Student life - Proud to be a ‘care maker’

Novlette Williams

Notice board

Take your skills into battle

Martin Bradley

Men with a mission

Lynne Pearce

Minor injuries

James Jagger

Promoting mental health in men

Mark Haddad

Promoting culturally competent care: the Erasmus exchange programme

Avril Milne, Jean Cowie

Involving young people in health service delivery

Mandy Cheetham, Angela Ellins, Jane Callum

Stephanie Park

Daniel Park

Stuart Mahon’s legacy deserves a lasting tribute from the RCN

Paul Jebb

Jillian MacGuire’s funeral will be held in Woodbridge on April 4

Barbara Vaughan

A care pathway to tackle the problem of domestic abuse

Greta McGough

Fond memories of an activist who stood up for the RCN’s dual role

Derryn Borley

Tweets of the week

Political expediency determines much that happens in today’s NHS

Bríd Hehir

Older patients with cancer are getting a raw deal on treatment

Ciarán Devane

Patients prefer ‘old-school’ approach to care delivery

Mary Duckworth

Hand and foot care, including nail cutting, is part of our job

Jennifer Hunt

Using pressure ulcer prediction scores to gauge staff workload

Peter Thomas Lowthian

Managers are failing because they get trapped in their own little world

Michael Owen

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

Margaret Paul

NSPCC

Suzan Smallman

Walking London’s Medical History – Second edition

Roger Evans

Promoting Positive Behaviour When Supporting People with a Learning Disability and People with Autism

Simon Jones

Research and Evaluation for Busy Practitioners – A Time-Saving Guide

Irene Mabbott

Starting out - Rapid deterioration brought home importance of basic observations

Readers panel - In the interests of the dying

Kate Tantam, Elsie Gayle, Scott Justice, Bríd Hehir

Stay in bed

Frog in my throat

Multiple choice

Prejudice against trans people contradicts our core duty

Pain relief pioneers

Lynne Pearce

New senates offer nurses a say in policy

Erin Dean

‘Not just for geeks’

Daloni Carlisle

Success of kidney transplants is affected by donor age and length of cold storage

Reduction in number of premature babies linked to nationwide smoking ban

Shorter telomeres in healthy young people increase the risk of infection

People with Parkinson’s want flexibility in pre-surgical medication regimens

Negative reactions to loss trigger loneliness

Our nurse-led approach to productivity must live on

Improvement model adopted internationally

Innovation institute leaves legacy of a more efficient health service

Petra Kendall-Raynor

World in brief

Regulator ditches plans for another hike in nurse registration fees

Political notebook 27.03.13

Care failings contributed to early deaths of vulnerable people

Former Mid Staffs nurse director denies seven misconduct charges

Christian Duffin

Trendy gowns are a hit with young patients

Chancellor extends cap on pay rises and hints at scrapping increments

News in brief

GPs told to improve working conditions of practice nurses

Voucher giveaway sparks tax fears

Toolkit will help new registrants cope with onslaught of form-filling

Erin Dean

Prescribing training is too geared to primary care, say clinicians

Project to support clinical leadership ‘made no difference’

Staff need more time to deal with deaths on wards

HCAs practising beyond their competence, research confirms

Ward sister champion and committed campaigner dies, aged 70

Dangerous staffing level defined as more than eight patients per nurse

Erin Dean, Sally Gillen, Christian Duffin

Callous chancellor must stop picking on nurses

Graham Scott