Legal advice

Richard Griffith

Measuring malnutrition

Robin Lewis

‘AP degree gave me a confidence boost’

Tracey Lloyd

Help for assistant practitioner students

Susan Webb

The competence gap

Tom Rush, Carolyn Mason

Nurses should not feel threatened by HCA education

Joy Darch

Happy to be of assistance

Jenny Knight

News update

Courses & resources

HCA leading the way to change

Student life - Building a mentor programme

Shellie Jean Radford

For every problem, a solution

Nicola Davies

Notice board

Staff are an employer’s best asset

Stephanie Jones Berry

A safe pair of hands

Erin Dean

Ascites

Lucy Ward

Searching and critiquing the research literature

Ann Wakefield

Endocrine system: part 2

Charles Hendry, Alistair Farley, Ella McLafferty, Carolyn Johnstone

Strategies for enhancing the delivery of person-centred care

Ruth Perez-Merino

Tweets of the week

40th Anniversary reunion for the November 1974 Barts Set 13

Alison Evans

Time spent with patients can teach more than a textbook

Nathalie Allum

Emeritus professor Abe Guz was a great friend to nursing

Angela Heslop

There is a public expectation but no legal duty on first aid

Helen Evans

Don’t forget the training needs of residential care home staff

Why are Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland cast adrift?

Sally Harding

Shape of Caring review is a chance to ingrain compassion into training

Hugh Lancaster

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

Margaret Paul

Lumosity app

Nicola Evans

Do No Harm – Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

Justin Stevens

The Encylopedia of Elder Care: The Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric Health and Social Care – Third edition

Margaret Arthur

The Eastern Region Public Health Observatory

Kerri Wright

Starting out - Despite concerns about not coping, I remained calm in my first emergency

Madeline Blakebrough

Edith Cavell’s courage deserves better TV

Kate Tompkins

Readers panel - Putting a price tag on care

Scott Justice, Linda Drake, Edwin Chamanga, Stephanie Cumming

Hard to swallow

David Newnham

Baby steps

Jane Bates

The cycle of misuse

Yasmin Batliwala

Voices - Excellence is second nature to Queen’s Nurses, says Crystal Oldman

Crystal Oldman

Bringing attention to domestic abuse

Lynne Pearce

Acute teams respond to emergency cancer call

Mary-Claire Mason

Multiple myeloma

Benefits of zinc supplements outweigh adverse effects in malnourished children

Missed Clostridium diffcile infection cases attributed to lack of appropriate testing

The role of genetic factors in autism risk may have been exaggerated in some studies

Insuffcient evidence to screen women for domestic violence in healthcare settings

Possible link between premature menopause and cognitive decline

The NHS needs you – call goes out to nurses who left the profession

Care home nurses are ‘inadequately’ trained

Katie Osborne

Trust raises numeracy concern

World in brief

‘Staff fear raising the alarm on FGM’

Pain relief strategies for patients with dementia in acute settings

Alistair Kleebauer

Major study into Schwartz rounds

News in brief

Carter: ‘Worrying discrepancy between executives and staff’

NI nurse honoured for intervention unit

Draft code puts personal onus on nurses to ensure fundamental care

Kat Keogh, Katie Osborne

Confront bad practice immediately, managers told

#Wenurses forum founder asks NMC to rethink code

Employers warned they must support nurses to meet revalidation demands

Australian staffing ratios have led to safer care and motivated nurses

Katie Osborne

Proposed changes to the Code affect every nurse

Graham Scott

News digest May 28 2014

News digest May 29 2014

Study will evaluate role of multiple sclerosis specialist nurses

The NHS needs you – call goes out to nurses who left the profession

News digest May 30 2014

‘Up to 90 per cent of alcohol-related brain damage cases go undiagnosed’

Front line nurses should be better trained to detect abuse

News digest June 02 2014

Nurse-led £1 million initiative aims to identify those at risk of potentially fatal heart conditions

NICE urges regular testing and immediate specialist referral for those at risk of acute kidney injury

News digest June 03 2014

Hospital admissions for allergies on the rise, with young boys the most affected

Mid Staffs whistleblower to tell health leaders staff need better support when raising concerns