Using the Vessel Health and Preservation framework to enhance vein assessment and vascular access device selection

Sally Jane Shaw

‘Nurse cared for me as a patient and inspired me as a colleague’

Falls risk assessment

Bethany Johnson

Investigating the attitudes of nurses who are obese

Jane Wills, Muireann Kelly

‘The patient is the expert’

Competing employers pool resources to attract talent

Lynne Pearce

Work within the limits of your competence

Mandy Day-Calder

Signalling a deeper understanding

Mike Wallis

Student life - ‘Mum was dying but no one cared – except the student’

Clare Price-Dowd

Dementia Care: A Practical Approach

Nichola Barlow

Child Protection, Public Health and Nursing

John Thain

MRI of the Prostate: A Practical Approach

Martin Steggall

Tweets of the week

Pay rise should be at least 10%

Melody Johnson

NHS-agency pay gap galling

Pay body not free to do its job

Mike Travis

Extended hours hub is a help

Linda Drake

Unrelenting time and ever-crazy workloads

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Is the government’s weakened position good or bad for nurses?

Drew Payne, Liz Charalambous, Pete Hawkins, Stephanie Cumming

The nurse director role is more challenging than ever

Caroline Shuldham

An evidence-based approach to workforce race equality

Yvonne Coghill

Cautious about consent

Marc Cornock

Use social media to motivate patients

Heather Henry

Nurses on film: a century of archives now online

Chris Holme

Maintaining standards in difficult times

Jennifer Trueland

Is NMC education reform the beginning of the end for nursing branches?

Erin Dean

Gene discovery will help identify testicular cancer risk

More time outside can lift mood in older people

New blood test could extend prostate cancer survival

New blood test could extend prostate cancer survival

Changes in diet and physical activity cut child obesity

Positive body image grows after exercise sessions

Physical activity for pregnant women

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Forging a unique nursing partnership with China

Flavia Munn

Around the world

Noticeboard

Improvements in safety needed in almost a quarter of care homes

nursingstandard.com

Slow decline in new FGM cases shows need for more school nurses, says RCN

Story in numbers

NMC prepares standards for new associate role

Erin Dean, Chris Longhurst

Regulator rejects idea that language test is too hard

Chris Longhurst

News in brief

Managers state fears over standards

Hardship

Suspended sentence for 11-year student bursary fraud that cost the NHS £88,000

Protests won’t stop until the cap is scrapped, warns RCN

Matthew Mckew

Opinion will be divided on NMC plans, which is why yours counts

Graham Scott