Senior children’s nurse celebrates 50-year career in NHS
Denise Rich, who works at Peterborough City Hospital as a children’s advanced nurse practitioner, has been celebrating five decades of working in the health service. The post Senior children’s nurse celebrates 50-year career in NHS appeared first on Nursing Times.
‘It’s time to rethink our approach to the care of older people’
Peter Carter on how the approach to caring for older people in hospitals needs to be reconsidered. The post ‘It’s time to rethink our approach to the care of older people’ appeared first on Nursing Times.
‘Visiting children at home is critical to developing a healthy community’
Diane Wensley on the importance of visiting children at home and why the traditional health visitor role was a critical service. The post ‘Visiting children at home is critical to developing a healthy community’ appeared first on Nursing Times.
Charity calls for award nominations for outstanding children’s nurses
A national charity is calling for nominations to celebrate nurses and other health professionals who go the “extra mile” in making a real difference to the lives of seriously ill children and young people. The post Charity calls for award nominations for outstanding children’s nurses appeared first on Nursing Times.
The Relentless School Nurse: Thriving Is Not a Luxury – A Reflection on The New Rules of Women’s Health
Women’s health has long been treated as episodic. Puberty. Pregnancy. Menopause. Everything in between is often reduced to symptom management or quiet endurance. What struck me about The New Rules of Women’s Health: Your Guide to Thriving at Every Age by Meghan Rabbitt is that it refuses that fragmentation. Built on three years of research…
For the First Time in History, Women Outnumber Men in Medical Residencies
History has officially been made, as Becker’s Hospital Review reports that for the first time, the number of females in physician residency programs outnumbers male residents. [email-capture] The majority is…
NY Hospital Delivers Record 13‑lb Baby Hours Before 4‑lb Newborn
The maternity team at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, New York experienced an extraordinary day on January 31 when two newborns born within hours of each other represented opposite ends…
Nurse Fired After Reusing HIV-Contaminated Insulin Vial on 12 Jail Inmates
A Texas corrections nurse was fired and is being investigated for allegedly exposing over a dozen inmates with the HIV virus. The incident occurred on February 13, 2026, at a…
Understaffed Nurses Linked to Higher Deaths and Readmissions (JAMA Study)
Image Source: SJ Objio A new retroactive review out of Japan reaffirms what past nursing studies in the U.S. and other countries have found: understaffing nurses leads to poor patient…
NYC Strike Travel Nurses Sue Staffing Firm for Alleged Wage Violations
A travel nurse who worked during the January 2026 New York City nurses’ strike has filed a federal lawsuit alleging she and other strike replacement nurses were underpaid, denied overtime,…