Senior News
A retired renal nurse is set to compete with a motor-racing pit crew at this year’s Silverstone festival to see who can get their job done faster. Dialysis nurse John Torode, who worked at Addenbrookes Hospital before he retired, will be on the My Motor World Stage at the festival […] Read More
How nature-based practice can become part of the therapeutic process in mental health care. Abstract The inclusion of nature into mental healthcare practice has a growing evidence base for its effectiveness in improving patient outcomes, and there can also be secondary benefits including improved staff wellbeing. While there may be […] Read More
Guidance for nurses managing end-of-life care patients with diabetes has been published by the organisation Trend Diabetes. The guidance is for nurses and other health and social care professionals who are not diabetes specialists but who are caring for people with diabetes during their last year of life. “The special […] Read More
Two registered nurses will compete in the Ms Great Britain finals next week and have raised money for charities close to their hearts in the lead up. Ella Stiles and Rio Cole are taking part in the UK’s oldest pageant competition, which will be held in Leicester on 19 and […] Read More
A senior community nursing leader who works in East Anglia has thanked mental health colleagues for helping her to overcome the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Nicola Zolnhofer is head of nursing and quality for the older people and adult community directorate at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. “I […] Read More
A senior nurse who has spearheaded training for her cardiac colleagues has told of the benefits of nurses carrying out a procedure typically performed by doctors. Dorota Wojcik, senior cardiac catheter laboratory nurse at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, has been championing nurse-led radial access for angiograms since […] Read More
A nurse-led group has created a new resource to help primary care staff respond to the increasing number of people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Trend Diabetes has launched the leaflet to address what it described as “the urgent need for guidance and resources” on this topic. “The […] Read More
A 70-year-old nurse has celebrated the end of a gruelling 331km cycle to raise money for a charity that supports nursing and midwifery staff. Ian Clifford, a nurse of 52 years, raised hundreds of pounds for charity Cavell – formerly the Cavell Nurses’ Trust – by cycling a distance equivalent […] Read More
Weight gain in young and middle-aged adults is linked to poor heart health during older age, irrespective of weight in later life, according to researchers. People who gain excess weight from their 20s onwards have less healthy hearts by the time they are in their 60s, according to a study […] Read More
The organisation now known as the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) was formally established on 5 July 1934 to carry on the work of the pioneering nurse whose name it bears. The charity’s goal is to advance the study of nursing and promote excellence in nursing, midwifery and health visiting practice, […] Read More
