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Social care sector struggling with nurse ‘churn’, finds report

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:31:39 GMT

Around 12,500 nurses in adult social care in England left their jobs in 2019-20, representing a turnover rate of 41.3%, new workforce analysis reveals. The rate of leaving was much higher than that in the NHS, which stood at 9.4% among registered nurses and health…

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‘Florence Nightingale: Is she still relevant today?’

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:51:37 GMT

The Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) had planned quite a celebration this year. May 12 2020 marked Florence Nightingale’s bicentenary and we had scheduled a host of activities. Celebrations would be repeated by nurses and midwives across the world excited by 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO)…

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‘Nurses and all staff must be cared for just as they care for us’

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:48:54 GMT

The Covid-19 crisis is a challenge unlike any the NHS has faced in its more than 70-year history. We are contending with a virus about which we knew nothing before the end of 2019 and that is wreaking havoc on the lives of people all…

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NHS workforce leaders’ body urges trusts to back Nursing Times campaign

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:40:33 GMT

NHS Employers, which is part of the NHS Confederation and represents workforce leaders and specialists in human resources, has given its support to our Covid-19: Are You OK? campaign. Rebecca Smith, managing director of NHS Employers, described Covid-19: Are you OK? as a “timely” initiative…

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First community trust signs up to Nursing Times staff wellbeing campaign

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:31:16 GMT

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first community provider to sign a pledge supporting the principles of the Nursing Times Covid-19: Are You OK? campaign. The Yorkshire community trust signed up to support the campaign, after its executive director of nursing, Steph Lawrence,…

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‘Worrying’ rise in lung cancer nurses wanting to quit since Covid-19

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:52:52 GMT

The number of lung cancer nurses in the UK expressing their intention to quit has skyrocketed over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, during which many have been redeployed away from their normal roles. The findings are outlined in a new report published today by…

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Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:12:07 GMT

We have asked employers around the UK to make a pledge to support the Covid-19: Are You OK? campaign. Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust has made that pledge: Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust supports the principles of the Nursing Times Covid-19: Are You OK? campaign.…

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Expert nurses share their knowledge of pressure ulcers in free-to-watch videos

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:41:42 GMT

19 November 2020 is STOP Pressure Ulcer Day – an international awareness-raising event that aims to increase health professional and public awareness about the damaging impact of pressure ulcers. #TVN2gether has produced a series of seven videos covering everything you need to know about pressure…

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Watch: Skin inspection

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:40:30 GMT

This free-to-view video, the second in a series of six produced by TVN2gether for STOP Pressure Ulcer Day 2020, explains how to assess patients’ risk of pressure ulcers. Two expert tissue viability nurses explain the definition of pressure ulceration and: Explain non-blanchable erythema; Describe significance…

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Watch: Assessment of pressure ulcer risk

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:38:42 GMT

This free-to-view video, the first in a series of six produced by TVN2gether for STOP Pressure Ulcer Day 2020, explains how to assess patients’ risk of pressure ulcers. Two expert tissue viability nurses discuss: What we mean by pressure ulcer risk assessment; When and how…

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NMC vows to become ‘driving force’ in stamping out discrimination in nursing

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:33:07 GMT

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has pledged to take action to help drive out discrimination and enforce “positive, long-lasting change” across the nursing profession, in the wake of new research. The nursing regulator has today published a new report exploring the impact of its processes…

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Cavell Nurses’ Trust supports Nursing Times campaign on nurse wellbeing

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:28:24 GMT

A charity dedicated to helping nurses in financial difficulty has become the latest to the Nursing Times Covid-19: Are You OK? campaign. Cavell Nurses’ Trust has signed up to support the campaign, after being one of an initial group of organisations recently contacted by Nursing…

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NHS England pledges extra £15m for staff mental health care in second wave

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:32:37 GMT

Nurses in the English NHS struggling with their mental health this winter have been promised access to “rapid assessment and treatment” as part of a new £15m investment. Plans for the funding boost were first revealed yesterday by chief nursing officer for England, Ruth May,…

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Make sure you watch the Student Nursing Times Awards next week

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:01:12 GMT

Calling all students, supervisors and educators, make sure you do not miss next week’s ceremony to reveal the winners of the 2020 Student Nursing Times Awards. As ever, this year’s Student Nursing Times Awards will bring together the nursing community to shine a light on…

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‘Hand hygiene doesn’t always get talked about’

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:04:01 GMT

If hand hygiene wasn't at the forefront of everybody's mind before, it certainly is – or should be – now. But I’m not talking about nurses, although I have seen some dubious hand-washing techniques in my 24 years; I’m talking about patients. Before Covid-19 struck,…

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Cavell Nurses’ Trust

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:15:53 GMT

We have asked a range of charities and other relevant organisations around the UK to support the Covid-19: Are You OK? campaign. Cavell Nurses’ Trust is a charity supporting UK nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants, both working and retired, when they are suffering personal or…

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‘No stigma’ in nurses seeking mental health support, CNOs urge

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:44:02 GMT

The most senior nurses in the UK today spoke out to acknowledge the huge psychological stress placed on the profession by Covid-19 and assured staff they will face “no stigma” for asking for help. Speaking at a nursing conference, Ruth May, Professor Jean White, and…

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‘Circuit-breaker’ lockdowns for Wales and NI to curb Covid-19 spread

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:11:03 GMT

Climbing hospital admissions and an increase in intensive care patients have led to further lockdown action being taken across Wales and Northern Ireland to help stop the spread of Covid-19. A 17-day “fire-breaker” lockdown will be implemented in Wales from 6pm on Friday amid growing…

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North West at ‘critical point’ in Covid-19 fight as beds run short

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:37:27 GMT

Intensive care bed capacity in the North West of England is “becoming more of an issue by the day”, according to nursing leaders who have called for urgent action to prevent the Covid-19 crisis escalating any further in the region. The Royal College of Nursing…

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‘Managing my anxiety as a student nurse during the pandemic’

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:40:48 GMT

As mental health awareness day has passed recently, which I am particularly passionate about, I thought it would be appropriate to touch on my mental health experience this year. 2020 has been a year which nobody anticipated, and still bears a lot of uncertainty. It…

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