Nursing Standard

Nursing Standard is a professional magazine released weekly, featuring peer-reviewed articles, research studies, news, and career insights specifically for nurses. It is published by RCNi and is included in databases such as CINAHL and MEDLINE/PubMed for easy access to its content.

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Thousands quit nursing early due to poor working conditions

1 week ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Nurses are leaving the profession up to ten years before they had planned because of pressure and negative experiences, NMC survey showsThousands of nurses are leaving the UK register much earlier than planned because of poor working conditions, a report has found.
Suicide risk: nurses’ stories expose gaps in workplace support

1 week ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Nurses who experienced suicidal ideation and considered ways to take their own lives due to work pressures call for better mental health support for staff overwhelmed by workloadNursing staff have shared harrowing accounts of suicidal thoughts brought on by intense workplace pressures. A mental health nurse told RCNi he had seriously considered taking his own life after repeatedly being assaulted by inpatients.
Nursing staff recognised in King’s birthday honours list

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Nurses from across the UK are among those to receive honours from King Charles, who RCN president says ‘takes great pride in celebrating the incredible work of our profession’Front-line workers, leaders and educators are among the nursing staff named in the King’s birthday honours list, which recognises extraordinary public service.
Tributes paid to Portsmouth-based nurse killed in plane crash

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Flavia Munn

The RCN president is among those paying tribute to Portsmouth-based Indian nurse Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair, who was killed in the Ahmedabad plane crashTributes have been paid to an Indian nurse working in the UK who was killed in the Ahmedabad plane crash. Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair was on the Air India flight to London Gatwick airport on Thursday 12 June that went down just after take-off, killing 241 people onboard and dozens more on the ground.
Nurse struck off for lying about qualifications and experience

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Tanya Nasir, who fraudulently obtained a senior neonatal nurse role, has been struck off by the NMC, which said she had posed ‘a real risk of significant harm’A fraudulent nurse who was jailed for lying about her qualifications and experience to work as a senior neonatal nurse has been struck off the register.
NMC sets out principles for advanced nurse practitioners

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Nursing regulator publishes principles for advanced practice to provide better clarity and support, and help with understanding what an advanced practitioner isExpectations of nurses practising at advanced level have been set out for the first time by the nursing regulator to provide better clarity and support. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) approved new principles for advanced practice nursing and midwifery staff in March.
Nursing staff consider quitting over lack of jobs or bank shifts

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

New nursing staff reveal lack of jobs, having to claim Universal Credit and undertaking increasingly scarce bank shifts due to NHS trust recruitment freezesNewly registered nurses (NRNs) have spoken about surviving on benefits as they struggle to secure jobs due to recruitment freezes at NHS trusts in England.
End of life care services should welcome newly registered nurses

3 weeks ago | rcni.com | Claire Read

Better career pathways for newly registered nurses and those seeking advanced practice roles would help address unequal access to palliative and end of life care Barriers to newly registered nurses working in end of life and palliative care must be removed, England’s chief nurse told employers. And the sector should be seen as a viable route to advanced practice, Duncan Burton told a panel audience at a conference hosted by charity Marie Curie and the RCN.
New nursing job profiles published – but will better pay follow?

3 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Updated nursing job profiles have been designed to reflect skills, education and responsibilities now required in nursing, as union calls for pay updates tooUpdated nursing role profiles for Agenda for Change bands 4-9 that aim to reflect how skills, education and practice have evolved have been published.
SBAR for nursing students: how it can help improve your handovers

3 weeks ago | rcni.com | Lynne Pearce

The communication tool SBAR, which stands for ‘situation’, ‘background’, ‘assessment’ and ‘recommendation’, is a structured framework that can help nursing students escalate and explain patient concerns clearly and confidently. Widely used in clinical handovers, it can improve students’ communication and critical thinking skills, and ultimately, patient safety.