Student life - Compassionate to the core

Leon Colley

Think you could do a PhD?

Mandy Edwards

Noticeboard

Bridge of knowledge

Kathy Oxtoby

Route to satisfaction

Daniel Allen

Late stage dementia

Rose Gallacher

Non-pharmacological treatments for patients with depression

Norman Young

The role of nutrition in preventing pressure ulcers

Sarah Helen Leaker

Prevention and management of neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers

Lorna Jarrett

Understanding grounded theory

Hilary Engward

Tweets of the week

I did not intend to demean hospice at home professionals

Paul Beland

Cultural change must accompany technological advancement

Sharon Zantuck

Practice nursing is the way to go for masters of many trades

Jan Gower

Carrot and stick – whitehall’s dual approach to flu-jab uptake

Helen Evans

What sort of future do the best and brightest have in nursing?

Paula Duckworth

The government is treating us as if we were the enemy within

Bridget Ryan

No pay rise, no holiday bonus – how can we balance work and home life?

Donna Dowd

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

Margaret Paul

Lippincott Nursing Drug Handbook app

Helen Sullivan

Pure Sport: Practical Sport Psychology – Second edition

Dorothea’s War – The Diaries of a First World War Nurse

John Adams

Noise Abatement Society

Grant Byrne

Starting out - A patient derived great comfort from the spiritual care I provided

Alison Humphries

In praise of students’ reflections on practice

Mary Donnelly

Readers panel - Flu vaccines: no jab, no money

Mark Pittman, Steph Cumming, Edwin Chamanga, Kate Tantam

Keep pests away

David Newnham

Innocent motive

Jane Bates

Woman of substance

Terri Arthur

Voices - New resource helps nurses move into the community, says Crystal Oldman

Crystal Oldman

Triumph of the trolley

Lynne Pearce

Who pays for the pastor?

Christian Duffin

Rate my care

Erin Dean

Headaches

Researchers examine the indicators of wellbeing for people with dementia

Practice nurse diabetes helpline has little impact on improving glycaemic control

Study exposes racial disparity in functional status among women with breast cancer

Reducing the risk of cardiovascular mortality among sleep apnoea patients

Anxiety is more likely than depression to trigger suicidal intent

Transgressing the code – why fitness to practise is an undergraduate issue

Kat Keogh

Nurse advises on 1960s show

MP expresses disbelief at inability of NMC to accept fees in instalments

Sally Gillen

World in brief

Don’t wait to report child abuse, implores leading academic

Political notebook

News in brief

Initiative aims to empower patients to help themselves

Charity funds study of diabetes and diet

Teddies raise meningitis awareness

Quality of NHS care has remained high, despite financial pressures

Jennifer Sprinks

Unions to fight DH’s call for another pay freeze

Kat Keogh

Trust criticised for ending formula milk

Chief nurse’s plan to end ‘distressing’ discrimination against BME nurses

In remembrance of true courage

Peers’ fresh bid to tighten rules on employing HCAs

NMC unable to test language skills of EU nurses

Senior nurses convince MPs to back campaign for safe staffing

Jennifer Sprinks

A simple equation: safe staffing equals safe care

Graham Scott