Follow us
Log in
Much of the content on our site is available to our registered users only. If you're already registered, just click the 'Log in' button then enter your email address and password.
Register
If you're not already registered on the site, you'll need to do so in order to gain unrestricted access to all our content. There are two types of registration:
1. If you're a current subscriber, you can register for access to our protected content at no additional cost. You'll need your subscription number in order to complete your registration, which is on the polythene wrapper in which your journal is delivered. Click the Register button to begin your registration.
2. If you don't currently subscribe you can do so now by taking out a secure online subscription. Not only will this give you instant access to our protected online content, but you'll also get every issue of Nursing Standard - the UK's best selling nursing journal - delivered straight to your door. Click the Register button to begin your subscription and registration.
Working abroad
Search for articles by continent - Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Enjoy and learn from others' experience of working in different countries.
Latest articles
Caribbean challenge
Nurse Anne Males, head of clinical services at Cheshire Hall Medical Centre in Providenciales, was anxious initially about moving from the UK to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
'I came back from Africa better prepared for nursing'
Deeply affected by earlier voluntary work in India, which eventually led me to apply for nursing, I always intended to spend my elective placement abroad because I knew how rich the experience would be.
World of Opportunity
Nurses with experience and skills in theatres and critical and emergency care are being invited to work in New Zealand and in Nova Scotia, Canada.
In this section:
- AfricaScorching afternoons in Uganda fighting maleria; being an International Red Cross nurse; nursing in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia; being part of a medical team in Namibia; children's nursing in Kenya - these articles document our readers' experience of nursing in Africa.
- AsiaNursing in New Delhi; experiences of helping in earthquakes; a day in the life of a nurse in Lebanon; caring for victims of war; walking in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale; nursing in Hong Kong - these articles look at nursing in Asia.
- AustraliaAttractive incentives for nurses in Australia; end of life care and travel scholarships in New Zealand; being a flight nurse in Waikato - these articles look at nursing in the continent of Australia.
- EuropeNursing from Croatia to the UK; opinion from the Polish Nursing Association; working with the Moscow Red Cross; visiting Finland's healthcare system; community nursing in Russia; midwives in France; healthcare reform in Romania - these articles look at nursing in Europe.
- North AmericaNursing in the remote regions of Canada; how chronic disease is managed in the United States; President Obama's healthcare reforms; reporting from Los Angeles; community nursing in Boston; the demand for overseas nurses in America; looking at the lifestyle and salary of British nurses in Canada - these articles focus on nursing in North America.
Mentorship
.jpg)
Mentorship enables student nurses to apply their theoretical knowledge and put it into practice in a clinical situation.
Working abroad
Read and learn from others' experience of working in different countries.
The RCN Publishing Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal College of Nursing, the world's largest organisation for nurses. RCN Publishing produces one weekly, eight monthly and two quarterly nursing publications. Nursing Standard, the flagship journal, is the UK's biggest selling weekly for nursing. It is produced by RCN Publishing Company along with a suite of specialist nursing journals - Cancer Nursing Practice, Mental Health Practice, Learning Disability Practice, Nursing Children and Young People, Nursing Management, Emergency Nurse, Nursing Older People, Nurse Researcher and Primary Health Care. RCN Publishing Company also produce the RCN Bulletin, a major source of up-to-the-minute information for RCN members in all specialities, grades and working environments. With the latest nurse vacancies from trusts nationwide, it has become the most cost-effective nurse recruitment magazine available.