Globalisation and global health: issues for nursing

Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Maria Clark

‘Inclusive attitude towards carers made me feel part of the team’

Jodie Deards

Medicines optimisation

Bing Raz

Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome

Priscilla Cunningham

Interventions for treating oral leukoplakia to prevent oral cancer

Rebecca Greenslade

‘I learn something new every day’

Challenges and rewards of being a peer reviewer

Elizabeth Wake

Show you appreciate their work every day

Mandy Day-Calder

Passport to better care

Lorraine Ramnath

Student life - Using acronyms as tools to help with revision

Jo Parker, Mark Weetman

Cancer in Children and Young People

Layla Haidrani

Introducing Mental Health: A Practical Guide (Second edition)

David Harding-Price

Beyond Stroke: Living Independently With One Arm

Alexander Donnelly

Tweets of the week

Protect the bursary

Jackie Thomas

No cover for breaks

Caroline Rendall

A fairer agenda

Annie Horn

We need action

Stella Bordonaro

No-show implies ‘no value’

Michael Coram

All the world’s a stage

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Should hospital food meet legal standards for quality?

Rachel Kent, Drew Payne, Jane Scullion, Linda Drake

Protecting a rare commodity

Daniel Kelly

It is time to get political and use your vote in the general election

Janet Davies

UK should review the ban on raw marijuana

Matt Griffits

Together we can end the HIV epidemic

Jason Warriner

HCA award winner’s passion and enthusiasm shine through

Elaine Cole

Taking the lead from premature babies regarding their care

Olivia Gordon

‘Small changes have a huge impact’

Elaine Cole

Blood test may show responders to new prostate cancer treatments

Undetected UTIs in women who feel pain when urinating

Regular exercise boosts brain health among over-50s

Study could curb exaggerated claims of statin side effects

Potential new ways to prevent and treat asthma attacks

Alcohol-use disorders

Lynne Pearce

Nursing directors need help to make the most of role

Flavia Munn

Around the world

Noticeboard

Backing for call to support staff with dementia

nursingstandard.com

Members hear about importance of providing nurse debriefing sessions

RCN congress 2017: Story in numbers

Congress opposes use of A&E as place of safety

Chris Longhurst

RCN members demand rebanding of NHS roles

Chris Longhurst

News in brief

Abuse inquiry calls on nurses’ support

Bottlenecks in shift patterns forcing staff to leave the profession – or run risk of mistakes

NMC to review language tests for overseas nurses

Matthew Mckew

Nightingale commemoration

If the pay banding system is broke, let’s fix it

Graham Scott