Student life - Be prepared

Craig Alvin Martins

Student life - Acting responsibly

Nicola Davies

Increasing understanding of neuromuscular disease

Catherine Parry

Notice board

Counselling the carers

Poorna Rodrigo

Map of opportunity

Susan Williams

Compassionate care

Helen Ballantyne

Management of acute confusion in patients with CNS infections

Claire Matata, Sylviane Defres, Christina Jones, Alison Gummery, Tom Solomon

Effects of stroke on informal carers

Rachel O’Shea, Debbie Goode

Obtaining and communicating information about genetics and genomics

Susan Fairgrieve, Sharon McDonnell

Irene Fareed1950-2013Hospice team leader and Macmillan nurse

John Adams

Anne Durrant1919-2013State registered nurse, midwife and feminist

Isobel Durrant

Tweets of the week

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

Judy Foster

Please take the time to lobby your MP about the care bill

Gay Lee

The most vulnerable people in society deserve better from us

Malcolm Harrison

We need safe staffing in care homes as well as hospitals

Sue Funnell

The accountability of nurses and healthcare assistants

Gill Johnson

Patients would benefit from having two types of nurses

Ursula Arnold

Care would have improved long ago if nurse’s warnings had been heeded

Michael Owen

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

Margaret Paul

SAM Anxiety Management app

Safeguarding Adults and the Law – Second edition

Simon Jones

A Time to Speak – Diary of an NHS Whistleblower

John Adams

International Centre for Nursing Ethics

Marc Cornock

Starting out - Nursing students must stay focused but make time for a social life too

Victoria Williams

The role of nutrition is critical in clinical care

Andy Jones

Readers panel - The crime of being callous

Drew Payne, Paul Jebb, Stephanie Cumming, Jane Brown

Cyberspace star

David Newnham

Older and wiser

Jane Bates

Be proud to protest

June Andrews

Voices - Sun continues to shine on new dawning for health care, says Mark Addison

Mark Addison

East meets West

Jennifer Sprinks

Gold standard support

Jennifer Trueland

Gentle persuasion works well

Erin Dean

Working on my own terms

Lynne Pearce

Lower urinary tract infections

Rise in tax on palm oil might reduce cardiovascular mortality in India

IQ or total intelligence scores lower in children who have had liver transplant surgery

Training for midwives and obstetricians is required to reduce cases of birth asphyxia

Beta blockers could boost heart attack survival rates for patients with COPD

Drug formulation can have an effect on nebuliser performance

Long-term workforce solutions needed to reduce agency spend

Kat Keogh

A&E data may include the nursing workforce next year

Downbanding creates friction as nurses face day-to-day hardships

Sally Gillen

World in brief

Political notebook

Guidance helps staff identify and respond to signs of distress

News in brief

Study reveals ulcer treatment that saves time and money

Surge in NHS staff flu jabs reported

RCN considers lobbying for ‘never events’ to include poor staffing

Kat Keogh

IV therapy ‘5Rs’ may reduce inappropriate administration

Courageous Caitlin wins top award

DH proposals seek to widen access to ‘gold standard’ pension scheme

Jennifer Sprinks

High court issues an injunction on Mid Staffs director

Mandela: ‘a role model to all who seek justice’

‘Unfair and unsustainable’ to rely on nurses’ goodwill in healthcare services

NHS choir aims for Christmas number 1

Drive to meet safe staffing levels sees agency nurse spending soar

Kat Keogh

Workforce planning needs to improve

Graham Scott