One in three patients with high blood pressure are failing to take the medication they are given to control it, research suggests.
Patients in rural areas and those in urban areas who have to travel further to see a GP have better cancer survival rates, research has found.
Emma Rowles,Amanda McNaughton
Emma Rowles
This article explores how nurses can use evidence-based practice to critique and evaluate the rationale and evidence for specific nursing procedures or practices. Through the development of a focused research question and search strategy, n...
Alice Munro
Alice Munro
At a time when the NHS is struggling to meet demand, it is easy to regard the health impact of climate change as less urgent than the immediate needs of patients. However, action now to limit the effects of climate change would also reduce ...
Changing the agenda [0.03%]
改变议程
Tom Bolger
Tom Bolger
Conservative MP Maria Caulfield raises concerns about nurses' pay but claims it's not about total money in the system but 'what's being done with it'.
Matthew Mckew
Matthew Mckew
Nurses should be able to expect the same pay for doing the same job wherever they work, a re-elected nurse MP has said.
Jane Scullion
Jane Scullion
I was disappointed to read that about 6,000 fewer mature students have applied to start nursing courses this autumn (analysis, June 7).
Mandy Day-Calder
Mandy Day-Calder
Trust is one of the foundations of nursing. Whether it is with colleagues or the people you nurse, your ability to form trusting relationships can affect significantly the quality of care someone receives.
Nurses tell of horrific scenes as they helped those injured in London tower block fire [0.03%]
护士讲述伦敦高层住宅火灾救助伤者时经历的可怕场景
Two nurses have told of their struggle to care for patients following a huge tower block fire in London.
Chemicals in cigarette smoke constitute a risk to the foetus if the mother smokes during pregnancy, and can damage foetal liver cells, a study has shown.