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Experts say HIV threat rarely results from needlestick

01 May 1997

Emergency Nurse

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The incidence of nurses who contract HIV from needlestick injuries is minute, experts stressed, after it was reported that a naval nurse died from AIDS 12 years...

NP status still 'unclear'

01 May 1997

Emergency Nurse

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Nurses have welcomed the UKCC's decision not to set standards for advanced practice, but concern has been raised that the status of the nurse practitioner (NP) still...

Courses to help staff make the grade can be a waste of time

22 November 1995

Nursing Standard

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Nurse practitioners are wasting time and resources attending training courses only to return to their old jobs and ‘do nothing different’, a London conference heard...

Little role for nurses in Labour's NHS plans

11 December 1996

Nursing Standard

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NURSING UNIONS have condemned the Labour Party’s proposal to replace GP fundholding with a commissioning system led by GPs alone and offering only a subsidiary role...

Nurses speak out on 'appalling' conditions

11 December 1996

Nursing Standard

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NURSES AT Hammersmith Hospital, London, claim conditions are so bad in the A&E department that patients’ lives may be at risk.

Nurses in saudi case see their relatives

15 January 1997

Nursing Standard

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TWO BRITISH nurses accused of murdering a colleague in Saudi Arabia saw their families at the weekend for the first time since being imprisoned.

No standards set for advanced practice

12 March 1997

Nursing Standard

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NURSES HAVE welcomed the UKCC’s decision not to set standards for advanced practice, but concern has been raised that the status of the nurse practitioner still...

Encouraging response to recruitment drive

19 March 1997

Nursing Standard

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THOUSANDS OF potential nurses have responded to the government’s glossy recruitment drive to encourage young people into the profession.

First redundancy for NHS health visitor

09 April 1997

Nursing Standard

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A HEALTH VISITOR in Bath is the first of the profession to have been made compulsorily redundant by the NHS, nursing unions claimed last week.

Two Scottish nurses awarded fellowships for research

25 October 1995

Nursing Standard

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Two Scottish nurses were awarded fellowships from the Royal College of Nursing last week for their outstanding contribution to nursing research.