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From bears to bandages: how I became an A&E Nurse

From bears to bandages: how I became an A&E Nurse

Chris Armstrong reveals what it was like for his sister Suzanne to realise her dream of becoming an A&E Nurse.
Career Pathways
Rachel Marshall - working as a Private Aesthetic Nurse

Rachel Marshall - working as a Private Aesthetic Nurse

At a time when the NHS appears to be crumbling, you may be forgiven for considering your options. We asked an Aesthetic Nurse just what it takes to leave the NHS and build a business in the private sector.
Career Pathways
Lorraine Gardiner - working as a Palliative Care Nurse Specialist

Lorraine Gardiner - working as a Palliative Care Nurse Specialist

Nobody likes to talk about dying. But for Lorraine, death has become a part of her everyday life.
Career Pathways
How can nurses manage death and the care of the dying?

How can nurses manage death and the care of the dying?

It’s Death Awareness Week. As nurses we experience life and death as part of our everyday jobs. What can we be doing to learn and train for end of life care?
Opinion
Revalidation makes us better nurses

Revalidation makes us better nurses

Revalidation has been greeted with a degree of fear amongst nurses. We try to dispel the fears around it with the experience of one nurse who went through Revalidation earlier this year.
Career Development
Admission prevention: a developing specialism in older peoples' care

Admission prevention: a developing specialism in older peoples' care

With an aging population that is set to double in the next 30 years, we look at the services being delivered to keep older people in better health and out of hospital.
Opinion
Strike action: a road less travelled

Strike action: a road less travelled

After two weeks of demoralising news in the NHS, will nurses finally seriously consider strike action as the only viable option?
Down but not out - a bad week for the NHS

Down but not out - a bad week for the NHS

The NHS is reeling after a bruising encounter with a 1% pay rise announcement, shortly followed by the prospect of a ban on agency work.
Opinion
Westminster Attack - how Nurses prepare for major incidents

Westminster Attack - how Nurses prepare for major incidents

How do NHS emergency departments prepare and plan for major incidents like the one experienced by St Thomas' during Wednesday's Westminster Attack?
Opinion
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