Student life - Prepare for a big city move

Erin Henderson

Course resource

A more flexible way of working

Simon Hudson

Notice board

A boost to the day job

Steve Pickles

Topical treatments

Hellen Wambui

Alcohol-related liver disease

Danielle Fullwood

Wound care considerations in neonates

Yvonne Cousins

Remedial action in the management of wound-related pain

Martyn Butcher, Richard White

Safe moving and handling of patients: an interprofessional approach

Matthew P Anderson, Susan Carlisle, Clare Thomson, Catherine Ross, Helen J Reid, Nigel D Hart, Angela Clarke

Tweets of the week

Complacency over polio and its effects is not an option

Ted Hill

Is work being done to compare mentoring across NHS trusts?

Michael Walker

There is no such thing as a UK or British National Health Service

Kevin Davies

Stakeholder meeting will discuss concerns on sharing patient data

Kingsley Manning

I accept CQC verdict and welcome inspectors back to see progress

Sue Smith

Climate change may be debatable, but promoting sustainability is not

Sally Harding

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

Margaret Paul

Quit smoking – QuitNow! app

Nicola Evans

Inclusive leadership in Social Work and Social Care

Irene Mabbott

Anatomy of Research for Nurses

Lesley Dee

The Nightingale Initiative for Global Health

John Adams

Starting out - Never judge your patients based on what they have done in the past

David Donovan

Politician beware

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - Paying for their mistakes

Jane Brown, Scott Justice, Craig Hopkins, Jane Scullion

Got the bug

David Newnham

Power of love

Jane Bates

Make your voice heard

Amanda Cheesley

Voices - As Yvonne Coghill reflects on the 6Cs, a few of her own come to mind

Yvonne Coghill

Curtains hide risks to health and hygiene

George Winter

Don’t cross the line from professional to personal

Erin Dean

Keeping infection control in hand

Erin Dean

Type 2 diabetes

Fears over antidepressants led to drop in prescriptions and rise in suicide attempts

Level of inappropriate knee surgery higher than expected in osteoarthritis patients

Children of parents with cancer experience emotional and behavioural problems

Aspirin’s anti-inflammatory effect is ‘blunted’ on black African American women

Children remain at risk of whooping cough despite vaccination

Identifying the nutritional needs of dementia patients is essential

Political notebook

Nurses welcome government report on extreme ward temperatures

World in brief

Library’s first anniversary marked

Introduction of standards of care will make safe staffing levels law

Christian Duffin

Hydration device proves its worth

Nurses could be more vulnerable if DH plans on restraint go through

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Teenage Cancer Trust shares 24 years of care experience

Organ donor boost down to specialists

New end of life guidance could lead to conflict with patients’ interests

Katie Osborne

Seacole statue is a step closer

Welsh nurses offered £160 instead of 1 per cent pay rise

Forensic and rehab nurse elected new chair of congress

Only one third of dying people who wish to die at home actually do, survey finds

Nursing inspired weight loss

NICE calls for use of ‘red flags’ to trigger immediate review of care

Alistair Kleebauer

The next phase in safe staffing battle is crucial

Graham Scott

News digest July 16 2014

News digest July 17 2014

Chief nurse welcomes news her trust could soon be taken out of special measures

Challenge of meeting the nutritional needs of acute patients who have dementia

News digest July 18 2014

Prostate Cancer UK launches nurse-led online help

Nursing staff figures rise to highest level in five years

News digest July 21 2014

FGM has no place in modern Britain, says RCN

New course to help nurses back into the profession