Leanne Patrick

This week's blog has been written by Leanne Patrick who is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Gender Based …

Nurses can safeguard women experiencing domestic or sexual violence, but first need to understand survivor be…

Nurses can safeguard women experiencing domestic or sexual violence - but miss important cues if they misunde…

Professional nursing discussions essential to ensure safe, effective and non-discriminatory care

In the past few years, there has been a very significant rise in the number of children and young people seek…

Violence against women (VAW) is the threat of or actual harm by physical, sexual or psychological abuse. Male…

This week's Blog is written by Leanne Patrick (@LeanneHPatrick) a specialist nurse in domestic abuse and sexu…

Nurses in all settings come into contact with abuse victims, so should be equipped with the skills to ask que…

The aim of this editorial is to raise awareness and provoke discussion about the issues of sex and gender in …

Recruitment campaigns that focus on men hijack inequality concerns for the benefit of society's most advantag…

Gender-based violence nurse says the profession must address misogyny exposed by the Sarah Everard case if it…

Gender-based violence nurses are a hub for multi-agency healthcare and safeguarding, and they are meeting an …

Editorial: Orthodoxy whether of the right or of the left is the graveyard of creativity.

As the public looks for healthcare guidance online, it's important that nurses choose their words wisely.

In the aftermath of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, researchers from around the world considered its impact…

Nursing students should be given more support when dealing with sexual comments from patients A discussion on…

This article explores three issues facing nurse educators as they prepare new mental health nursing courses: …

The first-ever nursing student mental health day started a new conversation about well-being Earlier this yea…

As the nursing community reels from the BBC Panorama footage of alleged abuse at Whorlton Hall private hospit…

Nurses command respect for the profession by uniting to challenge outdated attitudes.

By a process called psychological continuity, John Locke reasoned that personal identity is bound only to con…

As a mental health professional, how do you deal with a struggling family member?