Stroke

A nurse-led clinic brings a range of benefits

The death of an animal should be acknowledged

Lessons in speed from Formula One

United across the pond

An important relationship

Holly Jackson

Discharging patients

Amy Causey

Palliative and end of life care for people living with dementia in care homes: part 1

Gary Mitchell, Joanne Agnelli, Jessie McGreevy, Monica Diamond, Herlindina Roble, Elaine McShane, Joanne Strain

Patient education in the effective management of hay fever

Janette Bartle

How to record and evidence practice hours for revalidation

Lyn Middleton, Denise Llewellyn

‘Know your own values’

Study highlights link between unfairness and staff sickness

Alison Moore

A giant leap could boost your self-confidence

Mandy Day-Calder

The challenges of delegation

Esiri Ohwovoriole

Student life - 21st century nurse training

Alison Moore

Baby Buddy

Layla Haidrani

Compassion: The Essence of Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Maria Leadbeater

The Reflective Practice Guide: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Critical Reflection

Isabel Dosser

From Facebook

Kay Chandler, Maureen Simpson, Matthew Jackson

Nurses, keep your head

Donato Tallo

Calling Oxford alumni

Helen Burney

A perfect ratio

Peggy Pryer

SOS for nurse advisers

Ellen Nicholson

Tweets of the week

Have faith and people will want to hear your pearls of wisdom

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Should migrant workers be charged for NHS care?

Rachel Kent, Drew Payne, Daniel Athey, Mark Pittman

Reflection with a purpose

Caroline Shuldham

RCN congress offers nurses the chance to tell it how it is

Janet Davies

Medication reviews are best for minimising waste

Matt Griffiths

To leave or not to leave

James Buchan

Help veterans battle their addiction demons

Lynne Pearce

Dying in hospital

Lynne Pearce

Research round-up

Disparity in heart defect treatment across genders in North Indian children

Study claims link between potato consumption and hypertension risk

Girls more at risk as new study shows rise in teenage poisonings

Cochrane review questions effectiveness of wound dressings

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Lynne Pearce

‘I had to use food banks as I have had literally no money’

Stephanie Jones-Berry

Around the world

Noticeboard

Catch talented leaders early, says chief nurse

Prince William takes on the bullies as he tells LGBT people: don’t put up with it

DH plan to axe nurse advisers is ‘disastrous’

BME midwives continue to face discrimination in NHS

Chris Longhurst

nursingstandard.com

Nurses say NHS cannot cope with financial and patient demands

Dwindling school nurse numbers a factor in child mental health crisis

Story in numbers

Funding cuts threaten the NHS public health agenda

Kat Keogh

News in brief

Nursing cuts will damage care, says head of RCN

Jennifer Trueland

RCN congress in brief

‘Our members must get campaigning’

RCN congress calls on the government to ‘look at all the options’ for bursaries

Staff told to make their EU vote count

First minister pledges her commitment to bursaries

Jennifer Trueland

Charging fees to nursing students is a non-starter

Graham Scott