Considering patient experience and evidence-based choice of medicines in medicines optimisation

Gerri Kaufman, Ann Bellerby, Mike Kitching

One-to-one care from dedicated nurses helped allay my anxieties

Mindfulness

Georgina O’Reilly-Foley

Developing and evaluating a foundation preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses

Carol Forde-Johnston

‘My job challenges me every day’

Getting ready to take the lead in neonatal care

Lynne Pearce

Showing strong leadership during a period of change

Mandy Day-Calder

Speaking up for patient safety

Christine Urum

Student life - A collaborative approach to pre-registration education

Nicola Taylor, Stuart Callow

Baby Symptom Checker

Layla Haidrani

Proper People: Early Asylum Life in the Words of Those Who Were There

Liam Clarke

Not Your Average Nurse: The Entertaining True Story of a Student Nurse in 1970s London

Valerie McGurk

Tweets of the week

Credentialing is 15 years behind

Gary J Jones

Money tree for some…

Tragic loss of a good nurse

Teresa Elliott

What is the point of bedside handovers?

Julia Thomas

Keep handovers in the office

Louise Richards

Get dressed and get well

Lorna Young

It’s time to raise the profile of endometriosis

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Should all nurses wear body cameras when at work?

Drew Payne, Liz Charalambous, Rachel Kent, Pete Hawkins

Regulation is not the only way

Richard Hatchett

Resign en masse or strike – it is time for nurses to get tough

Susan Osborne

Ruling out antibiotics

Matt Griffiths

Nursing workforce crisis is self-inflicted

James Buchan

Pushing the boundaries for children with complex needs

Lynne Pearce

Race equality in the NHS: a plan for progress

Lynne Pearce

Intentional rounding: Assessing the evidence

Alison Moore

Preterm babies more at risk of heart failure in subsequent years

Lonely students more at risk of mental health problems

Oncologists say hospice is best place for blood cancer care

Dementia risk lowered by social support from adult children

Body fat location could help to predict risk of cancer

Promoting professionalism

Erin Dean

New government must start listening, say nurse leaders

Flavia Munn

Around the world

Noticeboard

Learning disability nurse named RCN Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year

Assistant practitioners scheme to ‘bridge the gap’

nursingstandard.com

Story in numbers: Rise in numbers registered with NHS Blood and Transplant after Manchester terror attack

NMC consults on ‘radical’ nurse education plans

Chris Longhurst

Nurse vacancies climb to all-time high in Scotland

Matthew Mckew

News in brief

Memorial held for Dame Sheila Quinn

Tributes paid to nurse who died while helping others during London attack

Election wins boost nurse numbers in the Commons

Matthew Mckew

Our health secretary remains, but his priorities must change

Graham Scott