Flexible working for nurses

Guidance highlighting what nurses look for in a flexible role

This guide is aimed at supporting organisations to increase the uptake of flexible working among nurses. It explains:

  • business cases for improving opportunities for nurses to work flexibly
  • the basic principles
  • what it can look like in practice
  • practical tips
  • examples of how trusts have used flexible working to support successful retention of the nursing workforce

For more information or resources linked to this guide click here.

Royal Marsden Manual

Update on accessing the resource

Further to our recent post about trouble accessing Royal Marsden Online, we can now confirm that this issue has been resolved. You can now access this resource by login in via their website here. Sorry for any inconveniences this has caused. If you have any further questions or queries about this resource, or any other electronic resources please contact the library services here.

Royal Marsden Access

Difficulties accessing the resource

We have been made aware that some members of the trust are having difficulty accessing Royal Marsden online. We are working towards getting this issue resolved and will inform you of updates when this issue has been rectified.

You can still access the latest materials, however you will need to login via Athens. Follow these simple steps:

  • Login to your Athens account here
  • Click on ‘My Resources’ (left hand side of the page)
  • Click on Wiley Royal Marsden Manual 10 (last on the list)
  • Search the content you were looking for

Clinical Nursing

Shall I tell my mentor? Exploring the mentor‐student relationship and its impact on students raising concerns on clinical placement

This article from the Journal of Clinical Nursing explores student nurses’ and nurse mentors’ perceptions and experiences of raising concerns on clinical placement and the influence (if any) of their relationship on this process.

Nephrology Nursing Journal

ProQuest: Nurses need to publish scholarly articles: overcoming reticence to sharing valuable experience

This article is part of the “Exploring the Evidence: Focusing on the Fundamentals” series. It provides nephrology nurses with basic principles related to writing for publication, information regarding different types of professional articles that may be used for the dissemination of nursing knowledge, as well as steps to follow and issues to consider in the planning and preparation of a manuscript.

For details of the article read here

To request the full text email the library staff academic.library@lancashirecare.co.uk

Royal College of Nursing

Fertility care and emotional wellbeing

This guidance has been developed as a resource for all health care professionals in all areas of fertility care and acknowledges the differences between emotional support and wellbeing, implications counselling and therapeutic counselling.

Read the guidance here