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• Are modern nurses uncaring and slovenly?

  Nursing has always been a trusted profession, strongly associated with caring. Doctors also register high in dependability, topping Ipsos Mori's ‘most trusted' poll once again this year (funnily enough, journalists languish at the bottom, only... Posted Dec 03 2008, 03:53 AM by Sarah Wild with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: nurses, patient-centred care, dignity

• Make love not war - but don't call me 'dearie'

  I wonder what nurses make of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) draft guidelines that they should not call older patients 'dearie' or 'love'? The NMC argues that nurses should treat people as individuals, find out what they would... Posted Nov 27 2008, 01:00 AM by Neil Durham with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: nurses, older, Nursing and Midwifery Council

• Will replacing GPs with nurses boost appointments by 50%?

  Tomorrow I'm reporting from the annual Nurse Practitioner Association conference in Liverpool. Chair Jenny Aston hopes in her welcome letter that we ‘will all go home refreshed and inspired'. She describes the two-day conference at Aintree Racecourse... Posted Nov 13 2008, 09:47 AM by Neil Durham with | with no comments Filed under: GPs, nurses