Nurse wins £23,000 tribunal payout over race discrimination after accusations of sleeping on shifts rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Ward sister struck off for claiming for 134 bank shifts she did not work rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Patient deterioration. Do you know when to use NEWS2 and ABCDE? This article, aimed at nursing students, briefly explains how each tool works and when they should be used. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Tributes have been paid to pain management consultant nurse Felicia Cox, better known as ‘Flick’, who died earlier this month following an illness. She was described as a true professional and ‘force for good’. Our thoughts are with her loved ones. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

What's your favourite app to help with nursing? This article looks at the best apps for nursing students. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

How can I refresh a clinical skill? Clinical skills are an essential part of being a nurse, but with many different skills taught, some will be more familiar than others. Find out what refresher courses are available, plus how to build your confidence. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A healthcare assistant has won almost £35,000 in compensation after a sex discrimination case found violent and aggressive patients were assigned to him rather than women on his team because he was a man. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Band 5 to band 6 nurse roles: how do you decide when to step up? This episode of the Nursing Standard podcast discusses the differences between the roles, the skills and experience required, and how to develop your leadership skills before the move up. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A woman admitted to hospital for a fracture died after being given an overdose of paracetamol due to a prescription error that doctors and nurses failed to recognise, a coroner has found. Read here > rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Merry Christmas from all of us at Nursing Standard 🎄🎅 Whether you are working, or at home with your loved ones - we wish you a happy day.

With the festive season well underway and Christmas fast approaching, many of us will be looking to save money where possible. Find out about discount schemes, like the Blue Light Card, that offer savings to help your budget stretch a little further. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Intensive care nurses in the East Midlands are taking to picket lines again as they protest against plans to send them to another hospital 20 miles away multiple times a year to maintain their full range of skills. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

How do personal beliefs, such as fear of dependency and views on alternative therapies, influence older patients? This article looks at practical ways that nurses can support patients' adherence to medicines. journals.rcni.com/nursing-olde...

At least 100 district nurses fighting for fairer banding have been upbanded and awarded millions of pounds in back pay between them after winning a long-running dispute with their employer. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

More than three quarters of NHS trusts in England have not yet taken on the new national NHS uniform for nursing staff, with many citing a lack of guidance and financial constraints as blockers, a new RCNi investigation has found. Full story here > rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Working in film and TV – what roles are there for nurses? Four nurses who work on sets and scripts in film and TV production describe how they made the switch and what it takes to succeed. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Nurses report feeling blocked and unable to progress in their careers while at the same time their roles have grown in complexity and autonomy – but without appropriate pay to match their responsibilities, a new survey has found. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A university is planning to offer a fast-track degree apprenticeship that will mean nursing associates can qualify as registered nurses in just 15 months. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A man living with metastatic bladder cancer died after nurses gave him multiple overdoses of morphine and a doctor failed to scrutinise his prescription, a coroner found. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Hundreds of NHS nurses have had their roles upgraded from band 5 to 6 after requesting that employers review their pay grades. However, thousands more are still waiting for the same role evaluation, which was offered to band 5 nurses in Scotland. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Some shifts at a specialist mental health and learning disability trust were staffed solely by general adult nurses, it has emerged. The staffing issue was identified earlier this year by the trust’s chief nurse during a service visit. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Nurses claim NHS savings are being put before safety as bank shift crackdown is leaving wards short staffed rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A mental health nurse has been given a suspended prison sentence 10 years after a young woman died by suicide, following health and safety failings at a secure mental health hospital. The trust which runs the hospital was also fined more than £500,000. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A senior nurse has been reinstated to her role after winning a ‘landmark’ case which a union said exposed ‘systemic failures’ in tackling race discrimination at an NHS trust. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

What is an action plan and why should every nursing student have one? Learn how students’ progress can be supported with action plans that can help identify weaknesses and improve clinical skills. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A teenager has been arrested after three nurses were reportedly attacked at a hospital in the east of England. A 17-year-old male was arrested in connection with the incident, in which three police officers were also allegedly attacked. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

The annual registration fee for nursing and midwifery staff could rise by almost 20%, going from £120 a year to £143, the NMC has announced. It launched a consultation on the plans, saying the fee would be £166 if it was increased in line with inflation. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A nursing team is credited with cutting the length of hospital stay for people with frailty by 86% in just six months. The specialist nurses helped cut average duration of stay from 17.9 to 2.4 days by creating an acute frailty unit at their hospital. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

NHS nurse pay 2026-27: ministers plan award of no more than 2.5% Unions condemn ministers’ admission they are budgeting for below-inflation pay increase for Agenda for Change staff, calling NHS pay review system an insult. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Happy Halloween! Have you had any ghostly encounters in your nursing workplace? Nursing staff are not alone in reporting ‘paranormal’ experiences, but can these be explained away by nurses being around death, or working in creaky old hospitals? rcni.com/nursing-stan...

How can nurses help combat the spread of health misinformation? In the latest episode of the Nursing Standard podcast, our guest discusses how misleading health claims online can confuse patients, and how nurses can gently counter such myths. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Where does your annual NMC nursing registration fee go? After a decade-long freeze on the annual NMC registration fee, the regulator wants to increase it. We look at how this money is spent and why it wants more. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A nursing student died after failures in care at mental health inpatient unit that had a ‘culture’ that enabled falsification of observation records, a coroner found. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

There has been a surge in nurses reporting racial abuse at work, including from colleagues, according to new data. The RCN said the number of calls to its advice line regarding racial abuse is projected to exceed 1,000 in 2025. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A learning disability nurse who worked two full-time jobs for seven months before being caught has been suspended. The NMC fitness to practise panel found that she acted dishonestly and risked patient safety for financial gain. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

A fund has been set up in the memory of a much-loved nurse lecturer who was murdered by her estranged husband in January.    https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/fund-for-nursing-students-set-honour-of-murdered-nurse-218151

Black UK nurses: celebrating the trailblazers and pioneers We take a look at the impact of black nurses on healthcare in the UK since the 18th century. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Will you be working the night shift when the clocks go back? 91% of nursing staff voting in our Instagram poll said they know they won't be paid for the extra hour. This year, the clocks will go back in the early hours of Sunday 26 October. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

UPDATE: The NMC has approved plans to launch a public consultation on a potential fee hike for registrants - the first one in a decade. The consultation will take place over 12 weeks in autumn and any fee rise will come into force from 1 October 2026. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

An NHS nurse was fined £300 for parking in a visitor bay when her hospital’s staff car park was full. Her plight was highlighted by Channel 4’s FactCheck, which found more than 25,000 parking fines were handed to NHS staff at just 17 NHS trusts in England during 2024. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

‘Just nurses’: staff say referrals rejected by hospital doctors Nursing staff at a downgraded hospital said doctors often rejected their referrals and refused to give them support because they were ‘just nurses’. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Nurses and other healthcare workers should have access to professional laundry services to avoid the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections through ineffectively washed uniforms, researchers have said. See tips here on how to wash uniforms at home safely 👇 rcni.com/nursing-stan...

The NMC has put forward plans to increase the annual registration fee for nursing and midwifery staff. The fee has been frozen at £120 a year since 2015, with the regulator saying the freeze is no longer financially sustainable. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

When can nurses access patient records? This Nursing Standard article examines the rules on clinical justification and risks associated with ‘curiosity’ when it comes to looking at patient records. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

International nursing students: Read Nursing Standard's tips and support to settling in and keeping on track. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

The nursing regulator is being called on to consult with registrants on how their fees are spent after it announced plans to cut almost 150 jobs and slim down its workforce to make millions in savings. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

As the NHS flu vaccination programme begins, Nursing Standard looks at declining uptake among staff over recent years, the target rate for vaccinations, and what staff think. rcni.com/nursing-stan...

The learning disability nursing workforce is facing ‘imminent collapse’ without urgent intervention, warns a coalition of charities, campaigners and health organisations. The government has been urged to act to save learning disability nursing ‘before it’s too late.’ rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Just published @nursingstandard.bsky.social I propose a ‘queer ethics of care’: drawing from queer responses to cancer & mpox I suggest #nurses can learn from (not just about) #LGBTQ+ communities, reorienting #nursing #ethics towards more collaborative practices journals.rcni.com/nursing-stan...

District nurses who are in a dispute with their employer over pay grades have overwhelmingly voted to strike. The band 6 nurses have accused the health board of failing to follow nationally agreed job evaluation processes. rcni.com/nursing-stan...