Student life - Towards a deeper understanding

David Howard, Danny Walsh

Many heads are better than one for coming up with ideas

Jane Redfern Jones

Notice board

An inspector calls, and she might be a nurse

Tamsin Newton Snow

At the heart of patient care

Writing a CPD article

Shaun O’Gara

Treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Matthew Hodson, Rebecca Sherrington

Developing leadership roles in nursing and midwifery

Clare McGuire, Devashish Ray

Improving access to screening for people with learning disabilities

Anna Marriott, Sue Turner, Alison Giraud-Saunders

Ray Rowden 1952-2014 Mental health nurse and leading healthcare figure, who was a force to be reckoned with right to the end

Janet Snell

Tweets of the week

Guy’s October 1975 set plans 40th reunion next year in Bristol

Carolyn Shepherd (née Dale)

Looking to trace Mary Cordener, (née Connolly) – a 1965 graduate

Pauline Kish

It is unfair for GPs to be paid £55 for every dementia diagnosis

Catharine Jenkins

I am banging my head against a brick wall to gain registration

Agnieszka Wroblewska

Using the knowledge and skills of retired RCN representatives

Jenny Janes

Now is the time to build on our strike and campaign for better pay

Sally Harding

We need to spread the word about the value of nursing and what we do

Bridget Ryan

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

Margaret Paul

Allevyn Life app

Holly Howe Watson

FASTtrack – Chemistry of Drugs

Oliver McGurk

Burnout at Work – A Psychological Perspective

Shelagh Daly

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Roger Evans

Starting out - By listening to patient, I understood his needs and enhanced his care

Ruth Perez-Merino

A few role models, but we need many more

Paulette Lewis

Readers panel - Time to address long shifts

Grant Byrne, Jane Brown, Edwin Chamanga, Kate Tantam

First impressions

David Newnham

Last minute

Jane Bates

Endangered service

Fiona Devlin

Voices - Pay nurses what they are worth and care will improve, says Peter Carter

Peter Carter

Start preparing now for revalidation

Alistair Kleebauer

Triage teams are a streetwise success story

Elaine Cole

Bipolar disorder

Vibration training could benefit frail older people at risk of falls and fractures

A new life in the United States often proves to be stressful for immigrant Filipino nurses

Peer support encourages people with schizophrenia to take their medication

Chemical compounds in coffee – even the decaffeinated kind – boost liver health

Bangladesh reduces maternal mortality through policy change

Negative media coverage puts nurses off a good career option

Kat Keogh

Nurses close to Heathrow take part in Ebola simulation exercise

World in brief

Political notebook

BME nurses get ready to move up to top jobs on leadership course

Alistair Kleebauer

Respiratory centre will offer support to leave hospital

A ‘perfect storm of unfavourable conditions’ is brewing for winter

Erin Dean

News in brief

Driving with diabetes: how to deal with hypoglycaemia risk

Campaign to reduce avoidable stillbirth

Seacole award winners announced

Giving night shift staff healthy food choices is a priority, says NHS chief

Alistair Kleebauer

Report proposes multispecialty community care model

RCN calls for NHS to be left out of global trade deal

People with mental health problems need a hospital bed not a police cell, says CQC

Rowden: ‘A brilliant nurse and champion for mental health nursing’

Values-based recruitment ignores real issues, say university leaders

Erin Dean

Care homes crisis must be addressed urgently

Elaine Cole

News digest October 29 2014

News digest October 30 2014

Ex-nursing ethics lecturer suspended from NMC register

RCN Scotland criticises spiralling cost of NHS helpline upgrade

Kat Keogh

News digest October 31 2014

Nurses and midwives to stage second four-hour strike over pay

Alistair Kleebauer

News digest November 03 2014

Having more learning disability nurses would prevent deaths

RCN survey reveals concerns over end of life care

Kat Keogh

News digest November 04 2014

English language test for EU nursing staff proposed

Katie Osborne

‘Praise and value’ staff who admit to mistakes, urges Francis

Kat Keogh