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Whether it’s concerns over patient confidentiality or a conflict between a patient’s wishes and giving them a life-saving treatment, nurses will face many ethical challenges in their careers.

Good nurse leadership makes care more effective and keeps staff motivated and patients safe. Ruth Brooks describes what it takes for nurses to be top-flight leaders and managers.

To work in telehealth nursing you need excellent communication skills and the ability to create a mental picture of your patient based only on what you’re hearing or seeing over a video link. Sarah Harrop explores what this relatively new branch of nursing involves.

While increasing life expectancy is, of course, a good thing, on the other side of the coin the population ageing is a considerable burden on healthcare systems and health care services.  

Culture is part of what it is to be human. It can be defined as a pattern of learned beliefs, values, and behaviour that are shared within a group, such as those within a community, a region or a country.

This rewarding branch of nursing requires skilled problem solvers with an eye for detail, excellent communication skills and a great deal of empathy. We look at what it takes to be a mental health nurse.

Covid-19 claimed millions of lives and damaged economies around the world, particularly in lower income countries. How can we build more resilient and equitable health systems to prepare for future global health threats? By Sarah Harrop.

Where you live and your ethnic and socio-economic background can have a big impact on your health and how long you are likely to live. We look at some of the ways in which these so-called health inequalities can be tackled on both local and worldwide scales.

Life expectancy in Scotland has come to a standstill in recent years and is now lower than other parts of the UK and several countries in Western Europe. How and why are the Scots getting left behind when it comes to health and what can be done about it? Sarah Harrop takes a look.