Student life - Keeping in touch while at work

Dawn Morley

The value of quality research

Kate Thornberry

Notice board

Getting ready to open all hours

Stephanie Jones-Berry

At a theatre near you

Jenny Knight

Temperature monitoring

Abby Morrow-Barnes

Care of patients with peristomal skin complications

Jennie Burch

Developing a community multiple sclerosis nursing service

Debbie Quinn, John Adams

Ward staff experiences of patient death in an acute medical setting

Janet Wilson

Tweets of the week

I have many ideas to make the medical workplace much safer

Janet Mlinar

Sponsored long walk to raise awareness of mental health

Malcolm Rae

A bill of rights will protect care home residents from abuse

Ken Mack

MS patients must have access to the best treatment options

Michelle Mitchell

The government is investing in doctors rather than nurses

Christine Clarke

Patients’ and relatives’ views should have fed into research

James P Smith

Urgent action is needed on the lack of time to undertake important tasks

Naomi Lyth

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

Margaret Paul

Babylon Health app

Lesley Dee

Noncommunicable Diseases in the Developing World – Addressing Gaps in Global Policy and Research

Helena Soni

Baillière’s Nurses’ Dictionary for Nurses and Health Care Workers – 26th edition

Margaret Arthur

British Society for Parasitology

Bridget Ryan

Starting out - A young patient prompted me to try to improve student mental health

Julie Sheen

Healthy living lessons need to start early

Gerard Bligh

Readers panel - Cash upfront for treatment

Dave King, Alison Crumbie, Mark Pittman, Stephanie Cumming

Spaced out

David Newnham

Loose footing

Jane Bates

Honouring bravery

Robert Tunmore

Voices - Investing in more staff is the only way to improve care, says Susan Osborne

Susan Osborne

Integrated care in Scotland at stake

Jennifer Trueland

Introducing the patient’s choice

Lynne Pearce

Nurse of the year is a star of pain relief

Lynne Pearce

Scarlet fever

Women who drink beer more than twice a week protected against arthritis

Stem cell therapies may reduce mortality in heart disease patients

New oral anticoagulents use before or after surgery guided by review of clinical trials

Reduced testosterone levels indicate need to treat low-risk prostate cancer

Nursing assistants feel undervalued for work in pain management

Debate rages over how to improve the quality of care for older people

Kat Keogh

Resourceful Crimean pioneer remembered

Training review will look into HCA role and path to becoming a nurse

Alistair Kleebauer

World in brief

Political notebook

Professor warns NHS to be wary of ‘silent takeover’ by commerce and finance

NMC to consult on planned registration fee increase

Health staff set to benefit from new military training centre’s facilities

Kat Keogh

Questionnaire boosts ability to identify drug side effects

Stroke units to get anti-DVT sleeves

News in brief

Nurse awards shine spotlight on the profession’s brightest stars

Alistair Kleebauer, Kat Keogh

Proud to carry the Nightingale lamp

Draft NICE guidance underlines the need for a 1:8 nurse/patient ratio

Kat Keogh

Sarah gives us much to admire and celebrate

Graham Scott

News digest May 14 2014

Is surveillance the best way to stamp out abuse in residential nursing homes?

Kat Keogh

News digest May 15 2014

New NICE standards for school nurses on constipation

Theatre nurse disciplined for putting patients at risk while holding down two full-time jobs

Kat Keogh

News digest May 16 2014

Evidence of Welsh pensioners being forced to choose between eating and heating

Public health boards fail to prioritise hepatitis C

Alistair Kleebauer

News digest May 19 2014

New mothers say they like ‘homely environment’ at midwife-led unit

Obamacare’s predicted surge in US nurse numbers could prove a drain on UK nursing workforce

News digest May 20 2014

Nurses consulted on strike action over pay deal

People with early signs of dementia delay seeking help