With many complaints about the amount of paperwork to do, it's been argued that nurses should be putting their time into doing what really matters instead.
Your personal statement is possibly the most important part of your UCAS application - it's what makes you stand out from a crowd of other aspiring nurses. Here's some advice on how to write yours.
Whether you love a bit of teen mystery-solving or hospital crime fiction, a good family saga or just something that will make you reflect on life, love and ourselves, you'll find something good to read in our round-up of novels about nurses and nursing.
Bringing an uncompromising, global and holistic stance towards the state of modern nursing and its response to health issues, the ICN have sought to represent nurses globally for over 100 years. Read on to find out what they can do for you as nurse, student, trainer and employer.
David Cameron recently attended an interview at the BBC to defend the government's proposals to make student nurses spend a year as HCAs with the implication that there aren't enough caring skills in today's nurses.