Nursing

When people get actively involved in their own healthcare, better decisions can be made, and quality of care and patient outcomes can improve too. Sarah Harrop explores why patient empowerment matters and how to achieve it.

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.

Nurse practitioners are skilled postgraduate qualified nurses who can assess, diagnose and treat patients. What is the scope of their work and how much money can a nurse practitioner expect to make?

Nursing is a rewarding profession but a challenging one, too, exposing its professionals to various stressors.