‘It is great to work with such a top team’

Take a good look at yourself

Lynn Brown

RCN Membership: what’s in it for you?

Anne Corrin

Making the most of the student-mentor clinical partnership

Kathy Wilson

A crash course in grief

Nicola Davies

Perfect planning for general practice placements

Kathy Whayman, Paula McLaren

Budget early for success

Claire Cannings

Remember to take notes… and ask plenty of questions

Sharon Edwards

Daunting, yes. But great fun too

Florence Taylor

Welcome to our tough, rewarding profession – we’re rooting for you

Grant Byrne

A chance to sell yourself

Jane Redfern Jones

Noticeboard

The long road to equality

Alison Handley

Not so ‘hard to reach’

Concept mapping

Susan Clarke

Assessing sexual health in mental health service users

John Salkeld

The PEARL programme: caring for adults living with dementia

Caroline Jane Baker

Disability discrimination in healthcare services and employment

Christopher Barber

How to measure tracheostomy tube cuff pressure

Nicola Credland

Win: Successful Professional Portfolios for Nursing Students

Tweets of the week

What you’re saying on our Facebook page…

Elizabeth Pownall, Ron Holdsworth, Emma Ballentyne

We can do more to reduce anxiety surrounding breastfeeding

Hannah Robinson

Snapshot of a career reveals how much the NHS has changed

Vivien Ogden

Support alzheimer’s patients in petition against cheap headlines

June Andrews

Short-term pain of union action may bring long-term gain for all

Karen Chilver

Direct care target an admirable aim, but Mr Hunt won’t help us achieve it

Drew Payne

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

Margaret Paul

St John Ambulance First Aid

Grant Byrne

Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism: A guide for practitioners

Jo Boyd

Health Promotion Practice (Second edition)

Anita McBride

Change4Life

Layla Haidrani

Starting out - Mary showed me that a smile and kind gesture does make a difference

Jonathan Hitchen

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

Readers panel - Healthy eating and exercise

Daniel Athey, Florence Winterflood, Jane Scullion, Jane Brown

A rotten egg

David Newnham

Walking tall

Jane Bates

The Seacole legacy

Beverley Brathwaite

Voices - Advanced support roles require an advanced plan, says Janet Davies

Janet Davies

Be aware and beat the odds

Jennifer Trueland

Race and the NHS – a chance for change

Thelma Agnew

‘We’re beating the BME bias’

Lynne Pearce

Pain

Antibacterial soap is no more effective than plain at killing bacteria when handwashing

Claims for safety and efficacy of paroxetine in teens with depression were ‘misleading’

Lower bed occupancy means fewer deaths and better A&E results in UK hospital study

People tend to consume more when offered large portions or large plates

The longer the shift, the greater the risk of injury for A&E staff

Why nurses should think twice before using terms of endearment

News in brief

New online resource for budding school nurses

Cambridge trust rated inadequate

Rejected immigration requests causing ‘desperate’ staff shortages

Christian Duffin

A helping hand for Hollywood

Military nurse closer to home

Experts’ letter to CNO highlights key issues for safe staffing guidance

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Staff concerns about pay are ‘falling on deaf ears’

Survey reveals specialist talent is not nurtured

RCN director spearheads campaign to protect paid time off for union reps

Stepping back into the operating theatres of bygone times

CPD requirement could remain at 35 hours in bid to reduce costs

Tamsin Newton Snow

Race equality initiative leaves nowhere to hide

Graham Scott