Student life - Being called to account

Caroline Estrella

In recognition of excellence

Catharine Sadler

Notice board

Out of the starting blocks

Poorna Rodrigo

Reach out, build trust

Lynne Wallis

Parenteral nutrition

Kirsten Devaney

Improving the management of asthma in older adults

Elaine Carnegie, Angela Jones

Utility and limitations of genetic/genomic information and testing

Heather Skirton, Leigh Jackson

Care of patients with fibromyalgia: assessment and management

Sarah Ryan

Alice Whitaker

John Adams

Edith Wigzell

Mary Wigzell

Tweets of the week

Correction

Help me plan a reunion of the May 1984 Guy’s Hospital set

Judy Foster

Alan Parrish quietly got on with moving our profession forward

Gillian James

Nurses in the disaster-hit Philippines need our help

Michael Duque

Too many compassionate students are falling by the wayside

Kay Ward

It is not just nurses who are overworked and understaffed

Stephen Weeks

Care quality commission needs to be a presence on every ward

Joyce Robins, Roger Goss

There is compelling evidence that the 1:8 ratio must not be breached

Elizabeth Robb

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

Margaret Paul

Epocrates Rx Drug reference app

Bridget Ryan

Law, Values and Practice in Mental Health Nursing – A Handbook

Marc Cornock

The Student Nurse Toolkit – An Essential Guide for Surviving Your Course

Grant Byrne

The Hysterectomy Association

Rachael Rowe

Show the way

Jane Bates

Readers panel - When all is not going well

Alison Crumbie, Scott Justice, Beverley Brathwaite, Stephanie Cumming

Starting out - Helping a patient to find inner calm has inspired wider use of technique

Sara Goldy

Shock tactics

David Newnham

‘We must get capacity and capability right’

Ruth May

Look at the numbers

Peter Carter

Voices - District nurses are the best fit for older patients’ care, says Crystal Oldman

Crystal Oldman

‘I love hands-on care’

Erin Dean

Helping to ease the pain

Lynne Pearce

Where health gets personal

Jennifer Trueland

Osteoarthritis

Predicted dementia rates for the past 20 years were overestimated by 24 per cent

Supporting older people to manage their own heart disease improves outcomes

Poorer women in the US delay seeking medical help after detecting breast cancers

Raising the price of sugary drinks would help young people to avoid obesity

Hospital lighting disrupts sleep cycles and increases fatigue

Hunt: ‘A blueprint for restoring trust in the health service’

Text alerts staff to cancer patient arrival

Draft medicines guidance highlights the rights of care home residents

Jennifer Sprinks

New job title, but no new uniform for support workers

Duty of candour is enough, says Hunt

News in brief

Hunt promises 3,700 more nurses, but numbers continue to decline

Kat Keogh, Sally Gillen

Named nurse, but not blamed nurse, broadly welcomed

Trust ahead of the game on ward safe staffing levels

University criticises solitary test of students’ caring and compassion

Coalition rejects supervisory role for ward sisters to allow more flexibility

‘We need to ensure time to care and time to recover from caring’

Sarah Harrison

Senior nurses give their verdict on government’s response

Qualification in older people’s care welcomed

RCN counters call to divide into two separate organisations

In the pink: Graham tells his story

Hospital inspections uncover lack of staff on older people’s wards

Sally Gillen

Among the good ideas, missed opportunities

Graham Scott