Student life - Powerful at every level

Liz Charalambous

Noticeboard

Rewarding work in sexual health

Jennifer Trueland

Networking benefits

Dean Gurden

Preventing amputation

Malgorzata Zdzioch

Infusion-related risks associated with chemotherapy

Elizabeth Gallimore

The importance of spirituality for people living with dementia

Helen Scott

How to repair an episiotomy

Mary Steen, Bernie Cummins

Win: From SRN to CBE: Celebrating 50 Remarkable Years in Nursing

Tweets of the week

Correction

From Facebook

Amanda Murphy, Tom Murray, Jamie Copeland, Carol Milestone, Susan Jane Cameron

Bring back the pool! In the long run, it will save the NHS money

Judy Hawken

Mental health nursing is stretched to breaking point

Dave Donovan

Be part of a book on the 1950s and 1960s and share royalties

Tom Quinn

Voice of support needs to be heard over the voice of abuse

Amanda Burston

New job title blurs boundaries and will confuse the public

Trish Morris-Thompson

Creating the nursing associate role is a waste of time and money

Shane Byrne

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

Margaret Paul

Clinic Finder app

Layla Haidrani

Fatal Flaws – How a Misfolded Protein Baffled Scientists and Changed the Way We Look at the Brain

John Adams

A Practical Guide to End of Life Care

Deborah Preshaw

Nursing Research Using Historical Methods: Qualitative Designs and Methods in Nursing

Emma Vincent

Starting out - Placement inspired me to join the equality fight for disabled students

David Morgan

Workplace wisdom

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - Recognising the need to act

Jane Brown, Drew Payne, Jane Scullion, Daniel Athey

Empathy calls

David Newnham

Tis the season

Jane Bates

A mother’s instinct

Georgina McNamara

Voices - We must be honest about the NHS care we can expect, says Janet Davies

Janet Davies

The safety net with too many holes in it

Lynne Pearce

Vanguards: support for care home staff

Alison Moore

Break down the barriers

Lynne Pearce

Colorectal cancer

New explanation offered for higher hospital mortality rates at weekends

High blood pressure may be signalled by low stress resilience in early adulthood

Infants need better care after discharge following cardiac interventions

Colorectal cancer rates rise in line with countries’ economic development

Antidepressants may double risk of suicide in younger people

Lord Carter’s model hospitals aim to save the NHS £5 billion a year

Jennifer Sprinks

Staff vow to help patients marry in style

NICE says infection control should be the responsibility of all staff

Alistair Kleebauer

News in brief

Mental health task force says investment in nurses is vital

Psychological help vital for myeloma

Gay ‘cure’, a sobering lesson for all

Death rates show patients pay the price for over-reliance on HCSWs

Linsey Wynton

Nurse shortage linked to higher neonatal mortality

Welsh lead the way with approval of staffing levels bill

Attitude survey shows growing public disquiet at NHS staffing and wait times

Student voices heard in a week of protests

Treatment of junior doctors is the thin end of the wedge, warn unions

Chris Longhurst

New law on staffing levels will save lives

Graham Scott