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Smooth the path into nursing

05 August 1998

Nursing Standard

News

Frank Dobson recently promised 15,000 extra nurses and 6,000 extra places for nursing students. At first, it did seem wonderful. However, reality has now set in.

Why it's great to be a nurse

02 September 1998

Nursing Standard

No limits

‘ENB figures highlight fall in nurse recruits,’ screamed recent headlines. Nursing has been in the media a lot lately, and this particular report, showing that the...

Study matters

27 May 1998

Nursing Standard

News comment

ONE OF the criticisms levelled at the present system of nurse training - both diploma and graduate - is the perceived gap between theory and practice. There have...

Extended dates for Scottish RCN election

19 August 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

The closing date for nominations for candidates for the RCN Association of Nursing Students Executive committee has passed, but Scotland has no nominated candidate....

Every voice counts

17 January 2001

Nursing Standard

Analysis: political lobbying

IT'S AMAZING how an apparently innocent word can develop into a powerful term that has become central to many Western democracies.

Nurse, get a degree in running

02 June 1999

Nursing Standard

Letter

While on a picnic, I heard a call for help for a man who was unable to breathe. Two people from his party immediately responded and one ran ahead.

Out with the old and in with the new

24 November 1999

Nursing Standard

No limits

YOU KNOW that you have finished your term of office as chair of the ANS when No Limits comes knocking on your door for your reflections. The past two years have...

Guidelines on working over the millennium

08 December 1999

Nursing Standard

Letter

In November received an NHS Executive (NHSE) booklet, Prepared to Care: A Guide for Nurses, Midwives & Health Visitors to Meet the Millennium Date Challenges, which...

If teachers can be paid £25,000, why can't nurses?

12 October 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letter

In September, the health department released its evidence to the pay review body and at the same time leaked some proposals on attracting people into teaching.

Starting your career

19 May 1999

Nursing Standard

Careers: jobs focus

IN MANY ways, approaching the end of your training as a nurse involves not just looking for your first post, but also planning your whole career. There is a...