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Investing in sustainability

01 December 2010

Nursing Management

Book Review

I was asked recently to make a presentation on quality improvement to a group of senior nurses. The phrase ‘teaching my grandmother to suck eggs’ came to mind and I...

Vantage point

01 April 2006

Nursing Management

Opinion

WHILE WAITING outside an office recently, I was drawn to numerous copies of a healthcare management journal.

Board’s eye view - Being in the moment

01 April 2016

Nursing Management

Opinion

I HAVE been reflecting on the annual NHS Staff Survey 2015 and the reportedly high prevalence nationally of bullying and harassment. Is this really what we want for...

Nurses cannot always be bystanders

30 August 2017

Nursing Management

Opinion

Sometimes we tell stories about situations in which we were unhappy, but where we could not have stepped in to ensure different outcomes.

A history of nursing through Philately

01 April 2008

Nursing Management

Book Review

Philately is described in Chambers Dictionary as the study of postage stamps. This can include the design, production and uses of stamps after they are authorised...

Vantage point

01 December 2009

Nursing Management

Opinion

I recently read an essay entitled ‘The art of happiness in the pursuit of sustainability’ by organisation development and change consultant Nicolas Ceasar.

Vantage point

01 June 2005

Nursing Management

Opinion

WHILE TALKING to colleagues recently at the RCN, I suggested that we should go to breaks together and talk with each other informally, the way we used to do when we...

Vantage point

01 March 2008

Nursing Management

Opinion

I AM WRITING this Vantage Point piece only a few days before I attend a workshop on the new NHS Constitution.

Ward leadership

15 October 1997

Nursing Standard

Feature

PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES should be able to expect high standards of care, delivered by kind, understanding and professional nurses. Although this seems self...

Alliance is worthy of any royal college

23 January 2008

Nursing Standard

Reflections

A review of the practice and funding of the RCN Institute was agreed by RCN council as part of its strategic plan for 2003-08. An external consultant carried out...