Student life - How to get the best from mentoring

Nicola Davies

On the move

Noticeboard

Time to kickstart your career

Erin Dean

Delivering the goods

David Newton

6Cs in mentorship

Rosalind Ponomarenko-Jones

Paediatric anaesthesia: an overview

Helen Elizabeth Langton

Pain management: a fundamental component of dementia care

Ann Regan, Jane Colling, Michael Tapley

Attitudes to smoking and smoking cessation among nurses

Sreejith Chandrakumar, John Adams

How to remove a tracheostomy tube

Nicola Credland

Win: Introduction to Research and Medical Literature

Tweets of the week

From Facebook

Sue Young, Stacey Clapham, Tabitha Williams, Helen Mckenzie, Gareth Phillips

How useful are defibrillators installed in community settings?

Jenny Janes

We can be trusted to judge how best to interact with patients

Caroline Wallis

Building care facilities at acute hospitals is a retrograde step

David Harding-Price

Age discrimination does persist, and nurses can challenge it

Shirley Law

Care for the older person should be all about the individual, not the age

Caroline Abrahams

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

Margaret Paul

Jointly

Layla Haidrani

Doing a Research Project in Nursing & Midwifery: a Basic Guide to Research Using the Literature Review Methodology

Amelia Rout

Operation Health: Surgical Care in the Developing World

John Adams

Developing Excellent Care for People Living with Dementia in Care Homes

Anna Morgan

Starting out - I learned safeguarding is not just for extreme cases, but everyday care

Imogen Kemp

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

Readers panel - Primed for revalidation

Stephanie Cumming, Sue Grave, Kate Tantam, Edwin Chamanga

Painful reminder

David Newnham

Pie dream

Jane Bates

Essential supply line

Ben Morrin

Voices - You too can be part of the QNI’s expanding family, says Crystal Oldman

Crystal Oldman

Keep score and help to ensure fair play

Lynne Pearce

Paving the way for safe discharge

Elaine Cole

Birth after caesarean section

Urgent GP referral pathway for suspected cancer patients is improving survival rates

Living near an airport could increase risk of hospitalisation for respiratory conditions

In knee ligament surgery, graft properties play a more critical role than surgical technique

People with larger brain volume shown to have reduced risk of memory decline

Vaccinating children is cost-effective for tackling flu burden

Relief for staff and employers as visa threat lifts for overseas nurses

Petra Kendall-Raynor

News in brief

Booklet focuses on dementia patients’ hospital care needs

Depression during pregnancy – alert

Liverpool faces practice nursing crisis as 80% are soon to retire

Anne Evans

Better action plans could reduce deaths from asthma

Seacole award winners announced

Urgent funding needed if vision for neonatal care is to become a reality

Christian Duffin

Use of temporary nurses up by 15% in Scotland

Give support staff band 5 roles, says skills for health

Ombudsman’s report outlining service failures prompts NHS trusts to improve

Burns nurses highlight fancy dress fire risk

RCN welcomes guidance on safe staffing in Labour peer’s review

Chris Longhurst

GPs should wake up to their workforce’s woes

Graham Scott