Student life - Reality shock absorber

Kirsty Walsh

Change for the better

Nicola Davies

Noticeboard

Working life on the ocean wave

Leo Hamburger

Mind your attitude

Martin McMahon

Advance care planning

Derrick Tait

Applying critical thinking to nursing

Bob Price

Advance care planning in dementia

Karen Harrison Dening

Independent non-medical prescribing for paramedics

Gordon Christie

Win: Holistic Nursing

Paul Dugdale 1944-2015

Ainna Fawcett-Henesy, Heather Bond, Joe Sheridan

Evelyn Gillan 1959-2015

Geoff Earl

Tweets of the week

What you’re saying on our Facebook page...

Gemma Scruby, Michelle Bould, Clare Kirkpatrick

Do the maths to see impact of privatisation on patient care

David Harding-Price

NHS problems are fault of government, not nurses

Karen Chilver

RCN needs to balance union remit with professional roles

Ainna Fawcett-Henesy

It all depends on who calls the tune in the operating team

Di Leal

Calming music can relax patients and staff in the operating theatre

Darren Brand

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

Margaret Paul

MedScape

Grant Byrne

A Passion for Birth. My Life: Anthropology, Family and Feminism

Jenny Clarke

Specialist Mental Healthcare for Children and Adolescents

Dean -David Holyoake,

Men’s Health Forum

John Adams

Starting out - Inspiring day made me think ‘what else is happening with my patient?’

Georgina O’Reilly-Foley

Question Marc

Marc Cornock

Readers panel - Talking the same language

Jane Scullion, Stephanie Cumming, Edwin Chamanga, Florence Winterflood

One CLIC away

Danny Tolley

Word perfect

Jane Bates

End the shame game

Julia Bradley

Voices - The new rules on agency spending are fait accompli, says Susan Osborne

Susan Osborne

A brave approach paid dividends

Alison Whyte

Keeping fit for purpose

Jennifer Trueland

Years of experience to bring to the bank

Elaine Cole

Obstructive sleep apnoea

Depression is a likely issue in patients treated for mental health asking for euthanasia

Young cancer patients should be encouraged to consider fertility preservation options

Holistic care is key to cancer screening uptake in survivors of childhood sexual abuse

Bone marrow infusion shows promise for patients with advanced cardiac failure

Even a little moderate physical activity goes a long way for over-60s

New leader wants to inspire nurses to speak up for themselves

Jennifer Sprinks

A-level joy for future nursing student

Cuts in public health funding will hit areas of greater need hardest

Mary Griffin

News in brief

Spray-based oxygen therapy effective in diabetic foot ulcers

Nurses to advise inspection teams

Union concern over ‘undermining’ of NHS Pay Review Body’s remit

Alistair Kleebauer

Diaries are late nurse’s legacy

Action planned on undocumented migrant staff

Steep increase in allegations of care home abuse

Sitting at the bedside on ward rounds is best practice for patient experience

Free gym sessions offered to help nurses unwind after long shifts

Better career pathway is high on RCN general secretary’s to-do list

Jennifer Sprinks

Language barriers leave us all in limbo

Graham Scott