Student life - South American challenge

Tony Collins

Cherry-pick the best bits

Jane Redfern Jones

Notice board

Brokering better outcomes

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Personalised approach

Fiona Lyon

Ethical practice

Brenda Chivima

Writing a journal article: guidance for novice authors

Bob Price

Pressure ulcer treatment in a patient with spina bifida

Michelle Porter, Jenny Kelly

Factors affecting cost-effectiveness in wound care decision making

Martyn Butcher, Richard White

Mentoring nursing students in the sexual health setting

Kate Brown, Selina Plant

Tweets of the week

Is herpes zoster vaccine free for nurses or will we have to pay?

Carol Piggott

Handheld devices could help to diagnose asthma more efficiently

Michaela Iveson

Rehabilitation care for a close friend proved to be abysmal

Familiar routines are helpful for stroke as well as dementia

Naomi Lyth

A range of views on anxiety, its medicalisation and seriousness

Shelagh Daly

There is no ‘one size fits all’ solution for treating mental health conditions

Maeve Edwards

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

Margaret Paul

Blausen Human Atlas app

Lesley Dee

The Last Asylum – A Memoir of Madness in our Times

Ken McLoone

From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public – Third edition

Grant Byrne

Get Self Help

Kerri Wright

The right information can transform lives

Debbie Quinn

Readers panel - Balance the pain with gain

Daniel Athey, Edwin Chamanga, Rebecca Harper, Jane Brown

Starting out - Joining a dementia champion group helped me overcome my trepidation

Hannah Gallier

Acts of goodwill

David Newnham

This bitter pill

Jane Bates

A vocation of value

Alison Leary

Voices - Mark Addison says a shared ethos is the definition of professional

Mark Addison

Caring nurses hit by a quality storm

Linda Aiken, Anne Marie Rafferty, Walter Sermeus

Brian’s breakthrough in cancer diagnosis

Lynne Pearce

Dementia: early diagnosis

New practical definition of epilepsy should make diagnosis easier

Evidence supporting the health benefits of Vitamin D may have been exaggerated

Perioperative chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer is still uncommon

Urgent need for community sanatoriums to help reduce the spread of XDR tuberculosis

Consumption of fat-free or low-fat milk could slow osteoarthritis

Lack of career progression and job cuts behind exodus of senior nurses

Kat Keogh

Scottish independence and NMC revalidation top congress debates

Alistair Kleebauer

World in Brief

Case examiners could speed up FtP process

Insulin pump therapy service revolutionises diabetes care

News in Brief

Home visits to new mothers could improve child outcomes

Put foot care first, urges Diabetes UK

NICE issues guidance on pressure ulcer prevention and management

Christian Duffin

Drive to develop leaders in learning disability nursing

Contact your MPs in fight for fair pay, says Peter Carter

MS nurses join project to prove the value of specialist role

Clwyd claims of husband’s poor care not upheld

New workforce plan will emphasise skills as much as numbers

High numbers of mature students ‘bring commitment and experience’

Kat Keogh

Kathryn stands as National Health Action Party MEP candidate

Managers used ‘emotional blackmail’ to persuade trust staff to have flu jab

Christian Duffin

Leading nurses highlight the truth about nursing

Graham Scott

Healthcare staff need to be better trained to spot signs of increased risk of asthma attack

Alistair Kleebauer

News digest April 30 2014

News digest May 01 2014

Job cuts and lack of promotion behind exodus of senior nurses

Kat Keogh

Association for respiratory nurses launches across Europe

News digest May 02 2014

King’s Fund embarks on review of midwifery regulation in the UK

Alistair Kleebauer

Introduction of values-based test for new recruits to NHS training posts

News digest May 06 2014

University lecturers’ marking boycott called off