analysis

Guidance for trusts on implementing performance-related pay systems was published by NHS Employers last week.

‘We need to work together to create a culture of health’ says PHE director

09 July 2014

Nursing Standard

News

A website for public health nurses that provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on the most common issues affecting the nation’s health has been launched.

Care home nurses are ‘inadequately’ trained

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

News

Hundreds of nursing home staff in northern England are receiving additional training from the NHS in an attempt to drive up care standards.

‘Improvements need to be made but we are now an effective regulator’

02 July 2014

Nursing Standard

Analysis

The next 18 months will busy for Jackie Smith. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is in the middle of a consultation on changes to its code of conduct. It is...