Midwife’s decisive action saved my baby’s life

Neutropenic sepsis

Naomi Forsyth

Promoting health-related quality of life in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Florence Wong

Identifying nurses’ needs in relation to suicide awareness and prevention

Annessa Rebair, Ian Hulatt

Sputum collection and analysis: what the nurse needs to know

Rebecca Myatt

‘You get out what you put in’

Reflective practice will give nursing its voice back

Paul Vaughan

Mindfulness – part 2: how to reduce stress

Mandy Day-Calder

Compassion in continence care

Danielle Moxen

Student life - Patience and kindness

Ian Hulatt

Freedom to Speak Up

Layla Haidrani

Rapid Adult Nursing

Myles Harris

The Key to Mental Health (Second edition)

Laura Pisaneschi

Tweets of the week

Who else leads by example?

Jonathan Duggan

Encephalitis awareness

Ava Easton

Bursary blow not universal

Julie Bliss

Staffing shortages

Policies there to protect us all

The big medication information dilemma

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Should longer GP consultations be a priority for the NHS?

Drew Payne, Jane Scullion, Linda Drake, Rachel Kent

Why continence should be the seventh ‘C’ for all nurses

Amanda Cheesley

‘Women are the ingredients of development’

Howard Catton

Your duty to report

Marc Cornock

Plans made in secrecy and met with fear

Rod Thomson

Setting the bar high

Alison Whyte

Digital tool for better diabetes care

Jennifer Trueland

‘It’s becoming harder to survive month to month’

Lynne Pearce

Lifetime weight gain linked to oesophageal and stomach cancers

Hip fractures linked with raised risk of dying in older people

Bariatric surgery can benefit people with type 2 diabetes

More help for health staff could cut unnecessary antibiotic use

Vitamin D can help stave off respiratory tract infections

Learning disability and mental health

Lynne Pearce

Tackling malnutrition: more work is needed to meet hospital food standards

Erin Dean

Around the world

Noticeboard

Charity warns of future shortfall of 7,000 clinical nurse specialists

nursingstandard.com

Nurses among EU workers lobbying for right to remain in the UK

Vital signs

Concern remains over nursing associate role

Chris Longhurst

‘No support’ for ending mental health specialism

Erin Dean

News in brief

Children’s hospital nurses ‘outstanding’

Government plans to introduce tougher penalties for students who cheat

Chief nurse pledges to improve image of nursing

Stephanie Jones-Berry

Nurse honours

Overcoming stereotypes: nursing in 2017

Graham Scott