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SUMMARY A large proportion of the nursing workforce is approaching retirement age. Will nurses' pensions match up to the standard of living they hope for? Keywords NHS Pensions * Private [...]

SUMMARY Innovative nurses are finding new ways--and reinvigorating established methods--to ensure dignity is fundamental to their practice. Meanwhile, the RCN continues to campaign to put dignity at the centre of [...]

Despite talk about young people increasingly rejecting traditional professions for more glamorous aspirations, the number of people wanting to study nursing is greater than ever. Latest figures from the university [...]

SUMMARY Measuring the impact of the whistleblowers' act is difficult and there is evidence nurses still fear reprisal. However, the campaign group that lobbied for the legislation says good employers [...]

SUMMARY Train drivers earn, on average, 10,000 £ a year more than nurses. Gender differences between the professions suggest that sexism may be the reason for the salary gap. Keywords [...]

When Nursing Standard ran a writing competition last year in association with Harlequin Mills & Boon we were inundated with entries. Judges were impressed by the overall standard and agreed [...]

Managers across the UK are asking nurses to 'make do' with unsafe staffing levels and burgeoning workloads. Many nurses say patient care is suffering as a result. Almost 200 Nursing [...]

SUMMARY Nursing students' unique circumstances and particular problems mean they are often under great financial pressure. We surveyed student bank packages. Key words Banks * Students * Overdrafts * Debt [...]

Nursing may not be a top career choice for school leavers, but all the figures show there is no shortage of people wanting to become nurses. In 1998, the Nursing [...]

SUMMARY Nursing Standard readers have been offering their opinions on issues relating to nursing students. Their responses have been used to shape Charter for Change: a campaign to fight for [...]

Nurses in the UK are racking up a collective debt of 222 million £ before they qualify, new figures suggest. An RCN survey of more than 600 students across the [...]

SUMMARY This article explores key issues in nursing through the eyes of commentator Harriet Sergeant and nursing leader Beverly Malone. In a question and answer session, they address nursing's current [...]

SUMMARY This article presents a brand manifesto for the profession, based on work carried out by consultants Red Spider as part of our Nursing the Future campaign. We have also [...]

NURSES ARE proud of what they do and the reason that they carry on is simple--patients. That is what you told us in our special campaign survey conducted exclusively for [...]

An uncertain future In the 1960s, 70s and 80s many nurses cashed in their NHS superannuation payments. Now, as those who did approach retirement age, the consequences are becoming clear. [...]

QUALIFIED NURSES may be more vulnerable than they think. It is not easy to justify the need for a qualified nurse rather than a healthcare assistant (HCA) to help on [...]