RCN argues nurse starting salaries should be £8,000 higher
An entry-level registered nurse or midwife would be earning almost £40,000 per year if NHS salaries had kept up with inflation, new figures from the Royal College of Nursing suggest. The post RCN argues nurse starting salaries should be £8,000 higher appeared first on Nursing Times.
Health secretary pressed by MPs on details of 10-year plan for NHS
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has told MPs he is “anxious” about the state of nurse pay progression and that he hopes to avoid a return to strike action, in the wake of the government’s new plan. The post Health secretary pressed by MPs on details of 10-year plan for NHS appeared first […]
Specialist nurses central to success of heart failure monitoring system
A new system involving technology and heart failure nurses at a Norfolk hospital has seen device alert response times plummet from weeks to just days. The post Specialist nurses central to success of heart failure monitoring system appeared first on Nursing Times.
Protect Our Nurses: Campaign Demands Action on Violence
Nurses are under attack—literally. And one Philadelphia-based nurse-led organization is saying enough is enough. Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates has launched Protect Our Nurses, a bold, multi-channel advocacy campaign calling for federal legislation and national awareness to address the escalating epidemic of workplace violence against nurses and healthcare workers. The campaign seeks to reframe the issue […]
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Survivors of acute carbon monoxide poisoning are at risk for developing delayed neurologic sequelae that include cognitive deficits, memory loss, dementia, paralysis, chorea, cortical blindness, psychosis and peripheral neuropathy.
‘Do we need to ask if our primary care nurses are feeling OK?’
Andrew Finney, Angela Clifford and Marie Doherty from Keele University on the importance of maintaining the health and wellbeing of the workforce. The post ‘Do we need to ask if our primary care nurses are feeling OK?’ appeared first on Nursing Times.
Northern Ireland HSC reset plan ‘at risk’ without nurse investment
Nursing leaders in Northern Ireland have warned that a new government plan to overhaul the Health and Social Care service will falter without immediate action on fair pay and safe staffing. The post Northern Ireland HSC reset plan ‘at risk’ without nurse investment appeared first on Nursing Times.
4 Quick Nursing Assessment Tips for Your Next Shift
Streamline your nursing assessments with real-life tips to help you stay efficient and confident (even when your shift is chaos). Perfect for new grads finding their flow! The post 4 Quick Nursing Assessment Tips for Your Next Shift appeared first on FRESHRN.
Integrating palliative care and heart failure services to improve the lived experience
How collaborative care across organisations and introducing palliative care early can benefit a person living with heart failure and their carers. The post Integrating palliative care and heart failure services to improve the lived experience appeared first on Nursing Times.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Carbon monoxide poisoning is one of the leading causes of injury and death by poisoning in the world. The affinity of carbon monoxide for hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, is more than 200-fold greater than that of O2.