Take care of yourself

In focus

Pivotal role for nurses caring for cancer patients

Addressing malnutrition among older in-patients

Coping with type 1 diabetes

Head and neck cancer specialist offers us wonderful support

Kylee Green

Promoting healthy sleep

Georgina O’Reilly-Foley

Improving management of sepsis in the community

Fiona Culligan

Early recognition and management of brain tumours in children

Eleanor Katie Rogers, Anna Cannon, Krzysztof Zaborowski, Siba Prosad Paul

‘We are the mothers of invention’

Charity support is making rewarding roles possible

Lynne Pearce

How to leave work at the end of your shift

Mandy Day-Calder

Patient’s death drove me to become more assertive

Lydia Nganga

Student life - All my own work

Stephen Gowland-Mahon

Perfect Ward

Layla Haidrani

The Pocketbook Guide to Mental Health Act Assessments (Second edition)

Debbie Abrams

Deprivation of Liberty: Collected Guidance

Marc Cornock

Tweets of the week

From Facebook

Gareth Phillips, Neil Thompson, Paul Dalpra

Olympian feats on the wards

Georgina O’Reilly-Foley

It’s the thought that counts

Donato Tallo

Let’s ban the fan – it’s time to get rid of these infernal machines

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Should the NHS fund the HIV preventive drug PrEP?

Drew Payne, Grant Byrne, Linda Drake, Rachel Kent

Get the best from agency nurses

Caroline Shuldham

We can help make your fabulous ideas a reality

Crystal Oldman

Taking a break is a vital part of the working day

Zeba Arif

The future doesn’t have to be bleak with loans

Sue West

Helping dads to boost their children’s health

Heather Henry

Bridging the gender pay gap

Lynne Pearce

Five times more exercise needed to cut chronic disease risk

Women experience needless breast pain when horse-riding

Trampolining’s popularity leads to bounce in injuries

Alzheimer’s disease ‘more difficult to diagnose in men’

A healthy diet may be key to preventing gout flare ups

Childhood obesity

Erin Dean

Emergency in emergency care

Stephanie Jones-Berry

Around the world

Noticeboard

nursingstandard.com

New fast-track nursing diploma offered to redress ‘skills shortage’

Seven-day NHS unworkable without extra staff, leaked report reveals

Nutrition advice crucial, say cancer patients

Chris Longhurst

Story in numbers

‘Ancient’ eight-hour shift patterns causing burnout

Alistair Kleebauer

News in brief

Call for EU NHS staff to get citizenship

Warning over vulnerable children as school nurse posts fall 13% in six years

Prioritise children’s emotional welfare, urges psychiatrist

RCN slams ‘unacceptable’ waste of BME talent

Kat Keogh, Petra Kendall-Raynor

#hellomynameis

Action needed now to prevent another public health crisis

Graham Scott