The pressure to cope no matter what can make it difficult to ask for help. Here’s how to overcome your worries. Our training as nurses paves the way for coping with what lies ahead, for taking whatever a shift throws at us. And no nurse would tell you that shifts always run smoothly and without some sort of drama. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Commentary on: Pincha Baduge MSDS, Garth B, Mousa M, et al. Systemic and organisational barriers and facilitators to the advancement of ethnic minority women nurses in healthcare leadership: A meta-synthesis. Int J Nurs Stud. 2025 Jun; 166:105 052.
The study provides research-based evidence of systemic and organisational barriers and facilitators to healthcare leadership roles for ethnic minority female nurses.
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The future of some specialist nursing and advanced practice programmes is in peril following the withdrawal of funding for higher-level apprenticeships. From January 2026, only people aged 16-21 will qualify for government funded level 7 apprenticeships, such as those in specialist community nursing and training as an advanced clinical practitioner. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Nurses start on Agenda for Change band 5 after registration. Moving up to a higher band will mean more responsibility and pay. How quickly can you progress – and what is the best way to go about it? To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We cannot escape artificial intelligence (AI), it is being integrated increasingly into our daily lives. Whether this is through automated chatbots for customer service with generative AI, or automated booking systems that improve efficiency for missed appointments. But does this technology have the potential to be used in mental health nursing and, if so, how?
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Tips on the essential skills you need to develop to be an effective leader and how to cultivate them. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
You may want to work abroad for better pay and lifestyle, but there are challenges too. We talk to nurses who moved away and came back. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Many struggle to cope with the challenges of family life alongside shift work. We look at rule changes and options that could benefit you and your employer. Lisa Moyles feels relieved to be able to say she has a great work-life balance between her job as a matron for specialist medicine and her home life and being a mother.
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Bedside nursing is an art that thrives on empathy and goes beyond the technical skills that nurses possess, delving into the emotional aspects of healthcare.
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Are you ready to embark on a fulfilling career in healthcare? Dallas Career Institute is thrilled to introduce its Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) Training Program – a comprehensive course to prepare you for an entry-level role as a nurse aide in long-term care facilities and hospitals.
A "considered" and "objective" debate is needed on assisted suicide, the head of the Royal College of Nursing says. It comes after the RCN, which has 400,000 members, shifted its stance on the matter to be neutral.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has dropped its opposition to the concept of helping patients to commit suicide. The college has now adopted a neutral stance, neither supporting nor opposing a change in the law.