Student life - An experience I cherish

Mark Collins

It’s so rewarding

Noticeboard

Striking the right staff balance

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Champions needed

Carol Davis

Economic evaluation

Sue Morris

Recognition and management of asthma in children and young people

Jenny Pinfield, Kerry Gaskin, Jackie Bentley, Jo Rouse

Transforming dementia care in acute hospitals

Rachel Thompson

Effect of technology on undertaking nursing observations

Lucille Kelsall-Knight, Lorraine Diegnan

How to wash your hands effectively

Mark Dexter Hillier

Win: Advance Nursing Practice

Innovative educational schemes will help solve nursing shortage

Tom Bolger

It is unfair to say nurses don’t provide adequate diabetes care

Clare Brewer

Tweets of the week

What you’re saying on Facebook...

Neil Thompson, Gareth Phillips, Zeba Arif, Stephen Taylor

First aid is a critical element of community-focused care planning

Kevin Davies

Nurses should be exempt from changes to immigration rules

Sarah Dodsworth

If union members unite and get their voices heard, we are more powerful

Grant Byrne

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

Margaret Paul

ICE (In Case of Emergency)

Grant Byrne

The Essential Guide to Life After Bereavement

Chris Chaloner

Pain Comorbidities: Understanding and Treating the Complex Patient

Karin Cannons

Nursing Careers

John Adams

Starting out - Learning to trust my knowledge was a turning point in my training

Ellie Green

Workforce

James Buchan

Readers panel - Whatever makes you happy

Linda Drake, Sue Grave, Joe Somerville, Mark Pittman

Caught napping

David Newnham

Same old story

Jane Bates

The march goes on

Drew Payne

Voices - The safe staffing challenge needs some Edith Cavell spirit, says Susan Osborne

Susan Osborne

Thinking big on quality

Alison Moore

Preparing to fly into the Twittersphere

A generation gap in career expectations

Claire Read

Meningitis

Use of psychotropic drugs in patients with intellectual disability lacks foundation

Study into smoking cessation drug finds no increased risk of serious side effects

Lower thresholds required to diagnose gestational diabetes in south Asian women

Leukaemia diagnosis delayed in children that present with the symptoms of arthritis

Medical students with mental health issues feel under-supported

Who counts the cost of patients spending their own care budget?

Warning over dehydration among nurses and doctors

Call for support and standardising of clinical nurse educator’s role

Jennifer Sprinks

News in brief

‘Be aware that even small incidents can be traumatic’

Lack of sex advice puts group at risk

NHS funding for private care ‘should be doubled’

Prison charities say support for families needed

Senior PHE figure urges school nurses to consider wearing a uniform again

Holidaying nurse helps refugees

Staff may prefer 12-hour shifts, but longer hours lead to burnout

Mary Griffin

Setting the wheels in motion for sepsis

Trusts urge the government to let more overseas nurses into the UK

Alistair Kleebauer

Flexible shift patterns work for everyone

Graham Scott