Student life - Learning how to make the right decision fast

Una Adderley

Too busy to take time out

Joy Darch

Noticeboard

Support in a time of peril

Paul Cochrane

The key to success

Cathy Comerford

Breaking bad news

Helen Ballantyne

Concept mapping: a tool for improving patient care

Suzanne Aberdeen

Participant experience of a Care Quality Commission inspection

Jennifer Oates

Disseminating nursing research

Fiona Timmins

Win: Physical Examination Procedures

Tweets of the week

What you’re saying on our Facebook page…

Rebecca Jones, Christopher Neil, Lynette McGoey, Fiona Johnston

Teamwork is vital if patients are going to receive the best care

Donato Tallo

Isn’t it time to accentuate the positive in end of life care?

Karen Carson

Digital network of writers helps to foster spirit of collaboration

J Klimas, D Swan, G McCombe, AM Henihan

#ImInWorkJeremy paints the real picture of NHS workloads

Drew Payne

Hospitals should not be expected to carry out immigration policies

Karen Chilver

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

Margaret Paul

EpSMon

Joe Somerville

Nightingales at War

Valerie McGurk

Do Doctors and Nurses Kill More People Than Cancer?

Marc Cornock

NHS Blood and Transplant

John Adams

Starting out - Research helped me understand a patient’s needs and improve care

Ruth Perez-Merino

Workforce

James Buchan

Readers panel - Pop goes your waistline

Stephanie Cumming, Edwin Chamanga, Sue Grave, Sarah-Louise Flowers

Short shelf life

David Newnham

Don’t patronise me

Grant Byrne

Voices - We cannot leave safe staffing to be set locally, insists Susan Osborne

Susan Osborne

Knuckle down

Jane Bates

Touchscreen helps to ease cancer worries

Daloni Carlisle

Artistic project is a chance to be happy

Elaine Cole

Home comfort helps healing

Jennifer Trueland

Osteoarthritis

Guided self-help has benefits for those caring for a loved one with depression

Adoption process may prove more difficult for adults who have survived cancer

Cigarette smoking could be a cause of psychosis, not just a means to self-medicate

Smokers significantly more likely than others to drink alcohol during pregnancy

Certain antidepressants could increase the risk of birth defects

Nurses are urged to prepare for revalidation, but clarity is needed

Five-year cancer plan offers specialist care to all patients

Some prison nurses ‘lack core values’

News in brief

Registrants need simple advice to help them navigate revalidation

Jennifer Sprinks

All A&E blood tests to include HIV

LGBT employees subjected to workplace abuse

Discharge procedures fail to meet the needs of vulnerable patients

Sally Gillen

NHS could offer staff agency-style job flexibility

NICE guidance to school nurses on pupils’ weight

RCN pledges to campaign against NHS pay-cap declaration by the chancellor

Nurses’ input in procurement ensures safety and saves trust money

Patient care may be at risk from fatigued staff on 12-hour shifts

Jennifer Sprinks

Nurses need the details on revalidation – fast

Sarah Howe