An alternative chemotherapy drug to the usually prescribed CMF gives breast cancer patients a better quality of life and is just as effective at preventing the return of the cancer, a study has found.
Lynne Pearce
Lynne Pearce
When Kellyann Anderton-Kay attended the RCN Bulletin jobs fair in Manchester in February, she got much more than she had anticipated.
Erin Dean
Erin Dean
Senior nurses say it is clear when a ward is well run by a good sister or charge nurse. But it is also obvious in units where standards are not what they should be that some ward sisters or charge nurses underperform. It is clear that recru...
Confusion surrounds a pledge to create 10,000 extra nurse training places after the NHS bursary is scrapped.
Erin Dean
Erin Dean
Essential facts Gout is the most common cause of inflammatory arthritis worldwide. Incidence and severity is increasing in the UK, with about 2.5% of the population affected. It can be a painful and debilitating condition, yet management co...
Dave Clarke qualified as a registered nurse in 1992 and a registered sick children's nurse in 1995. Specialising in intensive care, he helped open the children's intensive therapy unit at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 1996 and worked as a se...
Jennifer Trueland
Jennifer Trueland
The HIV prevention treatment PrEP has been hailed a game-changer, with the potential to transform people's lives and save the NHS hundreds of thousands of pounds per patient in lifetime costs.
Deborah Moussous
Deborah Moussous
I am fully behind the call to remove the pay cap on NHS pay for the reasons outlined by the RCN and other unions (RCN head is lead signatory on scrap the cap letter to PM, online news, 16 June).
Natasha Louise Manton
Natasha Louise Manton
The RCN wants patients' pets allowed in hospitals (online news, 21 June).
Hazel Cheeseman
Hazel Cheeseman
Saturday 1 July is an important landmark for public health in England as we celebrate the tenth anniversary of smoke-free legislation that stubbed out smoking in enclosed public spaces.