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Kidney cancer: spotting the signs
With no obvious symptoms for many, it can be hard to detect. Here’s what nursing staff working in all settings need to know
Updated: 6 June 2025 -
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Cardiovascular disease: the essentials for non-specialists
Many of the UK’s 7.6 million cases of CVD are preventable, so nursing staff in all settings need to know the basics
Updated: 31 August 2024 -
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'Fearless about being first'
How a Nigerian nurse’s determination to tackle cultural norms in the mid-20th Century led her to become one of the most influential nursing leaders in British history
Updated: 1 April 2023 -
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‘Scenes of the wildest description’
Professor Claire Chatterton remembers the Radcliffe strikers 100 years on from the explosive events
Updated: 1 April 2023 -
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Empire, racism and the NHS: the history of sickle cell disorder
Dr Grace Redhead explores the vital role nurses played in creating specialist sickle cell services
Updated: 2 April 2023 -
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‘History shows that when members act, they are formidable’
For more than 200 years, trade unions have been advocating for workers. But what have they achieved? And is industrial action an effective way to drive change?
Updated: 25 June 2023 -
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Starving while caring
History of Nursing Forum member Jane Brooks looks at the importance of feeding and nutrition through the eyes of interned nurses caring for prisoners of war during the Second World War
Updated: 1 April 2023 -
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What do witches and nurses have in common?
Professor Nicola Ring’s new research into the Scottish healers and midwives accused of witchcraft 400 years ago reveals secrets about the origins of nursing
Updated: 1 April 2023 -
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'Nursing history goes beyond Nightingale'
We shouldn’t forget the other nurses and midwives instrumental in shaping the profession, says Tamsin Smith from the RCN History of Nursing Forum
Updated: 1 April 2023 -
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Molly Murphy: the life of an activist nurse
Suffragette, revolutionary and wartime nurse – discover the extraordinary history of nurse Molly
Updated: 1 April 2023
