All Nursing articles – Page 104
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Nurses make claims to autonomy, so why didn't they blow the whistle?
I welcome health secretary Frank Dobson's announcement of a public inquiry into the tragic deaths of the children 'cared' for at Bristol Royal Infirmary. I have a number of reservations, which I hope will be part of the inquiry, although I have no great faith that they will be.
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Tough powers set to curb nurse agencies
Tough new powers to curb nursing employment agencies which fail to carry out health and registration checks on agency nursing and auxiliary staff could become law within six months.
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What residential and nursing home staff earn
The PSPRU surveyed 1,271 nursing and residential homes, covering 39,116 staff, of whom 15,146 were care assistants. It found:
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DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE NOT THE ONLY CARERS
While recognising that Royal College of Nursing general secretary Christine Hancock is by necessity an advocate of the role of nurses (Observations, 14 May), it is nevertheless frustrating once again to read that doctors and nurses run the health service between them, and that nurses are the only professionals in ...
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Nurses accept 3.8 per cent staged pay deal
The nurses' 3.8 per cent pay award was accepted reluctantly by the staff side last week, despite continuing opposition from Unison and the GMB, which voted against settling.
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Magnetic attraction to nurses
One great story about Florence Nightingale is rarely told. It describes how the forthright Florence refused to work unless she was given control over the whole environment in which patients were nursed. She was confident they would get better more quickly if nurses were put in charge of their care. ...
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Nursing goes out to tender
A health authority is to put a town's community nursing service out to tender despite claims by the current provider that it will cost managers £2.2m to shift the £6m contract.
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In Brief: Former nurse Gloria Justice
Former nurse Gloria Justice, whose career ended when she injured her back lifting a patient at Newcastle's Walkergate Hospital eight years ago, has been awarded £90,000. Ms Justice claimed she had not been trained in safe lifting techniques.
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In Brief: Nurse Sylvia Sparrow in court
Nurse Sylvia Sparrow is taking St Andrews Homes to court, claiming that smoking by elderly patients in a nursing home where she formerly worked caused her breathing difficulties. It is the first passive smoking case in a British court, opening at the High Court in Manchester this week.
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In Brief: Number of registered nursing homes rise
The number of registered nursing homes in England rose by 4 per cent last year to 5,560, according to figures from the Department of Health. But the percentage of beds occupied fell from 81 per cent to 79 per cent.
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Hospital urges army to provide nurse back-up
Hospital managers are calling on the army to help prevent scores of operations being cancelled.
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Nurses jeer as Dobson says sorry for staged pay award
Health secretary Frank Dobson this week apologised for staging the nurses' pay award, but faced boos and jeers from angry delegates at the Royal College of Nursing congress.
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In Brief: Royal College of Nursing
A trust has been urged to improve night staffing levels after a nurse was threatened with a knife by a disturbed patient. A Cumbrian spokesperson for the Royal College of Nursing said North Lakeland Healthcare trust should improve staffing at Penrith New Hospital after an assault on nurse Lynn Morris.
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In Brief: Guidance for nurses
Guidance for nurses working with mental health and learning disability patients has been produced for the first time by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting. It tackles issues such as consent, advocacy, relationships and risk management.
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Anger at nurse tender plan
A health authority was accused last week of demoralising staff and potentially fragmenting services by joining with GPs to put community nursing out to tender.
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UKCC demands tougher line on imposter nurses
Nursing's regulatory body is calling for more punitive legal sanctions against imposters who pose as qualified nurses.
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In Brief: Central Council for Nursing
The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting is to launch a study into the demands placed on nurses in the prison and secure mental health services .
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Memories of a nurse
The scars of the second world war were still in evidence when Diana Vass, now principal nurse adviser at NHS Estates, joined London's St Thomas' Hospital in 1956 as a trainee nurse.