Packed hospitals depress nurses

Nurses working in wards packed to capacity are more likely to experience depression than colleagues in quieter hospitals, research has suggested.

Why are nurses failing to undertake digital rectal examinations?

Patients with bowel dysfunction should be rectally assessed, but many nurses are either wary of undertaking this procedure or unaware of its importance, says Gaye Kyle

Biomaterial implant jab provides back pain hope

Scientists at the University of Manchester believe they might have finally developed a treatment for chronic back pain.

Uncertain future eroding morale among community nurses

Uncertainty over the future of a major restructuring programme of England’s community services risks eroding already low morale among nurses working in the sector, nursing leaders have warned.

Online resource to identify treatment uncertainties

Clinicians and patients are now able to collaborate in researching treatment uncertainties using a new online resource.

Nurse to go to tribunal in row over cross - Independent

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Nurse to go to tribunal in row over cross Independent Shirley Chaplin, 54, claims the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust Hospital was trying to prevent her from expressing religious beliefs. ... The religious rights of Christians are treated with disrespectTelegraph.co.uk Christians discriminated against, bishops warnBBC News Bishop of Lichfield defends place of Christianity in public lifeDiocese of Lichfield (press release) all 9 news articles »

Mentors passing students despite doubts over ability

Student nurses often pass clinical placements despite serious concerns from their nurse mentors, a Nursing Times investigation has found.

Junior staff more likely to take sick leave

NHS staff on lower pay and junior workers are more likely to go off sick than senior colleagues, according to a new report.