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How I deal with tragedy and sadness in my nursing job

How I deal with tragedy and sadness in my nursing job

I couldn’t tell you the number of times people have told me how brave I am for being a nurse. The truth is, I am not brave. It’s my training and professionalism that people see in me.
Wellbeing
Nursing: job or vocation?

Nursing: job or vocation?

Nursing isn't just a job. Amanda Quinn explains why nursing is a calling and a vocation.
Opinion
Working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner

What does it really take to gain a job as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner?
Career Pathways
General Election result: what next?

General Election result: what next?

Since the snap General Election, politics has continued to move at a speed that is near impossible to keep up with, and events supersede each other before we have time to catch our breath.
Opinion
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
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