How Nursing Times is organised and where to find its key sections

Nursing Times is a UK-based nursing news and professional resource site. Its navigation is built around a small set of top-level entries — Home, Topics, CPD, Students, Newly registered, Archive, Ask Nursing Times, Events, Nursing Insights, Jobs and Subscribe — so the fastest route to any content is to decide first whether you want news, clinical/CPD material, career-stage support, or jobs, then use the matching entry rather than browsing the homepage.

Top-level navigation and what each entry is for

Sign-in and registration links sit in the same menu area as Subscribe, so account access and subscription are handled from the top of the page rather than buried in a section.

Finding news

News is a distinct stream on the homepage and carries its own headline list. Recent items shown include:

• "Birmingham children's nurse receives accolade from Prince Harry"
• "First occupational mental health nurse for Northern Irish trust"
• "Martha's rule set to be expanded to all A&E departments"
• "NMC set to launch new strategy to improve midwifery regulation"
• "NMC delays both 'landmark' Code and revalidation consultations"

A "More news" link continues the list, and a "HOT TOPICS" block groups recurring themes such as Anatomy, Core skills, Leadership, Children's nursing, Education and Learning disabilities. If you want current professional developments rather than reference material, start here.

Finding clinical practice and CPD content

Clinical practice articles appear as a separate block from news, with titles such as:

• "Ocular compartment syndrome: assessment and emergency management"
• "Urinary tract infections: causes, diagnosis and treatment"
• "Clinical manifestations of cirrhosis in advanced chronic liver disease"
• "Coarctation of the aorta in children and young people"
• "Childhood deafness: strategies to support deaf identity"

For structured learning rather than single articles, use the CPD entry. The site describes CPD: Learning Units as a format — for example, a unit on understanding the causes and classifications of pressure ulcers and how to prevent them. That is the section to open if your goal is a learning unit rather than a one-off read.

Browsing by topic

"Browse by topic" appears more than once on the page and is the main way to move sideways between subjects instead of scrolling headlines. Topics named in the navigation and hot-topic blocks include anatomy, core skills, leadership, children's nursing, education and learning disabilities. Use this when you know your subject area but not the specific article.

Opinion and analysis

Opinion pieces are grouped separately, with first-person and argument-led headlines such as:

• "'Investing in nurses' confidence is an investment in patient safety'"
• "'I could hear the patient screaming before I'd even approached the desk'"
• "'Community hospice nursing plays a vital role in the future of care delivery'"

Nursing Insights is the adjacent entry for analysis-style content. Both are worth checking when you want professional commentary rather than clinical guidance or news.

Career-stage and jobs sections

Students and Newly registered are separate entries, which means the site treats those two stages as distinct content paths rather than folding them into general clinical content. Jobs is its own entry for recruitment listings. If you are job-hunting, go straight to Jobs; if you are looking for support at a particular career stage, use the matching stage entry.

A practical way to navigate

1. Decide your purpose: news, clinical reference, CPD unit, career-stage support, opinion/insight, or a job.
2. Pick the matching top-level entry rather than starting at Home.
3. If you only know the subject, use Browse by topic or the HOT TOPICS block.
4. If the item is older, try Archive.
5. If you need account access or a subscription, use the Sign In / Register / Subscribe links in the top menu.

One caveat: the page shows Subscribe and sign-in options but does not state which content sits behind them, so treat access level as something to confirm per article rather than assumed.