How to save the Nursing Times website to your mobile phone

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The Nursing Times website is mobile-optimised so that you can easily read our content on your phone as well as on a computer or tablet.

But did you know that you can also save our website to the home screen on your iPad or iPhone or other device, so that it looks just like an app.

Basically, you can easily add an app-like icon that is a shortcut for the Nursing Times website, so you can quickly access the site without having to first find it using a search engine like Safari or Google.

It will look and feel just as if you were using an app. However, you will still need to login to your Nursing Times account when using the app-like icon.

Saving the website shortcut to the home screen will save you time and mean you can more easily keep up to date with all of our content, from articles to videos.

How to save the Nursing Times website as an app-like icon to an iPhone

The following instructions are for how to save the Nursing Times website on to an Apple iPhone.

First, you need to use the Safari web browser to pull up the Nursing Times site. Safari is the app found at the bottom row of your phone’s home screen and has a compass icon.

Once you have loaded the Nursing Times website, look at the bottom of the Safari browser. You should be able to see the ‘share’ icon on the menu bar. It looks like a box with an up arrow attached to it. Find the icon and tap on.

You should now be able to see a list that includes Copy, Add Bookmark, Add to Favourites etc. From the list of share options, choose Add to Home Screen.

It will now ask you to confirm that you want to add the Nursing Times icon to your home page by tapping Add. An icon will now be added to your home screen so you can quickly access the website.

Have a quick look on your home screen. The app-looking icon should now be visible on your home screen, labelled as Nursing Times, and you are ready to go.

Simply click on the icon to browse the Nursing Times website whenever you wish. Catch up on all the latest news and views, clinical articles, video and much, much more.

How to save the Nursing Times website as an app-like icon to an Android

The following instructions are for how to save the Nursing Times website on to an Android phone.

First, open the web browser Chrome and navigate to the Nursing Timses website.

Once you have loaded the Nursing Times website, tap the menu icon (three dots in the upper right-hand corner) and tap Add to home screen.

Label your website shortcut as Nursing Times or simialr, then Chrome will add it to your home screen.

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