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Nurse managers explain to Adele Waters how they are dealing with the requirement to cut costs while ensuring safe staffing levels at all times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores strategies that nurses can use to protect themselves from burnout. The literature emphasises the need for organisational reform to prevent burnout. In the absence of organisational change the use of problem-focused strategies and emotion-focused strategies, such as reflection, may offer some protection against burnout. There is evidence that improving nurses' wellbeing results in better patient care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article investigates the factors that have shaped the role and work experiences of ward sisters and charge nurses. The article considers how ward sisters make sense of the tensions between their clinical and managerial responsibilities and the contradictions inherent in different aspects of their role. It offers suggestions on how these tensions might be alleviated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Registered nurses may fear that offering first aid will expose them to legal action and emotional stress. The final article of this series emphasises the importance of accurate record-keeping and provides advice on co-operating with legal procedures, including providing information to other professionals, obtaining consent and reporting a death. Providing emergency first aid can be an emotional experience. This article offers advice on coping after the incident, and reflection as a means of allowing nurses to assess their actions and resolve any issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stephen Wright and Julia Neuberger argue that 'engaged spirituality' is the key to preventing further cases of patient abuse and neglect. INSET: MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses are vulnerable to burnout, but with support they can learn how to bounce back, says Erin Dean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The saying 'drowning in paperwork' could have been coined for nurses. Lengthy admission forms, patient care plans, complex discharge planning documents and a plethora of risk assessments are part of their daily workload. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Yvonne Sawbridge reports from a seminar on improving care through emotional support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

'Soul-centred' leadership courses are helping nurses cope with pressure, writes Mervyn Conroy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Effective clinical leadership protects patients from 'care less care' and aloof management. Good leaders lead by example, consistently getting right the small things that matter to patients. Leadership programmes give staff the skills to harness talent and solve problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jane Bates says we need more nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The integration of health and social care has created an effective cardiovascular disease service in north east England. Erin Dean reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Douglas Sloane outlines recent research showing that nurses' working conditions are the most important factor in improving care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A reunion of nurses who trained together in 1966 made Catharine Sadler reflect on then and now. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Workforce reviews, trust mergers and service restructuring are leaving staff in south east England feeling insecure. Jennifer Sprinks reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unrelenting cost reductions in the NHS are taking their toll in Wales, with a sharp rise in the number of nurses on stress-related sick leave. Jennifer Sprinks reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As part of our series on nursing pressures, Tamsin Snow reports that staff in Northern Ireland fear overcrowding is leading to 'poor and undignified' care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jane Bates takes a trip down memory lane. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As part of our series on the pressures facing nurses, Tamsin Snow finds out how the capital is coping with budget deficits, mergers and the Olympics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Working with older people is often seen as the least attractive, least skilled, most unrewarding area of nursing, with little opportunity for development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the first of a new series looking at pressures on services across the UK, Petra Kendall-Raynor reviews the situation in the north of England. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

England's first acute NHS hospital with single rooms for all inpatients opened its doors earlier this year. Its striking views over the Weald of Kent, en suite bathrooms and free television service in every room have gone down well with patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rising number of obese patients in the UK is putting increased pressure on nursing staff, writes Erin Dean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Avert abusive behaviour by facing up to cruel thoughts, says Carmen Joanne Ablack. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Do nurses and midwives have to 'cut off' from patients to cope with the stress of understaffing? We asked our readers panel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A period of immense change in Yorkshire has led to some staff 'buying' extra annual leave. Petra Kendall-Raynor reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A letter to the editor is presented which is concerned with job stress that nurses encounter.

The article discusses research into the grief experienced by critical care nurses as a result of the high mortality rate of hospitalized critically ill patients. Nurses often form attachments with dying patients and unresolved grief and bereavement issues can lead to increased stress and occupational burnout. Critical care nurses were found to have often disassociated themselves emotionally from a dying patient in order to help them cope with their grief.

Maintaining safe staffing levels in exceptional circumstances requires goodwill between nurses and managers. Robert Munro reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article the author discusses aspects of nursing and the pressure of being a newly assigned nurse. She acknowledges the feelings of an experienced nursing staff which has had to relinquish free time to help adequately cover other shifts and the optimism felt when a new nurse arrives. She advises experienced nurses to reflect on the full weight of responsibility facing new nurses and the effect it has on their ability to be effective in the absence of a support

Erin Dean looks at how staff are coping with the extra work and added anxiety caused by the A (H1N1) pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents views and insights of the author on the emotional impact of the Omagh bombings to the nurses taking care of the victims in Great Britain. Assessment of the trends of the number of casualties and deaths to various bombings for the past forty years; Evaluation of the signs and symptoms of post traumatic stress syndrome; Importance for mutual support and nurture problem-solving strategies to the victims as well as the nurses affected by such incidents.

Staff in London can learn from colleagues in the US and Ireland about coping with the after-effects of terrorism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Nurse Awards unite us in hard times, says Andrea Spyropoulos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jane Redfern Jones on coping with the stresses of nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Now is a good time for nurses to go bus-spotting, as Peter Carter explains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Conflicts are arising between nurses as a result of age differences, according to research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents 2012 news on medicine. A report from Great Britain's Social Care Information Centre found that there was a 9.1% increase in antidepressant prescriptions in 2011. The Royal College of Psychiatrists published a leaflet for people who are experiencing suicidal thoughts or are considering self harm. Research reported in the "Journal of Infection Control" found that patients have an increased risk of nosocomial infections if their nurses are overworked or close to burnout.

The Scottish Government wants nurses to develop ways of coping with stress by sharing their experiences of caring with their colleagues in structured groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A course to help nurses cope in stressful situations and perform better under pressure has been recognised by the RCN. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new chief nurse for England has rejected concerns that the 3,000 drop in nurse numbers over the past two years will result in worse care for patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses caring for older people must be given time at the end of each shift to discuss the emotional effects of their work, a commission established to improve care has recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jane Cummings says why she is proud to be part of the nursing profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The government's target to recruit an extra 4,200 health visitors by 2015 could damage services as community nurses are 'poached' to meet the pledge, the RCN has warned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hundreds of nurses have applied to leave NHS employment in the past year via a government-run scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health union Unison is to increase pressure on the government for mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios after conducting a survey that found most nurses are struggling due to inadequate staffing levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A Buddhist monk will help nurses learn psychological techniques for dealing with workplace stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author reflects on building resilience in the nursing workforce of Great Britain's National Health Service. She suggests that the emotional demands of nursing are rarely discussed or studied, and yet they may be one of the most important factors in ensuring that nurses remain caring and focused on patients. She argues that a health service which fails to protect nurses from assaults and freezes their pay should at least value the emotional commitment that is demanded of nurses.

Five nurses have teamed up at a hospital to reduce pressure on ward managers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chesterfi eld Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is tackling the paperwork burden on its nursing staff in two ways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]