Student life - Practice makes perfect

Anna Thompson

Let’s talk about sex

Kathy French

Notice Board

A force to be reckoned with

Sonya Thomas

A wake up call for night owls

Ruth Cameron

Improving asthma care

Derrick Tait

Blood glucose monitoring and management in acute stroke care

Elizabeth Laird

Provision of training and support for newly qualified nurses

Aled Jones, Judith Benbow, Rachel Gidman

Managed care: a structured approach

Paul Linsley, Sean Morton

Tweets of the week

Using the term ‘second level’ implies second-best nurses

Jenny Janes

Experience is no substitute for proper training and education

James P Smith

A fascinating revelation of nursing practice in China

Emily Joanna Hill

For the past 30 years, everyone I have cared for had a named nurse

Lyn Matthews

Patient allocation and the nursing process at work

Jennifer M Hunt

To refuse gifts from patients would be rude and churlish

Helen Evans

Celebrate the spirit and pleasure of giving and receiving presents

Jeff Williams

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

Margaret Paul

Evernote app

Daniel Wolstenholme

Can I Tell You About Dementia? A Guide for Family, Friends and Carers

Holly Howe Watson

Marrow of Tragedy – The Health Crisis of the American Civil War

John Adams

Centre for Social Justice

Irene Mabbott

Pension pot potential

James Buchan

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

Scrapping the five-day week is long overdue

Irene Heywood Jones

Readers panel - Never say never event

Paul Jebb, Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Scott Justice, Alison Crumbie

Starting out - Language barrier presented an inspiring learning experience

Jessica Yates

Picture of health

David Newnham

Lean on me

Jane Bates

It’s just the tonic

Mark Holmes

Voices - Our fight for front line reinforcements continues, says Peter Carter

Peter Carter

Another first for nursing

Mary-Claire Mason

Help for ‘mini A&Es’

Lynne Pearce

Cold comfort care

Alison Moore

Myocardial infarction

Hopes fade for preventive effect on child asthma from probiotic supplements

Exercise is shown to reduce heart, vascular and arterial risk among type 2 diabetes patients

Study shows the effects of previous bariatric surgery on perinatal outcomes

Lower survival rates found in young black patients following liver transplant

Prostate cancer less likely after a biopsy showing inflammation

1,000 extra adult branch nurses is good news, at least for 2014/15

Sally Gillen

MPs urge regulator to keep its focus on clearing case backlog

Jennifer Sprinks

Carter’s Christmas visit to the Beacon

World in brief

Cancer care needs radical transformation

Charging migrants in bid to prevent ‘health tourism’ branded unethical

News in brief

CQC determined to improve community health services

Replacement for ‘toxic’ care plan

Key role for nursing staff in tackling malnutrition risk in the over-65s

Kat Keogh

Juliet takes up groundbreaking post

Ageing workforce poses serious problem for NHS

Skill mix, not numbers, is the most important issue, says chief nurse

Sprinks Jennifer

Healthcare staff recognised in the new year honours

Staff and patients take part in Dry January

Mid Staffs whistleblower voices her pride at OBE recognition

Matthew gets in shape for Great Wall of China adventure

The NMC wants to see evidence of nurses learning from complaints

Jennifer Sprinks

The NMC consultation is worth making time for

Graham Scott

News digest January 14 2014

Five-minute Herceptin injections for aggressive breast cancer licensed for use on NHS