Student life - An eye-opening placement

Lucy Gillbanks-Miller

Noticeboard

Take a walk on the wild side

Erin Dean

Prepare for interview

Dean Gurden

NMC revalidation

Tracie Jones

Promoting healthy sleep

Bob Price

Using risk management to promote person-centred dementia care

Charlotte Clarke, Ruth Mantle

How to suction via a tracheostomy

Nicola Credland

Win: Medisave nursing packs

Tweets of the week

From Facebook

David Ditchfield, Rebecca Daniels, Debbie Bower, Mourad Ramdani, Julie Cox

Equality of opportunity is of vital importance at all levels

Farida Barlas

Pension deal is nothing other than a stunt to save trust money

Peter Carter

Constructive criticism is essential, but so is praise

Donato Tallo

Even most caring nurses can end up feeling desensitised

Jane Cawthorne

Outstanding nurse-led practice is a model for the way forward

Cynthia Atwell

Seven-day-a-week, non-emergency care will spread staff too thinly

Karen Chilver

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

Margaret Paul

GoodSAM Responder app

Layla Haidrani

Facilitating Spiritual Reminiscence for People with Dementia: A Learning Guide

Marianne Blake

Introducing the Social Sciences for Midwifery Practice: Birthing in a Contemporary Society

Yana Richens

Underneath the Roses Where I Remembered Everything

Rob Mackenzie

Starting out - Hello my name is Emily: how a simple introduction can transform care

Emily Goss

Medicines management

Matt Griffths

Readers panel - Edging back from the brink

Stephanie Cumming, Liz Charalambous, Drew Payne, Kate Tantam

The space cadet

David Newnham

Full speed ahead

Jane Bates

Nursing: a priority case

Louise Stead

Voices - Being a Care Maker means sharing the spirit of the 6Cs, says Jane Cummings

Jane Cummings

Scholarship can help ideas flourish

Lynne Pearce

More inspections for poor performers

Caroline Shuldham

Spotting signs of dementia

Jennifer Trueland

With responsibility comes vulnerability

Lynne Pearce

Myeloma

Choice of web- or phone-based quit smoking services should depend on the individual

Repeat operations a major problem when using permanent mesh to treat vaginal prolapse

Fibromyalgia patients report less pain and better quality of life with acupuncture

Risk of contracting Ebola from a survivor is ‘very low’ just 16 days after recovery

Taking paracetamol in pregnancy increases asthma risk in children

Stereotypes and cultural cringe still keeping men out of nursing

Stephanie Jones-Berry

Nurses lead endoscopy pilot

Patient group calls for league tables to fight hospital-acquired infections

Chris Longhurst

News in brief

Nurses to test phone app to help women at risk of FGM

CNS role reduces miscommunication

Put care before immigration targets, warns RCN

NHS England will help fund staff health drive for trusts that ditch junk food

The ‘speaking up guardian’ quits after two months

Bieber meets his NHS chart rivals

Public health commissioners not making the most of nurses’ skills

Chris Longhurst

RCNi’s online learning resource will help you with revalidation

Trust appoints clinical matrons to improve care quality on wards

Stephanie Jones-Berry

Get your share of the NHS healthy staff fund

Graham Scott