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‘More nurses mean more appointments, more tests, and better care’
Andrew Stephenson on the meeting of a government target to recruit 50,000 more NHS nurses.
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‘I’ll never forget the outstanding end-of-life care my Dad received’
Helene Donnelly on how end-of-life nurses make a real difference in providing a peaceful death.
‘We are launching a public consultation for those impacted by dementia’
The Geller Commission committee explains in an open letter why it is launching a nationwide public consultation to provide a platform for those directly impacted by dementia and is inviting input from everyone across the spectrum, including nurses.
‘Why children with medical complexity pose a challenge for healthcare services’
Michelle Kukielka and Angela Horsley discuss why children with medical complexity pose a challenge for healthcare services and how the Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity can help.
‘Is delegation understood by nurses in clinical practice?’
Dr Carolyn Middleton and Rhiannon Jones on why there is a need to strengthen nurse education and training on delegation in clinical practice.
Clinical comment
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‘The Major Conditions Strategy is to be welcomed on several counts’
Karen Harrison Dening on the potential impact of the Major Conditions Strategy.
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‘Be aware the Mental Capacity Act is not always applied correctly’
Marek Vojcikis on applying the Mental Capacity Act.
‘We don’t treat our student nurses as well as we did when I joined the profession’
Linda Nazarko on how nurse training has changed over the years.
‘Targeted lung health checks will improve lung cancer survival’
Rachel Halliday on improving early diagnosis of lung cancer.
‘Nurses need to ensure timely IV-to-oral switch of antibiotics’
Sue Bowler and Diane Ashiru-Oredope on switching patients from intravenous to oral antibiotics.
From the editor
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‘Despite the challenges, 2023 brought us much to celebrate’
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‘The health and care sector needs to recognise more Filipino nurse leaders’
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‘Our chief aim is to support nursing and midwifery in every way that we can’
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’More must be done to recognise the work of social care nurses’
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‘Saturday is a chance to reflect on nursing’s vital contribution in wartime’
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‘Nurses’ collaboration, like that of bees, leads to a hive of success’
Columnist: Helene Donnelly
Helené Donnelly is head of safety culture at Nuffield Health. Her columns focus on the importance of embedding and sustaining positive working cultures where health professionals are encouraged to speak up and voice concerns to protect staff, patients and the public.
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‘I’ll never forget the outstanding end-of-life care my Dad received’
Helene Donnelly on how end-of-life nurses make a real difference in providing a peaceful death.
Dementia Care: Series
In this series of blogs, carer Andrew Swindells invites us to follow his family’s experiences with his Mum’s vascular dementia. An Admiral Nurse then reflects on his piece, to offer brief guidance on the issues raised and how nurses can support carers and families in similar situations.
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‘Mum’s dementia meant our family dynamics underwent a shift’
Latest blog: Carer Andrew Swindells on how dementia reshapes the lives and experiences of all family members.
Ingrid Fuchs: Series
In this series of blogs, clinical nurse specialist Ingrid Fuchs wrote about her own cancer journey, sharing her experience of being diagnosed and treated for triple-negative breast cancer, a less common form of breast cancer that is harder to treat. She hoped that talking about her experience would offer new insights, both for herself as a patient and practitioner, and for other clinical nurse specialists.
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‘Ingrid passed away peacefully in the early morning of Friday 22 July’
Clinical nurse specialist Ingrid Fuchs shared her own cancer journey following a triple-negative breast cancer diagnosis.
Columnist: Mark Radcliffe
Mark Radcliffe’s ever-popular and irreverent Nursing Times column has charted incidents and developments in nursing for around three decades. Always razor sharp and on target, Mark tells it like it is and takes no prisoners. He finally put down his pen in September 2022. You can find many of his previous pieces here, which are as relevant and witty as when they were first written.
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‘If I were a nurse, I’d strike for the patients I haven’t yet met’
In his last column for Nursing Times, Mark Radcliffe reflects on the value assigned to the profession.
Columnist: Sian Rodger
Sian Rodger is patient education and health coaching lead at the London Spinal Cord Injury Centre. She works on the ward at least twice a week and then focuses on research and service improvements Her occasional column in Nursing Times focuses on her experiences overseeing patient education and the importance of listening to and learning from them.
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‘Remember that we do all make a difference’
Sian Rodger on the importance of kindness and how all nurses make a difference.
Kimberley St John Essay Prize
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