Role of effective nurse-patient relationships in enhancing patient safety

Tiffany Conroy, Rebecca Feo, Rose Boucaut, Jan Alderman, Alison Kitson

Mental health nurse helps me feel empowered and independent

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Helen Ballantyne

Benefits of, and barriers to, family-witnessed resuscitation in practice

Caroline Drewe

How to perform nasal douching

Janette Bartle, Alexander Millington

Laughing and innovating

Joanna James

Nursing in the Middle East

Ann Griffin-Aaronlahti

Little things can make a big difference

Mandy Day-Calder

‘You made me feel human again’

Chelsea Wade

Student life - A playful way to learn

Bernadette Henderson, Melanie Webb

Non-Alzheimer’s and Atypical Dementia

Kathryn Louise Walker

Introducing Mental Health: A Practical Guide (Second edition)

David Harding-Price

How to Survive Your Nursing or Midwifery Course

Brian Lucas

Tweets of the week

Government claims vs reality

Brexit not to blame

Kevin Mason

Revalidation is a positive

Beverly Graham

More than a golden hello

Letter

Nursing’s language barrier

Speak out if you see patients being treated insensitively

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Pay or working conditions: which is more important?

Drew Payne, Lauren Ferrier, Beverley Ramdeen, Liz Charalambous

Everyone needs the health benefits of being outdoors

Ian Hulatt

Revalidation fosters a culture of reflection and good practice

Dame Janet Finch

Copyright query

Marc Cornock

Prison – no place for older people

Ann Norman

Action against human trafficking and slavery

Elaine Cole

Creating a stronger voice for nursing in Zambia

Jennifer Trueland

Making the grade: The English language test dilemma

Jennifer Trueland

Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy linked to child’s motor skills

Tall men ‘more at risk from aggressive prostate cancer’

Vaccine shows promise

Dying homeless receiving little palliative care, study finds

Holocaust survivors found to have greater cancer risk

RCN guidance on responding to unexpected incidents or emergencies

Erin Dean

Long-awaited changes set to speed up fitness to practise cases

Flavia Munn

Around the world

Noticeboard

CPR teaching pays off, as retired nurse is saved by his first aid course students

Guidance on supporting traumatised children launched

nursingstandard.com

Story in numbers

‘Poor workforce planning’ behind Scottish pressures

Matthew Mckew

Action plan aims to boost practice nurse workforce

Petra Kendall-Raynor

News in brief

‘Don’t forget lessons of Mid Staffs failings’

Trust invests £16 million in accommodation to become more attractive to nursing staff

RCN braced for strike ballot if ministers do not lift pay cap

Stephanie Jones-Berry, Matthew Mckew

Ministers have the power to avert this ‘perfect storm’ – and strike action

Janet Snell