Student life - Ask us what we think

Cynthia Hammond, Rosemary Ackerman-Rainville

Inspection and improvement

Nicola Davies

Notice board

Making an objective assessment

Petra Kendall-Raynor

A passion for research

Nichole McIntosh

Fluoride

Sharon Kempson

Prevention and management of constipation in adults

Brigitte Rosemarie Collins, Lorraine O’Brien

Mixed methods research

Elizabeth Halcomb, Louise Hickman

Experiences of military nurses in Iraq and Afghanistan

Louisa Jane Kenward, Gary Kenward

Win: Dementia The One-Stop Guide

Tweets of the week

What you’re saying on our Facebook page...

Sue Dray, Val Radmore, Helen Thornton

Financial pressures should not force students out of nursing

Grant Byrne

The money spent on revalidation could have been put to better use

Anne Miller

Revalidation is a great idea, but what resources will support it?

Liz Ledger

A chance to give people with learning disabilities a voice

Stacey Atkinson

Evidence shows high-calibre nurses are an investment in safety

Peter Griffiths

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

Margaret Paul

NHS Quit Smoking

Kelly Smith

Missing Microbes – How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling our Modern Plagues

Valerie McGurk

Nurses! Test Yourself in Non-Medical Prescribing

Karin Cannons

Sugarscience

Scott Justice

Starting out - My struggle with palliative care was helped by excellent mentoring

Megan Pritchard

Worth your weight in gold

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - Relaxing the hours to visit

Liz Charalambous, Jane Brown, Scott Justice, Esther Tanton

Lost for words

David Newnham

Grin and bear it

Jane Bates

The human touch

Katherine Murphy

Voices - If safe staffing is hard, then we must try harder, says Susan Osborne

Susan Osborne

Spiritual solace without religion

Alison Moore

Ensuring we get the fundamentals right

Erin Dean

‘It’s rare that a prisoner has one problem’

Jennifer Trueland

Safe use of medicines

Exposure to World Trade Center dust linked to autoimmune diseases

Artificially sweetened drinks may make older people more vulnerable to obesity

Children exposed to parents’ smoking at twice the risk of carotid artery plaque as adults

Fecal transplantation found to be beneficial in c. difficile cases in long and short term

Strong association between air pollution and stroke mortality

Unions put the financial pressures facing nurses in the spotlight

Alistair Kleebauer

Staff learn the art of handling difficult conversations

Cut agency staff and use money to train nurses, says think tank

Katie Osborne

News in brief

Success of Dutch district nursing hard to repeat in UK

Wards’ accolades for end of life care

Pay rise would address staff shortfall in London

Court ruling reinforces importance of explaining treatment risks clearly

Nurses sceptical about two-week discharge target

Doctor’s compassion campaign gathers momentum

Record care clearly, accurately and with pride, RCN urges nurses

Katie Osborne

Student awarded for outstanding care

Trust nurses call for help to tackle new threat to unsocial hours pay

Cathy Comerford

The Code is a chance to lobby for change

Janet Snell