Student life - Be clever on training shifts

Georgina O’Reilly-Foley

Noticeboard

A voice for patients and staff

Kathy Oxtoby

How to handle bullies

Kathy Oxtoby

Nursing revalidation

Rebecca Keown

Pressure ulcer prevention in frail older people

Maree Barry, Linda Nugent

Transferring young people with cystic fibrosis to adult care

Stephanie Tierney, Sue Kirk, Christi Deaton

How to remove a non-tunnelled central venous catheter

Lisa Dougherty

Tweets of the week

From Facebook

Diane Cawood, Rachel Webb, Bev Syson, Heather Clarke, Jane Shipley

Prepare to admire the Mary Seacole statue in the new year

Elizabeth Anionwu

Tuition fees are a gamble with the future workforce

Doreen Crawford

Questioning overseas nurses’ language skills is not helpful

Zeba Arif

Endlessly stating the obvious is affecting my sense of humour

June Andrews

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone; health visiting is in peril

Linda Bailey

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

Margaret Paul

Yellow Card app

Layla Haidrani

Promoting Youth Sexual Health: Home, School, and Community Collaboration

Stephanie O’Connor

Nightingales Under the Mistletoe

Valerie McGurk

A recommended read…

Janet Davies, David Newnham, Crystal Oldman, Susan Osborne, Zeba Arif, James Buchan, Jane Bates, Janet Finch, Marc Cornock, Howard Catton

Starting out - Sharing stories is a sure route to delivering person-centred care

Andrew Walker

Question Marc

Marc Cornock

Readers panel - The true value of bursaries

Jane Scullion, Mike Wallis, Sarah Loughran, Drew Payne

Out in the cold

David Newnham

That’s the spirit

Jane Bates

The bigger picture

James Pickett, Clare Walton, Antony Arthur, Claire Goodman

Voices - Nurse-led general practice is an exciting model of care, says Crystal Oldman

Crystal Oldman

Rallying support for an unpaid army

Jennifer Trueland

Reaping rewards of a standard approach

Alison Moore

Singing from the same song sheet

Jennifer Trueland

Improving cognitive function

Win: The Health Gap

Clinicians advised to weigh benefits and risks of prescribing ADHD drug

Flu nasal spray vaccine found appropriate for children with egg allergy or asthma

How do nurses view their role in empowering patients to help care for themselves?

Dissatisfaction with body image can be a trigger for emotional eating

A handful of walnuts each day may help those at risk of diabetes

Pay restraint, bursaries and plans for a 7-day NHS make for a turbulent year

Alistair Kleebauer

Eager Pebbles is all ears on busy pre-admission unit

Better training needed to spot declining maternal mental health

Stephanie Jones-Berry

News in brief

Good practice to help prevent language barriers

Staring eyes prompt people to wash hands

NHS investigations into avoidable deaths ‘not consistent or reliable’

Louise Hunt, Alistair Kleebauer

Cumbrian nurses to receive QNI bailout

Council budget cuts could threaten health visiting

Further pressure on government over bursary plans

Scottish survey exposes low staffing levels and fears about speaking out

Colleagues dress to impress for Christmas – and to raise money

New guidance on end of life care centres on individualised plans

Stephanie Jones-Berry

A resolution for 2016 that is easy to keep

Graham Scott