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Mind the gap

01 June 2004

Emergency Nurse

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One in seven people who arrive at the average emergency department has a mental health problem. The figure gives a clue to the complex demands that confront...

Turning trusts round

01 January 2003

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Emergency nurse Melanie Hando always thought that she made a difference to patients’ lives. But last December, after 15 years in A&E, she lost that belief and was on...

Man of the people

01 March 2004

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Jonathan Asbridge is under no illusion about the size of the task he has been set. In less than a year he has to convince hospitals that the problems manifesting...

A nurse at heart

01 April 2004

Emergency Nurse

Feature

When Jane Cummings worked as a nurse on the front line of emergency care, she always knew that it would have its day. But what she didn’t realise then was that she...

Strategic thinking

01 December 2005

Nursing Management

Feature

THIS SUMMER, there was a glimmer of hope in the battle against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). According to the Health Protection Agency (HPA), infection...

Innovation and improvement

01 December 2006

Nursing Management

Feature

NURSES AT all levels of the profession, from the youngest junior to the most experienced director, have the potential to bring new ways of working to the NHS to...

Going the extra mile

01 November 2005

Nursing Management

Feature

RCN RECORDS show that in the past seven years almost 370 nurses have registered doctoral theses: more than the total number of nurses who gained PhD status in the...

Critical faculties

01 December 2004

Nursing Management

Feature

NURSE CHRIS SMITH made a unique move this year when he became critical care lead for the Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Made to measure

01 February 2006

Nursing Management

Feature

THE TOP NURSES of tomorrow are taking part in a tailor made leadership programme to equip them with the skills they need to develop nursing in the 21st century.

A long standing friend

01 December 2003

Nursing Management

Feature

JULIA NEUBERGER describes herself as a friend of nursing who is not a nurse. For the past 20 years she has been fighting the profession’s corner from a number of...