Student life - Practice makes perfect

Patricia McCollum, Katherine Rogers

On the move

Notice board

Notice board

‘I really love going to work’

Sonya Thomas

My experience counts

Rachael Rowe

Patients at risk

Katy Jones

Value of eggs during pregnancy and early childhood

Carrie Ruxton

Role of the clinical research nurse in tissue viability

Beverley Hemingway, Carron Storey

Prevention of pressure ulcers in nursing home residents

Alica Bangova

Promoting mental health and wellbeing

Frederick Ruddick

Legacy of Mary Seacole is hugely overstated, even by nurse leaders

Lynn McDonald

Research on singing and COPD shows remarkable results

Sonia Page, Ann Skingley, Trish Vella-Burrows, Stephen Clift, Ian Morrison

Tweets of the week

Nurses ideally placed to champion plight of neglected group

Joan Manzie

Report makes link between staffing levels and care quality

Elizabeth Robb

I doubt recommendations will be implemented

Chris Moon-Willems

Time to reflect and make sure practice is patient-centred

Elaine Maxwell

Most nurses are compassionate, but have been badly let down

Jane Salvage

As a nurse who was dismissed in 1990…

Graham Pink

The best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

Hideout

Greta McGough

Beyond the Call of Duty – A Biography of Whitland’s Dr Penn

Marc Cornock

Autism Spectrum Disorders Through the Life Span

Simon Jones

Make Room for Daddy – The Journey from Waiting Room to birthing Room

Sam Chenery-Morris

Readers panel - Sexuality: a tick box matter?

Sue Szczepanska, Alison Crumbie, Jenn Rawles, Paul Jebb

Starting out - My fears about a palliative care placement proved to be unfounded

John Middleton

Guardian angel

An aspirin a day

Soul food

Take a stand against bad practice, however that may be

Seize the moment

Peter Carter

Integrated approach speeds up services

Smooth transitions

Erin Dean

Quantity and quality

Bee Friend

Your guide to raising concerns

Stand up and be an agent for change

Roger Kline

Early interventions with cognitive behavioural therapy could delay schizophrenia

Drug made from pig proteins shows promise in treating people with vascular dementia

Interferon may be harmful in the re-treatment of hepatitis C and chronic liver disease

Women who stop smoking before the age of 40 markedly cut risk of reduced lifespan

IVF linked to a higher risk of blood clots during pregnancy

Report’s vision for nurses and healthcare support workers

‘The caring, committed majority of nurses need better support’

Sarah Harrison

‘CNO on a par with medical director’

Mixed reaction to register for older people’s specialist

Campaigners fight on despite claims that hospital is improving

Pre-entry work experience idea met with scepticism

Carter insists that splitting the RCN is unlikely to prevent care failings

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Francis tells trusts to boost the power of ward leaders

Pay rises should be linked to quality of care, PM argues

Courses will-help staff challenge ways of working

Overhaul for complaints process

Bring back named nurses and set safe staffing levels, inquiry says

Petra Kendall-Raynor

More staff input during hospital inspections

Francis advocates compulsory HCA regulation

Authority to check NMC’s adjudications

RCN moves to reassure nurses as profession comes under fire

Managers failing to heed lessons from Mid Staffs, survey suggests

Christian Duffin

Time for ministers to listen on staffing levels

Graham Scott