Student life - Say what you think

Bridget Malkin

Insurance is essential

Jonathan Dyson

Notice board

Breaking new ground

Christian Duffin

Learning curve

Sharon Hudson

Record-keeping and documentation

Lucy Ward

Assisting students to prepare for a clinical practice placement

Sam Louise Miller

Developing a general ward nursing dashboard

Margot Russell, Maggie Hogg, Stuart Leach, Mags Penman, Susan Friel

Human factors and medication errors: a case study

Heather Gluyas, Paul Morrison

Tweets of the week

Fair pay petition gets a flying start with 150,000 signatures

Sally Harding

Ten years of my skill as a nurse have been wasted in the UK

Aneliya Slavilova

The NMC bases in London are convenient and cost-effective

Jackie Smith

Being turned away when seeking help only adds to the problems

Naomi Lyth

Trusts cannot win on mental health service provision

Christine Clark

I hope the memory café initiative takes off in hospitals across the UK

Bridget Ryan

Samaritans Radar app

Roger Evans

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

Margaret Paul

Opening Heaven’s Door – What the Dying Tell Us About Where They’re Going

Susan Watkins

Treatment of Child Abuse: Common Ground for Mental Health, Medical, and Legal Practitioners – Second edition

Valerie McGurk

Reddit: Tracking the 2014 Ebola Outbreak across the World

Margaret Arthur

Brave new care world

Dr. Paul Hodgkin

Gaining consent

Marc Cornock

Starting out - How I am helping staff to remember what’s important in dementia care

Joni Breen

Consider a career in the community

Tamara Thomas

Readers panel - Time for a pregnant pause

Dave King, Pamela Shaw, Craig Hopkins, Elsie Gayle

Jargon buster

David Newnham

Voices - The NHS needs long-term and sustainable investment, argues Peter Carter

Peter Carter

Granny’s song

Jane Bates

The bigger picture

Stephen Wright

Shaping the future of epilepsy care

Mary-Claire Mason

It’s all about money

Alison Moore

Heart failure

Impact on DNA suggests Mediterranean-style diet slows the ageing process

Acceptance of mandatory packaging of cigarettes grows among smokers

Social and online engagement linked to better health literacy

Even the best measures to improve drugs adherence have limited success

Moderate physical activity appears to reduce risk of Parkinson’s disease

New code is a victory for consensus in the profession, says regulator

Kat Keogh

Chief nurse runs dementia training

NMC warns of registration fee hike if forced to pay for its own regulator

Kat Keogh

Healthy eating is on the table as employers sign up to campaign

World in brief

Political notebook

News in brief

Clinicians told to stay alert to Ebola, despite low risk in UK

Europe-wide call to combat c. difficile

Nurse numbers inadequate for the care of patients following stroke

Alistair Kleebauer

Staff front trust’s campaign to keep hands clean

Safe staffing levels bill would set minimum nurse ratios in Wales

Alistair Kleebauer

Union members take their protest to the Treasury

Public sector workers face more misery over pay

RCN asks members to record any overtime worked

Tucking patients in at night offers reassurance and improves sleep

Duty to provide fundamentals of care spelled out in new NMC code

Katie Osborne

It’s there in black and white – registrants must offer emergency aid

New code is clear and concise, thanks to you

Graham Scott

Christmas comes early for healthcare support worker with luxury car win

Alistair Kleebauer

Choose your words carefully when talking to dying patients, nurses are urged

Kat Keogh

News digest December 12 2014

Nursing Standard award winner supports cancer campaign

Staff urged to remember sharps safety as virus exposures rise

Alistair Kleebauer

News digest December 15 2014

Public Health England publishes guidance to support young people in A&E with alcohol problems

Potential nursing directors might be put off by ‘old boys’ culture’

Kat Keogh

News digest December 16 2014

News digest December 10 2014

Shift workers at greater risk of obesity and diabetes, survey shows

Alistair Kleebauer

News digest December 11 2014

Academics named as recipients of pilot programme’s nurse leader scholarships

Katie Osborne