Student life - A force to be reckoned with

Course resource

Preceptorship pays off

Bill Whitehead

Notice board

Champion in a challenging role

Fiona McGregor

Patient safety

Lorna Young

Safe storage and handling of vaccines

Jane Chiodini

Management of major burns: rehabilitation and recovery

Gabby Rowley-Conwy

Management of fistulae in patients with open abdomen

Kristine Curtis, Karen Judson

The digestive system: part 2

Charles Hendry, Alistair Farley, Ella McLafferty, Carolyn Johnstone

Tweets of the week

Are you an admirer or critic of bright red painted fingernails?

Hannah Braithwaite

Black and minority ethnic nurses need help in career progression

Ami David

Avoid contact with floodwater and take sensible precautions

Henry Campbell

We trust our GPs and the NHS more than private companies

Susan Brown

Scramble for foundation trust status hits psychology service

Cutbacks and increased pressures have drained the fun from nursing

Jayne Thomas

NHS Health and Symptom Checker app

Daniel Wolstenholme

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

Margaret Paul

Prize Fight The Race and the Rivalry to be the First in Science

Marc Cornock

Migration, Ethnicity, Race, and Health in Multicultural Societies – Second edition

Bridget Ryan

Kids Can Achieve

Peggy Sherwood

Dignity in care is important every day

Bernadette Makaza-Muzavazi

Readers panel - One day to make a change

Stephanie Cumming, Edwin Chamanga, Paul Jebb, Jenn Rawles

Starting out - A simple diary check could have spared cancer patient’s distress

Sue Grave

Right on target

David Newnham

Acting the part

Jane Bates

Sign up to end mutilation

Nicola MacBeth

Voices - It is unfair to ask nurses to bail out the NMC yet again, says Peter Carter

Peter Carter

Health protection is everyone’s business

Erin Dean

We have much to do

Erin Dean

Oesophageal cancer

US study reveals that nurses of all ethnicities experience discrimination at work

Increased mortality rate for women with history of abnormal cells on cervix

Ischaemic heart disease takes over as major cause of death in Arab world

Pre-operative nerves can affect levels of pain felt by young people after surgery

Fetal growth may affect childhood cardiovascular health

Investment in return to practice courses could solve nurse shortage

‘A very long way to go’ before we have enough BME nurse directors

Political notebook

World in brief

Teddy bears’ quick knit

Further freezes would make pay ‘unfair and uncompetitive’ say MPs

Jennifer Sprinks

Charity think tank suggests reform to delivery of community services

Christian Duffin

Film shows process of speaking out about care issues

News in brief

Clinicians frequently failing to spot symptoms of COPD

Praise for plan to broaden statin use

Some FtP checks to be based on risk

Ten per cent of would-be nurses have dropped out of HCA pilot

Jennifer Sprinks

High performers to get reward even if they are at pay-band ceiling

Jackie’s high hopes for staff pledges on NHS Change Day

Post-registration education in Scotland to be ‘more systematic’

Sailing the extra mile for patients

Wales could be first UK country to set legal minimum staffing levels

Christian Duffin

Pre-degree pilot has its uses…and its limitations

Elaine Cole

News digest February 19 2014

News digest February 20 2014

Flu uptake among NHS staff hits new high

Investment in return to practice courses could ease nursing shortage

Sally Gillen

News digest 21 February 2014

Allergy nurse appeal joins forces with NHS Change Day

Nurses urged to nominate colleagues for honours

News digest 24 February 2014

Input sought on draft kidney disease guidance

Poor diabetes awareness putting children at risk

News digest 25 February 2014

Nurses thanked for their vital work in flood-affected communities

Female diabetes patients at greater risk of stroke