Student life - Guiding star or reluctant mentor

Alanna Webster, Caitlin Bowron

Getting documentation right

Nicola Davies

Notice board

Making a world of difference

Carol Davis

Leave it to Florence

Jane Whyatt

Nursing research

Helen Fowles

Promoting better care for stigmatised patients

Jessica Pottle, Jill Marotta

How nurse leaders are connected internationally

David Charles Benton, Stephanie L Ferguson

Development of learning facilitation roles for unregistered practitioners

Ben Padfield, Rachel Knowles

Correction

Lessons to be learned from Malawi nursing pioneer

Geoff Earl

Expression of your religious beliefs may be inappropriate

Lei Foster

Retired reps can do bank work and then regain accreditation

Andy Shum

Tweets of the week

The powers that be will only respond to assertive action

Gareth Philips

Mental health provision needs to be at the heart of nursing

Naomi Lyth

Let’s prune nursing’s four branches down to two, but widen their focus

Alex Ocampo

The best of the holiday’s Health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

United European Gastroenterology

Helena Soni

Essentials for Nursing Practice – Eighth edition

Valerie McGurk

A Nightingale Christmas Wish

Steph Caldwell

Our best reads of 2014

Stephen Wright, Jane Bates, Peter Carter, Yvonne Coghill, James Buchan, Susan Osborne, Crystal Oldman, David Newnham, Viv Bennett, Zeba Arif

Starting out - Holistic care should be a privilege, not just part of the training

Grant Byrne

Happy holidays

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - Honesty is the best policy

Scott Justice, Beverley Brathwaite, Drew Payne, Linda Drake

Body language

David Newnham

You have to laugh

Jane Bates

A force for the good

Major Chris Carter

Voices - England’s chief nurses urge readers to share lessons learned in 2014

Viv Bennett, Jane Cummings

PCOS

Lessons in great care

Lynne Pearce

Gout flares twice as likely during the night as during day regardless of risk factors

Contact with the media after traumatic events could heighten PTS

Practitioners may struggle to change treatments in light of radiation trial data

Urinary tract symptoms may be alleviated by treating metabolic abnormalities

Longer breastfeeding could save the NHS more than £40 million

A year of honours, remembrance and a historic strike over pay

Sally Gillen

World in brief

Political notebook

Catholic nurse wins religious discrimination case at tribunal

Organ donor campaign lists Christmas wishes

Chocolates last less than an hour on wards, so try another option

Kat Keogh

Injuries at work vastly reduced by moving and handling course

Kat Keogh

Clean and quiet tray proves a hit

News in brief

Winner of our innovations award backs new campaign

Home hazards for falls spotted by app

Two new nurse of the year award categories for 2015

London still short of thousands of nurses despite increase in posts

Alistair Kleebauer

Gaza teamwork inspires UK nurses

Ward rounding approach will undergo research

Community care expansion plans under scrutiny

Nurse calls for licence U-turn

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

Kat Keogh

Nurses deterred by grim realities of senior roles

Graham Scott

Screening procedures for Ebola under review after infected nurse allowed to return home

News digest December 29 2014

Scottish Labour pledges 1,000 more nurses

Royal College of Midwives welcomes landmark judgement on abortion care

News digest December 23 2014

News digest December 17 2014

Health secretary Hunt sets out plans to tackle sepsis in primary and secondary care

Alistair Kleebauer

High-achieving nurses among those named in New Year Honours

Alistair Kleebauer

Concern over plans to investigate nurses with poor English

Sally Gillen

News digest December 18 2014

Study identifies research gaps in the care of women with female genital mutilation

Sally Gillen

Faulty insulin pens recalled

RCN director pays tribute to staff working Christmas day

Sally Gillen

News digest January 02 2015

Increase in nurse training places is not enough to meet patient demand

Katie Osborne

News digest December 22 2014

Free cinema tickets offer for RCN members

Nurses in Wales will get lump sum payment in January pay packet

News digest December 30 2014

RCN general secretary awarded honorary doctorate

Sally Gillen

Nursing the Nation poem is made into a film

Katie Osborne

RCN Scotland calls for a health and social care review in response to a fall in the number of hospital beds

Alistair Kleebauer

News digest December 24 2014

Proposed new wilful neglect law could scapegoat nurses

Sally Gillen

News digest December 19 2014

Smoking ban in cars carrying children commended by the RCN

Sally Gillen

News digest January 05 2015

Healthcare professionals urged to be diet and exercise role models

Sally Gillen

‘Scrooge’ health secretary warned there will be more strikes in 2015

Unions warn half of NHS staff will leave if their unsocial hours payments are abolished

Alistair Kleebauer

Shortage of lung cancer nurse specialists leading to ‘sub-optimal care’

Nurse critically ill with Ebola praised for bravery by RCN

RCN increases pressure in fight for fair pay

Alistair Kleebauer

News digest December 31 2014

Patients launch campaign to stop trust ending fast food contract

Katie Osborne

Unions warn of more strikes over healthcare pay

Inadequate care homes to be closed within a year, says regulator

News digest January 06 2015