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Prepare for a new era in nursing

05 May 2009

Nursing Standard

General Article

Nurse education faces a massive reorganisation.

Time to change?

12 May 2009

Nursing Standard

Feature

The issue of whether to license brothels will be a subject of debate at this year’s RCN congress.

Dying in good hands

14 July 2009

Nursing Standard

Features

The End of Life Care Strategy, published a year ago, sets out best practice. Nurses are starting to deliver the strategy but more needs to be done.

Support for the bereaved

14 July 2009

Nursing Standard

Features

Most people die in hospital, which means nurses need to be able to deal sensitively with relatives. Nurses are developing bereavement and end of life services.

A change of direction

11 May 2010

Nursing Standard

Feature

Since last autumn NHS Direct has been recruiting nurses with less experience to take patients’ calls. Its deputy chief nurse explains why.

Ready for ramadan

13 July 2010

Nursing Standard

Feature

As the Islamic holy month of Ramadan approaches, one cancer nurse is alerting Muslim patients to the risks of discontinuing treatment.

On high alert

10 November 2009

Nursing Standard

Feature

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is used to treat patients with severe respiratory failure, including some who have swine flu. A specialist unit is ready for a...

Beware of the dog

31 August 2010

Nursing Standard

Features

An anomaly in the Dangerous Dogs Act means that nurses who visit people in their own homes have little redress if they are bitten.

The trauma of war

07 December 2010

Nursing Standard

Feature

Ex-service personnel who develop post-traumatic stress disorder are to be offered better access to care. But there are doubts about how adequate services will be.