School nurses and sex education in schools

Developing a culture of relationship-centred care

Learning lessons from war to treat people with trauma

Combating depression in children and young people

A safe way to talk about death

‘Melanie went above and beyond to help me cope with twin’s death’

Intravenous cannula site management

Claire Dempsey

Tinnitus: considerations for nursing practice

Gill Truscott

Reasons for delayed patient discharge following day surgery: a literature review

Alison Rae

Clocking up skills and experience

‘I worried my stammer would be a barrier’

Jennifer Trueland

Finding the best ways to meet your patients’ expectations

Mandy Day-Calder

Every voice should be valued

Robert McEntee

Student life - Get your finances in order

Lynne Pearce

Let’s Talk FGM

Layla Haidrani

Nursing: Your Registration. The Guide to Revalidation with Ease

Alison Dinning

Palliative Care in Nursing and Healthcare

Helen Reeves

Uniforms a ‘breeding ground’

Stephen Taylor

More nurses, not a new role

Jennifer Hunt

Tweets of the week

Extra hour goes unrewarded

Karen Wilson

Who speaks for nurses?

David Harding-Price

What ‘she’s eating cake’ means to a loved one

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Should NHS staff ask suspected ‘health tourists’ for their ID?

Jenny Clarke, Liz Charalambous, Drew Payne, Daniel Athey

Preparation for a crucial role

Nicky Hayes, Corina Naughton

Time to look after those who take care of others

Janet Davies

The number that counts

James Buchan

Mentors need help to tackle bullying students

Louise Hunt

The blueprints to a new way of working

Alison Moore

Push to promote profile of cancer nurses in Europe

Jennifer Trueland

Urinary incontinence increases mortality risk in older residents

Reducing exposure to synthetic chemicals can fight diabetes

Parent-led early intervention can reduce symptom severity

Young women catching up with men in alcohol consumption

Hip replacement surgery does not increase physical activity

Skin cancer

Lisa Berry

Efforts to cut time taken for fitness to practise referrals starting to pay off

Erin Dean

Around the world

Noticeboard

Concern about responsibilities of new nursing associate role

nursingstandard.com

Nurses in GP surgeries require urgent training in mental health, says charity

Story in numbers

Relatives should always complain about poor care

Chris Longhurst

Overstretched emergency care ‘putting nurses off’

Flavia Munn

News in brief

ICU nurses’ scrubs ‘harbour superbugs’

Nurses reject call for greater involvement in government’s ‘health tourism’ crackdown

New ‘buddy’ system for future nurse leaders

Stephanie Jones-Berry

Poppy ambassador

Support scheme will help nursing’s leaders of the future step up

Graham Scott