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End-of-life care planning ‘needs to become routine’

Nurses need to support a “culture change” in end-of-life care whereby people’s wishes are better recorded and respected, a new report has urged. The post End-of-life care planning ‘needs to become routine’ appeared first on Nursing Times.  

Nursing MPs: Sojan Joseph reflects on making history in Kent

A senior nurse, who made history with his surprise election to parliament, has said he entered politics after becoming frustrated with the slow pace of improvement to mental health services. The post Nursing MPs: Sojan Joseph reflects on making history in Kent appeared first on Nursing Times.  

What Nurses Say About Nursing, and What Should Change

A novel AI-assisted approach identified issues and developed recommendations. There have been many articles about the current challenges in nursing and what might be done to improve nurses’ workplaces and retain nurses. While nurses have proven to be resilient long before, during, and since the COVID-19 pandemic, without changes by the systems in which they […]

The Relentless School Nurse: Get Out The Vote – GOTV – Let’s GO!

What is the one thing that we can do to help our city, state, and country to be a more perfect Union?  Judy Doran, the 2023 Maine School Nurse of the Year, has a compelling suggestion for strengthening our democracy: Get Out The Vote (GOTV). Her call to action emphasizes the importance of voter registration… 

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Fundamentals

Category: Fundamentals  A major reason for spironolactone treatment discontinuation is its tendency to produce undesirable sexual adverse effects including erectile dysfunction, gynecomastia and breast tenderness. 

Nurse pay to rise by 5.5% for 2024-25, government confirms

The chancellor of the exchequer has approved a 5.5% pay rise for nurses and other NHS workers in England, but warned of public sector cuts to come including a pause on a scheme to build more hospitals. The post Nurse pay to rise by 5.5% for 2024-25, government confirms appeared first on Nursing Times.