Cautious about consent [0.03%]
谨慎对待“同意”
Marc Cornock
Marc Cornock
Any interaction with a patient requires the patient's consent. Where the patient cannot give consent, it must be sought from their appointed representative. If neither of these is possible, the interaction must be in the patient's best inte...
Scoobiesnax
Scoobiesnax
I work in a specialist area and have been a band 5 nurse since qualifying in 2000. I'm on the highest pay level for band 5 but get no recognition for any of the additional skills I have.
Slow decline in new FGM cases shows need for more school nurses, says RCN [0.03%]
英护士协会：女童割礼案呈缓减趋势 但仍需更多校医警惕该问题
The RCN has responded to the latest national figures on female genital mutilation (FGM), saying more school nurses are needed to tackle the problem.
One in four social care services is failing on safety, according to England's health and social care regulator.
Jennifer Trueland
Jennifer Trueland
'We're in a good place in nursing - we've got high-calibre students emerging, and there's a huge opportunity for nurses to lead change', says Northern Ireland's chief nurse Charlotte McArdle.
I have worked at the same trust as Winnie Nugent and have also been her patient. For many years she has helped me as a patient at the young onset urology service at Guy's Hospital in London. She has regularly gone above and beyond what I co...
Erin Dean
Erin Dean
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has begun its consultation on an education overhaul it describes as 'radical'. Its new standards are designed to ensure all nursing students complete their courses with a solid understanding of physical and...
Yvonne Coghill
Yvonne Coghill
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Sir Andrew Cash invited me last summer to help develop a system-wide approach to race equality in the organisation.
Matthew Mckew
Matthew Mckew
The RCN pledged its summer of protest 'has only just started', after the government insisted the 1% cap on nurse pay will remain.
'The patient is the expert' [0.03%]
病人最清楚病情
Gary Mitchell trained at Queen's University Belfast, qualifying as a registered adult nurse in February 2010, aged 24. After working in theatres and recovery, in a GP practice and as a dementia care adviser, he took up his current post as n...