Student life - A fresh view of dementia

Fiona Everett, Wendy Wright, Winnie McGarry, Caroline Adam

‘Surprised and honoured’

Catharine Sadler

Notice board

The right kind of relationship

Monique Veld

Delivering the facts

Fiona McGregor

Oral cancer

Brenda Chivima

Advanced cardiac examination: the arterial pulse

Christopher Nicholson

Clostridium difficile infection: nursing considerations

Brett G Mitchell, Phillip L Russo, Paul Race

Involving patients in the assessment of nursing students

Deborah Casey, Liz Clark

Tweets of the week

Luton and Dunstable hospital’s nurses league celebrates 25 years

Janet Howard

How can your workplace foster a culture of health and fitness?

Brian Power

We are not alone in our fight against public service cuts

Elizabeth Watts

Nurses in Wales want, need and deserve the tools to do their job

Kevin Davies

Hospitals need to take greater strides towards sustainability

John Watkins

Robot nurses may lack compassion, but they won’t be asking for a pay rise

Helen Evans

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

Margaret Paul

Habits Lite app

Nicola Evans

Annual Review of Nursing Research: Exercise in Health and Disease – Volume 31, 2013

Irene Mabbott

Martindale: The complete drug reference – 38th edition

Helena Soni

Imperial War Museum – First World War Centenary

John Adams

Starting out - Student experiences in the real world of nursing

Verity Booles

Put patients back in control of their health

Barbara Young

Readers panel - Failure would not be an option

Linda Drake, Daniel Athey, Edwin Chamanga, Alison Crumbie

Comedy gold

David Newnham

Screen shot

Jane Bates

Taking the plunge

Sarah Dodsworth

Voices - Striving for improvement is a never ending process, says Mark Addison

Mark Addison

For Queen, country and colleagues

Alison Moore

Put safety first when delegating your work

Erin Dean

Rising to the sickle cell challenge

Jennifer Trueland

Busier neonatal units offer better survival rates to premature newborns

Familiarity undermines the impact of graphic health warnings against smoking

Cancer management guidelines for people living with HIV should be reviewed

Female military veterans would benefit from routine screening for intimate partner violence

Higher hypertension risk in pregnancy using donated eggs

Act now to avoid winter deaths

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

Stephen Wright

NICE safe staffing guidance could save the NHS £700 million a year

Alistair Kleebauer

Political notebook

Trust taken out of special measures now has a ‘proud, engaged workforce’

World in brief

Hospital buys first world war book

Campaign to end rip-off hospital car parking fees reaches prime minister

Christian Duffin

Mental health support needed to prevent suicides after discharge

Katie Osborne

Stay hydrated for healthier living

News in brief

Nurse-led online service helps prostate worries

Antenatal and postnatal update

Website will help to keep children healthy

Nurse loses fourth employment tribunal against former employer

Christian Duffin

Budget pressures may lead to diluted skill mix

Staff to have greater say with ‘mutual’ model

New senior nurses’ group will offer advice to NMC council on proposals and strategy

Nurse calls for Commons debate on controversial Assisted Dying Bill

Alistair Kleebauer

Robotic patient used to train academics

We need more nurses to ensure ‘good deaths’

Elaine Cole

Boost in number of district nurse graduates this summer

News digest July 28 2014

One in 3,000 blood donors in England infected with hepatitis E

Prime minister urged to ‘come clean’ on true cost of NHS shake up

Katie Osborne

News digest July 29 2014

NICE ‘underestimates’ cost of safe staffing guidance, say experts

RCN calls on health minister Edwin Poots to decide whether or not Northern Ireland’s nurses get a pay rise

News digest July 23 2014

News digest July 24 2014

Implementing NICE safe staffing guidelines could cost up to £200 million, but potentially save £700 million a year

NICE recommends serious illness check for under-fives with fever

News digest July 25 2014

Regulator to consider phased payment for annual fees