Happier patients and staff

Sara Davis

Healing psychological wounds

Gemma Borland

Workshops for relatives

Shirley Law

Trailblazers in the delivery of good care

Gwen Moulster

Modernising mental health in Africa

Cerdic Hall

Follow up arthritis care

Heather Hasthorpe

Creating a ‘breathing space’

Matthew Hodson

More freedom and control

Amanda Woodall

Bringing dementia strategy to life

Anne Kiney

Creative nursing care in the community

Wendy Statter

Success of malaria-prevention protocol

Adrienne Willcox

Safe blood transfusions on the battlefield

Catherine Shephard, Mark Reed

An education in autism

Raj Jhamat

Delivering the self-management message

Debbie Sibley, Gail Winter’s

Student Life - Inside information

Stuart Keeling

Inside information

Stuart Keeling

On the move

Notice board

My two lives: On and off deck

Sonya Thomas

My two lives: On and off deck

Sonya Thomas

A chance to ignite ideas

Lynne Pearce

A chance to ignite ideas

Lynne Pearce

History taking

Joanne Hardy

Dietary approaches to promote bone health in adults

Carrie Ruxton

The role of technology and digital gaming in nurse education

Brian Johnston, Liz Boyle, Ewan MacArthur, Baltasar Fernandez Manion

Stuart Mahon

Tom Bolger

Hammersmith set plans 40th anniversary gathering

Carol Irlam

Being sweet-toothed puts young people at risk of alcohol misuse

Vickie Reardon

Tweets of the week

Simple forms are invaluable for recording nutritional intake

Bridget Ryan

Matrons, sisters and staff nurses should be in charge of wards

Eileen Ricards

Clear guidance is needed on responsibility for hand care

Louise Buchanan

Emotive ‘whistleblower’ term triggers knee-jerk reaction

Reynagh Jarrett

We want to be proud of the nursing profession again

Roy Stallard

Ministers are the only people who fail to link poor care to staffing

Helen Evans

A culture where patients ‘are not at the centre’ of the NHS

Kevin Davies

It is time to dismantle the NHS and replace it with a system that works

Martha Ellis

The best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

COPD Exchange

Alison Crumbie

Asylum Bound

Peter Barraclough

Psychology for Nurses and the Caring Professions – Fourth edition

Graham Sloan

Panic on a Plate – How Society Developed an Eating Disorder

Bríd Hehir

Starting out - Military project highlighted the psychological impact of war injuries

Gemma Borland

Military project highlighted the psychological impact of war injuries

Gemma Borland

Readers panel - ‘I want to quit but don’t tell mum’

Craig Hopkins, Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Moyra Baldwin, Linda Drake

Dead tired

Mobile madness

Nightmare

Suffering in silence

Tim McDougall

Congress agenda will reflect a challenging year

Mind the workplace hazards

Roger Kline

Joined-up thinking

Daloni Carlisle

We love amazing Ellie

Lynne Pearce

Nurse of the Year offers hope to COPD patients

Lynne Pearce

Tests finds more fungal particles in asthma patients than common population

Hospital treatment disrupts medication of patients with Parkinson’s disease

Cognitive behavioural therapy works well with medication

Fibromyalgia research indicates it is a spectrum disorder and not a disease

Stillbirth rate could be reduced with focus on fetal growth restriction

Changes to A&E services leave staff facing an uncertain future

Petra Kendall-Raynor

World in brief

Political notebook 13.03.13

Castlebeck nurses reassured after company enters administration

Trusts join forces to improve bleed care

UCLH creates 500 new nursing posts in bid to cut use of agencies

Erin Dean

News in brief

Student whistleblowers need legal safeguards, says RCN

Privatisation fears allayed by redraft

Mid Staffs ward sisters refute bullying and misconduct charges

Sally Gillen, Christian Duffin

Nurse helps hair sylists spot cancer

Registration fee to rise again amid calls for monthly payment scheme

Sally Gillen

MPs repeat call for NMC to check language skills

New director will oversee process of revalidation

Regulator promises to clear backlog despite contracting out less work

Matthew leads the way on night of nursing triumphs

Campaign will aim to eliminate discrimination against BME staff

Jennifer Sprinks

A good time to focus on the profession’s finest

Graham Scott