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Top 5 guidelines of 2014

Guidelines set out the best evidence-based practice in clinical or practice areas. These are the five most relevant to primary care nurses in 2014.

Practice nurses forgotten again

It's no wonder few trainee or graduate nurses consider a career in general practice, when the important work they do is overlooked by those who should know better.

2014's key appointments

IN rounds up this years key appointments.

2014's best books

IN rounds up this years best books for healthcare professionals.

Influenza-like cases rise

The number of cases of influenza-like illness rose in mid-December, according to figures released by PHE.

Unions announce fresh wave of strikes

Unison, Unite and the RCM have announced that their healthcare members will strike for 12 hours on 29 January.

Dementia deaths increase over two decades

Dementia was the third leading cause of death in the UK last year according to a global study published in The Lancet.

FGM: zero tolerance and maximum action

The RCN will host a day-long event focusing on reducing the impact of FGM in the UK on 6 February 2015.

Helping patients overcome distress caused by a diabetes diagnosis

The diagnosis of diabetes can be for some people a type of bereavement, the loss of function in an organ and its replacement with a life-long condition that needs continuous care and attention.

Lecture: The diabetes listener

Jackie Sturt, Professor of Behavioural Medicine in Nursing at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, discusses being a 'diabetes listener' in her inaugural...

E-cigarettes could aid quitting

E-cigarettes are beneficial to people attempting to quit smoking, a Cochrane review has discovered.

Reflections: A midwife's tale

More than 800,000 babies are born in the UK every year but just 2.3% of these are home births, says Cheryl Opimo-Fisher, a homebirth midwife at Hillingdon Hospital, London.

HEE will increase primary care nurses

HEE will invest in a 'rapid expansion' of practice, district and school nurses, however no specific percentages or numbers were included in the most recent report.

Updated support for women's mental health problems

NICE has updated its guidance on women's mental health issues before and after pregnancy.

Top news stories of 2014

2014 presented primary care nurses with many challenges, but a great deal was achieved as well. These were the top news stories that covered the mainstream news as well as the nursing news.

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