Student life - The learning partnership

Leona McGillivray-Jones

Be open to criticism and ideas

Mandy Edwards

Notice board

An invaluable resource

Specialists prove their worth

Catharine Sadler

My aim is to improve care

Lynne Pearce

Bone metastases

Adam Davies

Safe and effective application of topical treatments to the skin

Sandra Lawton

Hypoglycaemia: causes, risk factors and pathophysiology

Svetla Dimitrova Stefanova, Carol Cox, Marie Hill

Appendicitis: a case study

Mohammed Abdullah Al-Maqbali

Police officers can be too heavy handed in mental health settings

Helen Evans

Hospital skin cream may be great, but selling it is a worrying sign

Bridget Ryan

Tweets of the week

A call to those who nursed during the second world war

Jane Brooks

I cry on placements and see this as a strength, not a weakness

Jordan Budworth

Psychiatric diagnoses have never been watertight compartments

Peter Barraclough

Saving the careers of nurses before they reach burnout

Alison Leary

Mentors experiencing challenges should seek professional support

Jean Rogers

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

Margaret Paul

Shadows on the Moon

Valerie McGurk

Reflective Writing

Greta McGough

Succeeding in Essays, Exams and OSCEs for Nursing Students

Susan Watkins

payingforcare.org

Kelly Smith

Starting out - Patient’s final moments showed me the limitations of protocol

Hannah Gower

Strategic choices

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - Insights from the front line

Craig Hopkins, Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Jane Scullion, Kate Tantam

Testing times

David Newnham

But once a year

Jane Bates

Slipping through the net

June Andrews

Voices - Yvonne Coghill wants a national debate on racial discrimination in the NHS

Yvonne Coghill

Health visitor

Community nurse

Consultant in public health

Midwife

School nurse

Changes bring opportunities

Jennifer Trueland

‘It’s a wonderful time to be a health visitor’

Every nurse’s new role

Jennifer Trueland

Nursing a nation back to health

Viv Bennett

Overview of evidence finds smoking cessation therapies are effective

Combining probiotics with antibiotics could prevent C. difficile diarrhoea

Psychiatric patients die nearly 16 years earlier than people without mental illness

Trial of anabolic steroids in treating pressure ulcers revealed few if any benefits

A third of men who have had heart failure will develop ‘menopause’

WRIGHT ANGLE - Stephen Wright’s monthly take on nursing in the news

Stephen Wright

Surge in A&E attendances caused by public confusion about services

Sally Gillen

World in brief

NICE guideline on falls prevention recommends personal assessments

Nurses admit to care failures

Mid Staffs performance improves but police review is unsettling

Jennifer Sprinks

Royal chelsea unveils new dementia ward

Watchdog’s inspection standards chime with aims of Care campaign

Sarah Harrison, Kat Keogh

News in brief

Nurses should be consulted on health research, say peers

Experiences of BME staff examined

Managers’ fears revealed over use of healthcare assistants

Training should focus on shift to community care, report urges

Sally Gillen

Workplace learning will ‘drive up quality of care’

New posts and roles in response to Francis

Wound care specialist made a dame in birthday honours

Requests for breast cancer tests double after star’s diagnosis

RCN demands urgent talks with ministers over staffing numbers

Sally Gillen

Nurses’ public health role is underestimated

Graham Scott