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The privacy and dignity of men is being undermined

27 April 2010

Nursing Standard

Letter

Despite the endless talk of equality, why do male patients and male nurses still get the rough end of the stick? My local primary care trust has recently advertised...

Many make the mistake of undervaluing band 5 status

08 June 2010

Nursing Standard

Letter

It is with some dismay that I read the comments of Drew Payne (letters May 19) regarding NHS Direct’s decision to recruit band 5 nurse advisers. I am due to take up...

SymTrac

22 April 2015

Nursing Standard

App Review

SymTrac is a free app designed to provide people who have multiple sclerosis (MS) with a means to track their general wellbeing and symptoms.

Health for Teens

15 July 2015

Nursing Standard

Webwise Review

Health for Teens is a website devised by the Leicester Partnership NHS Trust and aimed at secondary school pupils.

School Nurse Matters

10 June 2015

Nursing Standard

App Review

Devised by the Bexley and Greenwich school nursing team in London, this app is aimed at secondary school pupils. Easy to download and simple to navigate, with...

Fatigue in MS patients

04 November 2015

Nursing Standard

CPD

As a newly appointed clinical nurse specialist in multiple sclerosis (MS), I found this article of particular interest. MS is a highly complex central nervous system...

Supplying emergency contraception to adolescents: the nurse’s role

26 November 2014

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article explores issues surrounding the supply of emergency contraception to adolescents to reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy. It explains the female...

Government is just protecting the richest with regional pay variations

04 January 2012

Nursing Standard

Letter

The government’s plan to introduce regional pay variation for NHS nurses as soon as 2013 (news December 14) is the latest in an orchestrated series of attacks on...

Needlestick injuries

19 September 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

As a staff nurse working in a community anticoagulation team, my role involves obtaining capillary blood samples as part of a near-patient testing programme.