Student life - What caring is all about

Michael Adams

Never be too busy to care

Nicola Davies

Focus on older people

Rebecca Blackwell

Notice Board

Ticket to a learning opportunity

Jane Padmore

Present and Correct

Daniel Allen

Late-stage dementia

Clio Badenhorst

Deep vein thrombosis: diagnosis and treatment

Lynda Bonner, Jacqueline Johnson

Prescribing in prison: complexities and considerations

Amanda Phillips

Meeting the psychological care needs of patients with cancer

Richard John Middleton

Margaret Cooper1922-2013

Jane Fry, Sarah Kingdom, Gill Fry

Renate Karrer1952-2013

John Adams

Tweets of the week

Help us find Lorraine for anniversary cruise to Bruges

Lisa Millar

Our most intimate data must be allowed to remain confidential

Joyce Robins, Roger Goss

Morbid obesity is exploited for pleasure of armchair voyeurs

Elizabeth Adamson

As champions of good care, it is our duty to defend the NHS

Karen Chilver

Nurses are being undervalued and our good name tarnished

Jörg Esingen

A home from home for older people – even if it is in the Far East

Zeba Arif

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

Margaret Paul

Good Todo app

Daniel Wolstenholme

Macleod’s Clinical Examination – 13th edition

Simon McGurk

Developing Leadership Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals

Paul Jebb

Phab

Minesh Parmar

Improving care for people with learning disabilities

Ben Thomas

Readers panel - Feedback – use with caution

Scott Justice, Linda Drake, Stephanie Cumming, Elsie Gayle

Starting out - Reflecting after a cardiac arrest has left me ready to handle my emotions

Jenny Plant

Taste of the past

David Newnham

Obvious, isn’t it?

Jane Bates

No harm in a degree

Grant Byrne

Voices - Make a difference with a pledge for NHS Change Day, says Yvonne Coghill

Yvonne Coghill

Understanding CHARGE

Jennifer Trueland

Not special enough?

Jennifer Trueland

Lung cancer

Careful questioning should help to reveal a family’s perceptions of body weight

New test can identify those individuals more vulnerable to acute mountain sickness

Determinants of mortality among postmenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis

Recent decline in use of metal-on-metal hip resurfacing could push up death rates

Eating more dietary fibre reduces risk of CHD and CVD events

Wright angle - Stephen Wright’s monthly take on nursing in the news

Stephen Wright

Sorry need not be the hardest word for healthcare staff to say

Kat Keogh

Disciplinary risk for smoking in uniform

School nurse retirement is being underestimated, unions warn

Jennifer Sprinks

World in brief

Political notebook

Rise in student numbers could fail to plug the retirement gap

Care pathway must meet needs of diverse communities

Nursing staff could play a major part in detecting heart disorders

Kat Keogh

News in brief

Respiratory conditions seen as health care’s ‘poor relation’

Supporting role to self-manage gout

One third of staff feel bullied at largest NHS organisation

Call to increase staff engagement as a way of improving satisfaction and care

Knighted nurse is removed from the nursing register

Cut-out boosted fruit sales by 20 per cent

Lancet commission to tackle the poor perception of UK nursing

Erin Dean

RCN works with trust on discrimination

BME representation at senior nurse level is getting worse, says ex-chief

Jennifer Sprinks

When will the message begin to hit home?

Graham Scott

News digest January 22 2014

News digest January 23 2014

Nurses encouraged to say sorry to patients when things go wrong

Kat Keogh

Inconsistencies found in the way trusts measure waiting times

Jennifer Sprinks

News digest January 24 2014

‘Outrageous’ gagging clauses for whistleblowers put public at risk

Flu vaccination uptake increases in healthcare staff following government warning

News digest January 27 2014

Self-care campaign aims to take pressure off A&E

Nurse numbers up as workforce cutbacks loom

News digest January 28 2014

Nurses in Wales feel ‘undervalued, under paid and under threat’

Jennifer Sprinks

Muslims with diabetes avoid consulting healthcare staff during Ramadan

Sally Gillen