Student life - The red jug revolution

Rebecca Firth, Kimberly Cooper

On the move

Notice board

Opening doors to job equality

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Well-rounded nurses

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Atrial fibrillation

Dawn Witham

Care of patients with a stoma

Jennie Burch

Conclusion to the stroke series

Anne Rowat

Acute stroke research: challenges and opportunities for nurses

Joanne McCormack, Hannah Reay

Sexual health needs and the LGBT community

Sue Campbell

Denise Barnett

Sheila Billins

1968-71 Royal hospital set in Wolverhampton to reunite

Michael Owen

Outside recruiters may soon be poaching new nurse graduates

Sarah Holling

Expectations and practicalities of nursing collide in nail care

Louise Buchanan

It can be a tough journey for nurses supporting ill relatives

Tweets of the week

Spam marketing emails are urging people to doubt the NHS

Bridget Ryan

The RCN should explore other options before quitting the ICN

Tom Bolger

The great sell-off of our NHS has begun, but has anyone noticed?

Jayne Thomas

A pre-nursing programme put me on the right career track

Dawn Stott

Jeremy Hunt would benefit from Florence Nightingale’s lessons

Lynn McDonald

It is a myth that students spent more time in practice pre-1989

Betty Kershaw

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

Margaret Paul

How to Eat an Elephant – Simple Solutions for Lifelong Energy and Vitality

Roger Evans

From Communism to Schizophrenia and Beyond – One Man’s Long March to Recovery

Maggy Wallace

A Handbook for Inter-professional Practice in the Human Services – Learning to Work Together

Irene Mabbott

npcuk.org

McGough Greta

Starting out - Labelling a patient as ‘difficult’ reinforced poor care standards

Drop and run

Jane Bates

Readers panel - A bite out of staff workloads

Paul Jebb, Florence Winterflood, Shona MacLean, Stephanie Cumming

Tip the balance

David Newnham

‘Our contribution to ICN membership is unsustainable’

Kath McCourt

A global question

Maura Buchanan

Voices - Revalidation will raise standards of care, writes Mark Addison

Mark Addison

Revalidation will raise standards of care

Strength in numbers

Mary-Claire Mason

Camaraderie, tea… and laughter

Dee Howarth

Nurses have their say on the regulator

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Low cognitive function may be a predictor of mild traumatic brain injuries

Low-intensity therapies such as self-help materials benefit people with severe depression

Delays and omissions in administering anti-D Ig are putting newborns at risk

Patients say nurses are as good as doctors when it comes to treating minor injuries

Timing of rest periods influences how well nurses recover

The pressures of nurturing students

‘If we want caring nurses we must ensure time for good mentoring’

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Trust in death rates probe plans to axe 500 jobs

Further withdrawals from south west pay consortium welcomed

Christian Duffin

World in brief

Sharps injuries pose psychiatric risk

A&E using life-like trauma test dummies

News in brief

Tell us what you think about the state of the health service

NHS pays high price for Savile inquiry

Number of health visitor recruits falls below government target

Jennifer Sprinks

Former chief nurse honoured with OBE

Nice pushes for ban on hospital employees smoking at work

Lack of recognition for the RCN by councils leaves staff vulnerable

Jennifer Sprinks

Nurse slams £1,000 award after father’s death

Bedside care is paramount, says trust manager

Mid staffs offers mortgage support

Public sector pays better than private – but with added stress

Evidence for intentional rounding said to be ‘flimsy and questionable’

Christian Duffin

Action needed to boost health visitor workforce

Janet Snell