Developing patient rapport, trust and therapeutic relationships

Bob Price

Psoriasis nurse of the year helped me lead a normal life

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Rose Gallacher

Exploring patients’ experience of hospital meal-ordering systems

Ella Ottrey, Judi Porter

‘Remember that change is okay’

The myths and the benefits

Angelo Varetto

Be brave – ask for help

Mandy Day-Calder

A smile and a chat go a long way

Ela Hamer

Putting children on the panel

Sarah Ball

Unknown Warriors – The Letters of Kate Luard, Nursing Sister in France 1914-1918

Margot Lindsay

The Cancer Revolution: Integrative Medicine – the Future of Cancer Care

Jacqui Stringer

Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing

Kelly Critcher

Tweets of the week

Pay and conditions are equal

Emma Ballentyne

Pay rise or better conditions?

Stephen Taylor

Sadness of a lonely death

Tracey Ann Miller

What the NHS needs now

Nurses won’t strike

Letter

Gabrielle Hunt

Be aware of extremism

Sarah Hammerton

Confusion abounds after a cataract op

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Should trusts offer ‘golden hellos’ to attract nurses?

Jane Scullion, Lauren Ferrier, Rachel Kent, Daniel Athey

Young people want honesty

Sue Morgan

Act now to prevent more nurses leaving the profession

Crystal Oldman

How can we reduce excessive prescribing?

Matt Griffiths

Access to late abortion must be protected

Michael Nevill

Tackling malnutrition in older people

Catharine Sadler

Finding out what matters to patients

Lynne Pearce

A vision for nursing in Scotland

Jennifer Trueland

Dementia awareness training alone ‘not enough to improve care’

GPs’ anticoagulant prescribing is not always best practice

Healthy eating and exercise lessen chance of C-section

Nurse-led scheme lets carers manage cancer pain medication

Early menopause linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Meningitis and septicaemia vaccinations

Kimberley Hackett

Acid attacks: simple steps taken quickly are crucial

Erin Dean

Around the world

Noticeboard

Bursary scheme aims to attract men to nursing

nursingstandard.com

Nurse calls for tighter control of online diet pills after daughter’s tragic death

Story in numbers

Staff urge ED patients to remain active if they can

Petra Kendall-Raynor

‘Savings from frozen posts raided for other budgets’

Matthew Mckew

News in brief

Leaders respond to criticism of nurses

‘Dangerous’ state of the prison system is putting nurses’ safety at risk, RCN warns

Plea to lower English test pass marks for EEA nurses

Chris Longhurst

Career inspiration

Attracting men to the profession is a step towards tackling an inequality

Graham Scott