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The Role of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Acute Pain
Watch our interview with Shailen Soobhug, Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Post-Anaesthesia Nursing.
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Raising the voice of the specialist nurse
UK Professional Lead Long Term Conditions, Callum Metcalfe-O'Shea, explains how on behalf of the Diabetes Forum, his attendance at vital conferences can help raise the voice of specialist nursing to promote roles and improvements in care.
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Being a new RCN Diabetes Committee member
Joining the Diabetes Forum Committee. My first strategy day and conference with the RCN Diabetes Forum.
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The importance of decontamination in Endoscopy
This Blog provides a brief discussion on key features and guidelines of decontamination in Endoscopy Units, including the importance of training and guidelines.
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Matron Florence Birkin: one nurse's untold history
The Royal Berkshire Medical Museum Reading, holds the archive of Wallingford and Crowmarsh Joint Isolation Hospital (WCJIH) from its inception in 1899 to 1948. The archive provides a valuable insight into what a nurse’s duties consisted of prior to the establishment of the NHS in 1948. This blog looks at the untold story of Matron Florence Birkin.
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Asylum Years: Back to the Future? Glimpses of Institutional Life in the 1970s
This Blog looks at the forthcoming book Asylum Years: Back to the Future? Glimpses of Institutional Life in the 1970s, where readers are invited to step back in time and explore a world that has since vanished; the closed ecosystem of mental health institutions in the early 1970s.
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Shifting the culture - why normalising grief in healthcare is important
This blog is about the importance and value of providing a restorative and reflective space for teams to share thoughts and experiences of death and dying. Normalising grief within the context of healthcare may help to improve patient care and reduce burnout.
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Childhood brain tumour and education
I have worked in Paediatric Neuro-oncology nursing for over 20 years and the longer I work in this field the stronger my belief that we need to do more to support children with brain tumours access meaningful education.
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Personalised care in cancer - a long term commitment
Cancer care is evolving, and as we recognise the increasing number of people living with and beyond cancer, we must also acknowledge the need for ongoing, holistic support.
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Nursing staff can improve breast cancer screening uptake
Shannon Copeland, PhD Researcher and member of the Cancer Care Forum Committee, explains why it is important for nursing staff to participate in breast cancer screening and encourage their colleagues and patients to do the same, as NHS England launch a campaign to increase screening uptake.
