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The RCN is encouraging nurses to talk about preserving fertility with young people undergoing treatment that could make it difficult for them to conceive.
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Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially older ones, are increasingly likely to be readmitted to hospital within three months of discharge, according to a national report.
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Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data , Patient Discharge/statistics & numerical data , Patient Readmission/statistics & numerical data , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/therapy , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/epidemiology , Risk Factors , Time Factors , United Kingdom/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Nurses have reacted with anger after learning they can no longer take on agency work if they are otherwise employed by an NHS trust.
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A pilot programme by charity Age UK has helped to combat loneliness in older people, early findings show. The scheme, involving eight local Age UK services in England, raises awareness of the common characteristics of loneliness among ward nurses, hospital discharge teams and practice nurses.
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The number of nurses and midwives being referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council has risen for the third year running, according to the regulator's annual review.
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A national study of patient mortality after chemotherapy treatment reveals the need for more secondary breast cancer nurses, according to a clinical nurse specialist.
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A 'perfect storm' of risk factors is threatening the supply of nurses to the UK health service, the RCN has warned.
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Placement mentors are being 'manipulated' and some even subjected to violent threats by nursing students, new research reveals.
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Unions organised a protest at an NHS hospital over 'morally wrong' plans to allow nurses to opt out of their pension in exchange for a higher salary.
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Cuts to continuing professional development (CPD) funding for nurses in England could jeopardise the transformation of NHS services, academics have warned.
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An NHS trust is offering nurse recruits rent-free accommodation in a bid to attract 190 band 5 staff.
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University hotlines were inundated with calls from prospective nursing students after school leavers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their A-level results.
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A nurse has reignited the debate on shift patterns amid claims 'ancient' eight-hour working days are leading to burnout and resignations.
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Nurses who have endured pay freezes and salary restraint deserve to be paid 15% more they are currently on, the RCN has said.
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Unions have vowed to fight a 'surge' in workplace racism amid reports foreign workers have been racially abused after the EU referendum.
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Nursing Standard has urged prime minister Theresa May to rethink scrapping the student bursary, warning that the move threatens the future of the profession.
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How much graduate nurses repay their student debt could be linked to length of service in the NHS, a nursing expert has said.
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Education, Nursing/economics , Employment/economics , Financing, Government/economics , State Medicine/economics , Students, Nursing/statistics & numerical data , Training Support/economics , Humans , United KingdomABSTRACT
Covert filming is an important tool for improving care, a care home manager has stressed.
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Home Care Services/organization & administration , Nursing Staff/psychology , Security Measures/organization & administration , Videotape Recording/standards , Humans , Job Satisfaction , United Kingdom , Workplace/psychologyABSTRACT
Almost 300,000 healthcare staff have been subject to 'unacceptable' physical assaults in the last five years, new figures reveal.
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Senior nurses have warned that post-registration training programmes for district and school nurses in England could be closed amid uncertainty over funding.
