8 Oct 2018
The theme of this week’s annual back care awareness week is back pain in older adults.
10 Jul 2018
Caring for yourself is usually a big challenge when money is tight. It can be the last thing on your mind and full of hurdles. As an adviser in the Lamplight Support Service many nursing professionals I speak to are grappling with this. Here are some tips to keep up with self-care while on a budget that have been recommended by RCN members and staff.
27 Jun 2018
With this week’s hot weather it’s even more important to stay hydrated.
4 May 2018
RCN safety rep, Denise McLaughlin, explains why all nursing staff should be glove and skin aware.
16 Mar 2018
Driving home after a night shift, arriving home and not remembering the journey; needing copious amounts of caffeine to get you through a rapidly rotating shift; needing matchsticks to keep your eyes open after being up all night caring for a sick dependent and then needing to go into work the next day – sound familiar?
13 Mar 2018
Like many of you I was horrified but sadly not surprised to read the testimonies from the RCN’s survey on safe staffing. Nurses going 14 hours without a drink, holding on for the toilet and colleagues developing kidney stones.
16 Feb 2018
Tomorrow it is Random Acts of Kindness Day and it got me thinking about the work I do together with the nursing family.
1 Nov 2017
The recent RCN report on safe staffing made it abundantly clear, if it wasn’t already, that the nursing workforce is under a great deal of work related stress.
25 Oct 2017
This European Week of Safety and Health 2017, Denise McLaughlin explains the vital work of RCN safety representatives.
4 Sep 2017
Val Bailey, looks back at how self-care was encouraged when she was a student nurse and is hopeful that the new NMC Standards will help to ensure student nurses get the same level of support again.