More than a quarter of women who have not had a smear test may not know about the cervical screening programme.
Joseph Macale Ruff Cajanding
Joseph Macale Ruff Cajanding
The nurse's primary role in the medication process is to ensure that drugs are administered safely to patients, thus reducing the risk of unnecessary harm or injury. High-alert medications are a particular concern for healthcare professiona...
Brian Dolan
Brian Dolan
When I first created #EndPJparalysis, little did I know it would be adopted globally - and particularly across the UK - as a vehicle for enabling patients to get up, dressed and moving while in hospital.
Bradley Squirrell
Bradley Squirrell
In my first year of training, I had a placement on a challenging behaviours unit for people with a learning disability. One night shift at about 11.30pm a service user, who I will call Charlotte, became physically and verbally aggressive to...
Cemlyn Roberts
Cemlyn Roberts
Health boards should offer more secondments to their existing healthcare support workers and others, to invest in and keep the good staff they already have.
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Ewelina Nair
Ewelina Nair
Regarding the fall in applications for nursing degree courses, the problem is that it is not possible for many people to attend placements as part of nurse training and hold a full-time job at the same time.
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Karen Chilver
Karen Chilver
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has pledged to listen to what the pay review body (RB) has to say about the pay cap for nurses. That's all very well, but it is worth remembering that he voted against scrapping the cap in a Commons vote in June...
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Annie Horn
Annie Horn
Pay all nursing students a salary and implement a two-year contract post-qualification so they work at the hospitals they trained at.
Lynne Pearce
Lynne Pearce
Are you passionate about your profession and keen to help shape its future? If so, joining an RCN committee could be your opportunity.
Susan Osborne
Susan Osborne
A recent report from the RCN estimates there are 40,000 registered nurse vacancies in England alone, a figure that has doubled in the past three years.