Student life - Learning from experience

Anna Pitts

The unique atmosphere drew me in

Bernie Wilson

Notice board

A lesson in how to educate staff

Vanessa Taylor

All change for nursing

Kathy Oxtoby

Mentoring students

Zoe Richards

Use of statins to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in adults

Helen Ford

Hepatitis E virus infection

Robert Pratt

Developing a community mental health nursing handover form

Laurie Burleton

Luevonue Lincoln

Roger Evans

Staffing levels in the care of people with learning disabilities

Michael Ginn

Nurses feel distressed about their overburdened workload

Tweets of the week

Staffing levels can be judged safely by ward managers

Peter Westhead

Arbitrary legal protection will only deter whistleblowers

David Lewis

Fees could be used directly with overseas organisations

Kevin Davies

The RCN has paid unfairly high dues to the ICN for too long

Geoff Earl

The ICN does more for nursing aid than any other organisation

Christine Hancock

Health visitor numbers are rising but we need more in the south

Dame Sarah Cowley

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

Margaret Paul

The Lost Art of Walking – The History, Science, Philosophy, Literature, Theory and Practice of Pedestrianism

Gillian James

Caring for Older People – A Shared Approach

John Adams

Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing and Healthcare Professionals – Second edition

Valerie McGurk

phast.org.uk

Roger Evans

Starting out - A dying patient’s pleas helped me realise I had chosen the right job

Beverley Brown

Readers panel - Stubbing out teen smoking

Jane Scullion, Alison Crumbie, Stephanie Cumming, Paul Jebb

Standard working hours would improve care

Pam Oliver

The daily grind

David Newnham

A warm ending

Jane Bates

Support from all angles

Miryam Clough

Voices - Safe staffing legislation is being considered by the US Congress, says Jean Gray

Jean Gray

A positive drain on the system

Jackie Cosh

Vision for a brighter future

Jennifer Trueland

Patients commend Manchester trust for listening

Hear our voice

Jennifer Trueland

Gastric banding surgery is effective treatment for moderate and morbid obesity

Vegetables containing nicotine may help reduce the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease

Adverse liver effects may be due to weight problems rather than obesity drug orlistat

Soothing music improves the sleep quality of critically ill patients in intensive care

High survival rate of swedish preterm infants is due to perinatal care

Is this year’s increase in training places a positive sign or just a blip?

Sally Gillen

DH officials will ‘experience’ NHS

North-south divide for health visitor jobs plan

Jennifer Sprinks

World in brief

News in brief

Whistleblowing hotline gets 53 callers in first month

Staff need more ways to report concerns

New guidance will steer decisions on staffing levels, says Welsh CNO

Jennifer Sprinks

Nurses host Kenyan exchange visit

£150,000 for best dementia care ideas

Poll reveals that NHS staff think employers sacrifice care quality

Sally Gillen

Criminal records service could speed up recruitment process

Commons hears A&E nurses are leaving specialty

Inadequate IV training is putting patients lives at risk, says NICE

NMC given new powers to speed up fitness to practise procedures

Jennifer Sprinks

Rise in student numbers must be sustained – RCN

A taste of day-to-day life on the NHS front line

Graham Scott