‘An inspirational figure who works hard for patients’

Pulmonary oedema

Monica Thompson

Understanding mental capacity law and making best-interests decisions

Ann Regan, Caitlin Sheehy

Nurse-led medicines monitoring: a study examining the effects of the West Wales Adverse Drug Reaction Profile

Richard Jones, Christopher Moyle, Sue Jordan

‘Shout it from the rooftops’

Visiting children at home and reducing admissions

Erin Dean

How to thrive in a mentoring partnership

Mandy Day-Calder

Recognising your fears is the first step to overcoming them

Phillipa Kirwan

Student life - If at first you don’t succeed…

Grant Byrne

One You Easy Meals

Layla Haidrani

The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them

Rhiannon Maslen

The Bell Lap: Stories for Compassionate Nursing Care

Marjorie Ghisoni

Poor pay must be addressed

Anne Wells

Tweets of the week

Newly qualified nurses must be inspired to stay in the profession

Michelle Brown

Tackling student attrition

Kat Barber

We must save district nursing

No wonder nurses feel demotivated

A Matossian

Embrace the ‘hygge’ mindset this winter

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Is a reluctance to upset people ‘normalising’ obesity?

Rachel Kent, Drew Payne, Beverley Ramdeen, Stephanie Cumming

Making sense of the numbers

Caroline Shuldham

We must strengthen our fight for a safer NHS

Susan Osborne

Safe use of social media

Zeba Arif

We have the power to combat modern slavery

Hilary Garratt

Celebrating innovation

Alison Whyte

HIV in South Africa: ‘Ultimately it will be young people who end the epidemic’

Jacqui Thornton

Physiotherapy of no benefit to patients with ankle sprains

Cytosponge test could be an alternative to endoscopy

Fish oil and exercise improves older women’s muscle function

Health anxiety associated with increased risk of heart disease

Big fall in parents’ income after childhood cancer diagnosis

Tackling racism in the NHS

Erin Dean

Child abuse inquiry urges nurses to help survivors tell their stories

Flavia Munn

Around the world

Noticeboard

Nurses use theatre to explore solutions to problems in a safe and creative way

Fathers can play central role in tackling child health crisis

nursingstandard.com

Story in numbers

Nurse directors thrive on support from trust board

Stephanie Jones-Berry

NMC suspends nurse for decision on Ebola temperature

Apprenticeships seen as a backwards step

Petra Kendall-Raynor

News in brief

‘Missed opportunity’ as chancellor fails to mention NHS pay cap in autumn statement

Thousands of nurses apply to leave UK amid shortage

Erin Dean

RCN International Conference

RCN milestone highlights all that unites nurses across the world

Graham Scott