Nursing Path

CARING is the essence of NURSING. -Jean Watson

Nursing Path

Knowing is not enough, we must APPLY. Willing is not enough, we must DO. -Bruce Lee

Nursing Path

Treat the patient as a whole, not just the hole in the patient.

Nursing Path

Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. -Winston Churchill

Nursing Path

A problem is a chance for you to do your best. -Duke Ellington

Student nurses ‘in poverty’ and turning to food banks

CQC under scrutiny as regulator ‘not fit for purpose’

Harms from NSAIDs scripts in high-risk groups costing NHS millions

Fitness to practise: 16 die by suicide while under investigation

Trust celebrates outstanding contribution of three long-serving nurses

NMC chair defends leadership position amid calls to resign

Nurses help boost dementia diagnoses but ‘more to be done’

More strikes announced by theatre nurses over 9pm finish

Lack of nursing insight ‘held back’ Covid-19 response

Senior public health nurse recognised by professional body

Weight gain in young and middle adulthood key to later heart health

Nurse backs talking therapy for helping her overcome fear of hospitals

Reeves: Update on NHS nurse pay to come by end of July

Website designed by nurses aims to improve cancer research

London hospital achieves prestigious global nursing standard

Consultant nurse develops tool to help address skin tone bias

More early-career nurses quitting and ‘vowing to never return’

University nursing applications fall again to lowest in five years

New social care workforce plan: key takeaways for nursing

Mental health leader joins Hertfordshire trust as chief nurse

Nurse-led A&E queue trial reduces wait times for patients

Skydiving nurse hopes to raise awareness of nursing associates  

Children in deprived areas more likely to need hospital tooth extraction

Fresh calls for more school nurses to tackle child health decline

NICE set to back digital technology to aid ADHD diagnosis in children

Inner London borough to build affordable housing for nursing staff

Trust staff help nurses move home in wake of racist attacks

‘Urgent’ investment needed in school nursing amid long NHS waits

Fresh whooping cough warning following nine baby deaths

Aunt passes fob watch to student nurse niece after stellar career

Global alliance aims to unite student and early career nurses

Island’s nursing director signals departure after three years

Nurses to stage protest over NMC treatment of minority staff

‘Taken for granted’: Plymouth HCAs plan further strikes

Nurse campaigns for strokes to be redefined in ambulance guidelines

Welsh Open University receives fresh funding for student nursing places

RCN’s acting chief executive appointed on permanent basis

Ministers to meet with NMC to discuss findings of culture review

New leadership course for mental health and LD ward managers

Analysis: priority issues on new health secretary’s desk

Government urged to launch independent inquiry into NMC

Damning review finds ‘toxic’ culture at the UK nursing regulator

Community matron who pioneered working with care homes retires

New health secretary urged to tackle racism in the NHS

Ins and outs: Nursing MPs who won and lost in the general election

HCAs set to strike as pay campaign shows no signs of stopping

Rehab coach pays tribute to nurse who helped her turn life round

Advanced practice review delays due to ‘busy summer period’ at NMC

Progress for nurse’s campaign to widen mammogram invitations

Distinguished nurse and humanitarian awarded honorary doctorate

NMC chair commits to tackling discrimination following racism row

HCAs vote to strike as national pay campaign continues

Analysis: what each political party is pledging for nurses

Revamped social care councils vow nurses will be heard

Letby found guilty of attempting to murder another baby

NMC’s new chief executive resigns following backlash

Nightingale charity marks 90 years of nursing support

Nurses take part in first social care London Pride march

Tributes paid as ‘passionate’ student nurse found dead

Nurse shortages mean patients are ‘dying alone’ – RCN survey

Nursing professor abandoned as baby appears on ‘lost family’ TV show

US nursing academy honours UK nursing professor with fellowship

Mental health nurse handed bravery award for saving baby’s life

Hospice to lay off dozens of staff amid palliative care funding crisis

Exclusive: Departing chief spells out ongoing NMC challenges

Nurse regulator appoints CPS director as interim chief executive

Theatre nurses walk out over ‘final straw’ shift pattern changes

Nurses ‘vital’ in push to improve cervical screening rates

Cancer nurse pledge is ‘personal’, says Ed Davey

Welsh university to train nurses on island of Mauritius

Next government must focus on building nurse workforce, warn deans

London theatre nurses to strike in working hours dispute

Unethical international nurse recruitment ‘is escalating’

Nurse’s children plead for end to violence against NHS staff

Mixed views on proposed new national nursing profiles

Midwifery academics produce guide on gender inclusivity

NHS told to ‘do the right thing’ and pay HCAs properly

New nurses struggle to find jobs despite national shortage

Celebrated FGM specialist suspended from NMC register

SNP vows to fight for extra funding for the NHS

Improving NHS productivity ‘comes with nurse burnout risks’

Plymouth HCAs latest to strike over pay and banding

New guidance on caring for diabetes patients at end of life

Nursing Times leaders list: England’s CNOs and their teams 

Trust trials Marie Curie HCAs in emergency department

Former NHS housekeeper becomes chief nurse of trust

Nursing director damehood among King’s birthday honours

Implement Martha’s Rule ‘meaningfully’, nurses urged

Outgoing CNO urges nurses to ‘look after’ international staff

Nursing’s own general election manifesto launched

Anti-racism midwifery training ‘helping to open eyes’

What Labour is pledging for health and social care

Green Party reaffirms nurse pay rise pledge in manifesto

Nurse leaders call for ‘equitable’ support for bank staff

Lucy Letby attempted murder retrial begins

New nurse-led group launched for Filipinos in social care

Key health pledges in the Conservative Party manifesto

Exclusive: Gloucestershire students latest victims of placements mix-up

Liberal Democrats set out nurse workforce plans in manifesto

Investigation: Massive increase in racial abuse against NHS staff

Michelle Cox anti-racism award winner announced

Mental health: nurses lay out demands for next government

Nurse substitution needs to be addressed, urge RCN members

Learning disability nursing ‘on a cliff edge’

Cyber attacks on hospitals ‘put lives at risk’, nurses warn

Nurse pay boost among Green Party’s health and care pledges

Children’s hospice charity appoints new director of nursing

Rugby legend Gareth Thomas thanks HIV nurses

Nurses demand reversal of ‘inhumane’ new visa rules

Nursing profession pays tribute to Rob Burrow’s MND legacy

Student nursing decline spelling failure for NHS workforce plan

‘Bureaucracy’ affecting nurse apprenticeships uptake

RCN urged to strengthen stance on humanitarian crises

Nurses breaking bad news in mouldy and crumbling NHS wards

RCN once again calls for regulation of healthcare assistants

Demand for more protection for nurses raising concerns

Nurses facing six-month pay delay, warns new RCN chief

Trusts looking to cut clinical staff to save money

Nurse working to make palliative care more equitable

Warning that nursing would suffer under apprenticeships reform

Thirlwall Inquiry will not be livestreamed to public

Midwife union writes to health secretary over pay delay

Martha’s Rule rolled out across 143 hospitals in England

Epidural ‘linked’ to fewer serious complications after childbirth

New role to boost research and education in social care nursing  

Bank staff report high levels of harassment and violence

Letby rejected in second appeal attempt

Nigeria fraud case: four nurses struck off by NMC

What is the Nursing Times Manifesto by Nurses?

Continence care ‘needs stronger emphasis’ in nurse training

Advanced practice regulation: NMC announces timeline

Postcode lottery surrounding freedom to speak up, inquiry hears

NMC chief stepping down due to ill health

Nurse training targets scaled back in Wales

Nurse appointed chief executive of mental health trust

Many nurses in Wales feel too busy to provide best care

First specialist social care nursing qualification launched

Scotland nursing taskforce urged to publish workforce actions

Gynaecology nurse specialist calls for more investment in role

Tributes paid to nurse leader who championed care of children

Thirlwall Inquiry should be livestreamed, say victims’ families

RCN defines enhanced, advanced and consultant nursing

Teesside community nurse recognised with long service award

Buckinghamshire New University appoints new head of nursing school

‘Alarm bells’: nursing interest among teens drops

Drug and alcohol workforce plan highlights ‘essential’ nurse role

Northern Ireland to get another palliative care advanced nurse

Maternity understaffing flagged in birth trauma report

Children’s nurses thanked by Queen Camilla in royal visit

Family of nurses on why nursing is a career for life

Reducing checks for stable patients ‘would free up nurses’

‘Breadth’ of nursing roles showcased for International Nurses Day

Action demanded on vaccines after five whooping cough deaths

NMC endorses framework to address concerns more quickly

Nurses support scheme to improve housing for asthma patients

New bitesize learning videos on bed handling and immobile patients

Study reveals characteristics of strong midwifery leaders

Midwifery profession celebrated on International Day of the Midwife

Scotland nurses asked to help ‘scrutinise’ new staffing law

‘Landmark victory’ as new sickle cell drug approved

Nurses and midwives urged to take on celebratory parkrun

Manifesto by Nurses: what next for mental health?

The nurse pioneering training for advanced cardiac procedure

What it’s like to be visibly Muslim in the NHS

Next government needs to elevate social care, nurses urge

Cavell launches month-long campaign to thank nurses

Nursing students recycling their uniforms to help hospice

Cancer specialist nurse leads palliative care improvement project

Nurse union ‘frustrated’ as Scotland’s first minister quits

Ministers face ‘culture war’ claims over NHS Constitution plans

UK set to lose measles elimination status after surge in cases

First cohort of nursing cadets graduate in Northern Ireland

New support group for people who have lost a nurse to suicide

Universities urged to expand nurse placements in social care

Cornish trust trials ‘silent’ ward to boost postnatal recovery

New courses to expand University of East London nursing provision

Lucy Leby: Judges delay judgement on appeal request

Top nurse hopes book will ‘jolt’ politicians to act on mental health