“The most vital thing nurses need to know about IT is that it shouldn’t be technology. IT is not about hard drives and is not necessarily...
Last media reports highlighted the problem of nurses coming to the UK to work for the NHS from poorer countries that face nursing shortages. This is...
The theme of this 12 months’s Nurses Week focuses on safety – “Safety culture – it starts with YOU.” Many of us immediately take into consideration...
Jacob Molyneux, ALL editor Just as no two hospital wards are the identical, no two ethical conflicts are ever the exact same. There are too many...
We know that nursing is each an art and a science. But are we giving everyone their due in terms of educating nurses and preparing them...
Hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, fatigue, bloating, irritability, depression and anxiety are common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. For people in or approaching middle age, this...
I stood within the doorway of room 630 and watched her, deep in thought, staring out the window. She was a 20-year-old young woman admitted to...
After completing your chosen nursing program and passing your state licensing exam, there’s yet one more hurdle to beat before entering the world of skilled nursing:...
Noirin O’Neill’s blog As a patient and survivor of a life-threatening, hemorrhagic type of leukemia in 2004 on the age of 30, I care deeply about...
A number of difficult years. Recent years have been particularly difficult for the nursing occupation. We fought a virus that wreaked havoc on our patients, families...
