Dealing with revalidation

Big picture

Benefit of joint response in a mental health crisis

How to retain staff right from the start

Perils of the green-eyed monster

A force for good

Polypharmacy

Sharon Cartwright

Falls risk assessment in older patients in hospital

Maria Matarese, Dhurata Ivziku

Supporting assistant practitioners during their training

Kenneth Ripley, Bridget Hoad

How to obtain confirmation for revalidation

Lyn Middleton, Denise Llewellyn

A passion for improving care

Nursing in the world’s most challenging places

Erin Dean

Providing helpful feedback

Mandy Day-Calder

Commit to communication

Lauren Stafford

Student life - Helping nurses to speak up

Robin Ion, Richard Craven

NICE Guidance

Layla Haidrani

Carb & Calorie Counter

Linda Field

Oxford Handbook of Surgical Nursing

Deborah Dowsett

Tweets of the week

From Facebook

Cia Tips, Keren Rickerby Dale

Prioritising mental health

Tom Evans

Barriers to writing

Orla McAlinden

Invest in better staffing levels

Jenny Kay

A visionary eye expert worthy of celebration

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Can Jeremy Hunt improve his standing with NHS staff?

Grant Byrne, Drew Payne, Stephanie Cumming, Liz Charalambous

Pioneering spirit

Nicola Bermingham

Let’s hope for a fresh start with Jeremy Hunt

Janet Davies

Think about your ink

Marc Cornock

Our philosophy of care

Bill Lawson

Innovation improves care

Alison Whyte

Seacole an inspiration for all nurses

Elizabeth Anionwu

Nursing on the Zika front line

Jacqui Thornton

Research round-up

Pregnancy vitamins are a ‘needless expense’

List cigarette chemicals on packets, say smokers

Too many older people take medications inappropriately

Prostate cancer gene test aids treatment precision

Haematological cancers

Lynne Pearce

PM May sets out her NHS moves

Erin Dean

Around the world

Noticeboard

Concern over plans to remove ‘ghost patients’ from GP lists

nursing.standard.com

Bereaved actor stars in educational film about the dangers of sepsis

Story in numbers

Hundreds of students disciplined for cheating

Stephanie Jones-Berry

NHS reveals level of attacks on staff by over 75s

Alistair Kleebauer

News in brief

Staff try their hand at wedding planning

Nurses pay tribute to Kate Granger

Scrapping of student bursaries confirmed

Chris Longhurst

Honorary degree

Scrapping nursing student bursaries makes no sense

Elaine Cole