New education tool to support under pressure sexual health nurses
The sexual health nursing workforce is in “crisis” with too much responsibility falling on too few nurses, according to the Royal College of Nursing. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 2, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Pre-surgery checklist to 'accommodate' patients with beliefs
A specialist hospital trust has designed a pre-surgery checklist which aims to promote patient choice and accommodate people with beliefs. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 2, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
News round-up: Catch-up on June's top nursing stories
Miss any of the news affecting the profession during June 2019? Catch up with our summary of the main nursing headlines. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 2, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Exclusive: New project seeks to harness student nurse innovation
Nursing students in Norfolk are being given the chance to help shape the future design of health services in the region, as part a project aiming to inspire a new generation of nurse innovators. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 1, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Praise for study on staffing levels and reducing patient restraint
A research study, which suggests recruiting more frontline staff and freeing up more patient-facing time will help to reduce physical restraint, has won paper of the year 2018. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 1, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Mental health trust opens new ward to 'improve' services
A struggling trust has opened a new mental health ward and additional support services, as part of a £4m project to “transform and improve” mental healthcare in West Norfolk. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 1, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
New cross-boundary community partnership launched in Ealing
A new “one stop shop” community care partnership in the London borough of Ealing will help nurses provide a better service to patients by breaking down “artificial” organisational boundaries, leaders behind the scheme have said. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 1, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Nursing staff at South East trust given rainbow badges
Medway NHS Foundation Trust has become one of the first trusts in the South East to sign up to the Rainbow Badge scheme, as part of an initiative that shows nursing staff are aware of the issue ’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) people face when accessing healthcare. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 1, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Global white paper urges leaders to invest in safe nurse staffing
The importance of safe nurse staffing levels has been underlined in an international white paper that calls on countries around the world to take action to ensure they have enough nurses. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 30, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Lincolnshire health visitors vote for strike action in pay dispute
Health visitors in Lincolnshire are set to strike for six full days in a dispute over pay and “erosion of professional standards”, healthcare union Unite announced today. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 28, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
New leadership project will see nurses 'soar to greater heights'
A new global initiative that is calling on every health employer around the world to provide leadership and development training for young nurses and midwives in 2020, has been officially launched today. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 28, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
CNO wades into row with councillor over nurse 'obesity' tweet
The chief nursing officer for England has called on a local councillor to remove a social media post in which he claimed nurses should attend an “obesity course” rather than campaign for safe staffing legislation. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 28, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Northern Irish nurses take pay parity campaign to Whitehall
Nurses from Northern Ireland who claim they have been “left behind” colleagues in other UK nations when it comes to pay have taken their protest to Whitehall. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 28, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Prescribe music and gardening for dementia, NICE recommends
People with dementia should be offered activities such as exercise, aromatherapy, gardening and mindfulness to help them stay well and independent, according to new standards for dementia care. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 28, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Giving nursing associates small caseloads praised as 'effective'
The work of an NHS trust that has given its nursing associates small caseloads has been showcased in a new online resource aimed at helping organisations make the best use of their staff. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 28, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
