‘I used the technique to summon help for a critically ill patient’

Student life - Keep it clear and to the point

Lisa Johnson

Notice board

In tune with staff wellbeing

Sarah Wray

Give yourself an upgrade

Angharad Hughes

Nutrition and hydration in hospital

Laura Flint

A collaborative approach to health promotion in early stage dementia

Catharine Jenkins, Ailsa McKay

Preparing nurses to work in primary care: educators’ perspectives

Gary Albutt, Parveen Ali, Roger Watson

An evaluation of therapeutic optimism in advanced nurse practitioner students

Melanie Rogers, Steve Hemingway, Steve Elsom

Jillian MacGuire

Barbara Vaughan

Fond memories of Susan Pembrey, the best line manager i ever had

Patricia Causier

Charities such as GMFA need to be supported and encouraged

Drew Payne

Shop locally for food to help reduce your carbon footprint

Danielle Nierenberg

Tweets of the week

Leave the nurse station where it is and address staffing levels

Reynagh Jarrett

Exorbitant ICN fees could be better spent elsewhere

Helen Evans

RCN should resist temptation to quit international nursing body

Maura Buchanan, Christine Hancock, Pat Hughes, Tom Keighley, Shelagh Murphy, Anne Marie Rafferty, Jane Robinson, Jane Salvage

Sponsor my run in aid of a good friend who died of mesothelioma

Jol Miskin

Although nurses’ fund is closed, financial help is still available

Claire Cannings

Great response to my chernobyl vigil, despite the pie thieves

Jim Gillies

In uncertain times, it is vital nurses keep communication channels open

Matthew Hodson

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

Margaret Paul

A Place in History – Britain’s Headline News Stories Remembered

John Adams

A Nurse’s Survival Guide to the Ward – Third edition

Sue Shaw

My Journey – Reflections on Life from a Cancer Survivor

Valerie McGurk

yecco.com

Kelly Smith

Starting out - Patient’s appreciative words taught me to look for the good in others

Craig Alvin Martins

On a high

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - When protection is unwanted

Craig Hopkins, Elsie Gayle, Linda Drake, Sue Szczepanska

Blurred vision

David Newnham

None too clever

Jane Bates

Another side to the story

Voices - A fully inclusive workforce is good for patient care, writes Yvonne Coghill

Yvonne Coghill

‘How do you rate us?’

Claire Laurent

Treatment not pads

Jennifer Sprinks

Ten APPS approved by the NHS

A smart use for mobiles

Jennifer Trueland

Consuming moderately less salt in the long-term can lower blood pressure significantly

Likelihood of being obese or overweight increases with each subsequent generation

Optimal potassium intake improves blood pressure in adults with hypertension

Women who have undergone endometriosis surgery have a reduced risk of ovarian cancer

Home visits help ease stresses and worries in pregnant couples

‘So listen to us, hear us goddamn roar’

Men tend to bottle it all up, but are services doing enough to help?

Kat Keogh

Home closures trigger concerns

Private hospital vows to meet key standards

Beena Nadeem

World in brief

College urges new nurses to think carefully before pension deferral

Kat Keogh

Children’s sticker books are a passport to reassurance

News in brief

NHS announces biggest ever staff development scheme

Support for return to civvie street

Nursing cuts could put vaccination programme at risk

NHS Direct personnel asked to stay on to help new NHS 111 service cope

Staff need to ‘listen more to patient concerns’

Continence charity appoints specialist

Rapid response teams to scrutinise staffing at high mortality hospitals

Jennifer Sprinks

MPs say nurse’s dismissal was heavy-handed

Work experience plan for students will cost £766m a year, deans warn

Jennifer Sprinks

Leadership training is better late than never

Graham Scott