Developing nurses’ transformational leadership skills

Shelly Ann Fischer

Diabetes nurse Sian’s care for her patients radiates from her

Practising mindfulness

Irene Gilsenan

Recognising and responding to care erosion: part 1

Jan Martinus Anne de Vries, Fiona Timmins

Post-discharge care for patients following stoma formation: what the nurse needs to know

Jennie Burch

‘Follow your heart, not the crowd’

Advice on how to make a programme successful

Janine Wilson

How to convince yourself you’ve got what it takes

Mandy Day-Calder

Maintaining dignity in death

Richard Porritt

Student life - International experience

Katie Dutton

Evaluating Outcomes in Health and Social Care

Naomi Elliott

Fast Facts: Parkinson’s Disease (Fourth edition)

Kathryn Louise Walker

Modern Management of Perinatal Psychiatric Disorders (Second edition)

Patricia Jarrett

Tweets of the week

I can’t believe the NMC

John Hill

Make Jeremy Hunt read NS!

Penny Mannings

We deserve a 55% pay rise

Letter

A bursary for men is an insult

Zac Whitewood-Moores

No wonder we all hate hospitals

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Has management bashing gone too far?

Liz Charalambous, Jane Scullion, Pete Hawkins, Drew Payne

Don’t keep FGM hidden

Juliet Albert

I’m heartened by the public’s support for our summer of protest

Janet Davies

Shortages take their toll

James Buchan

Funding changes will threaten vital services

Rod Thomson

The sharp descent into poverty

Erin Dean

First world war: ‘The first big test of professional nursing’

Jennifer Trueland

Caring robots are here to help

Irena Papadopoulos, Antonio Sgorbissa, Christina Koulouglioti

Lung screening prompts some smokers to seek help to stop

Taking antidepressants during pregnancy linked to autism

Walking the dog gets older people out rain or shine

Risk of heart attack heightened for five years following stroke

Dietary advice for children has good effect on parents too

Towards a smoke-free generation

Lynne Pearce

Will this surprise plan work?

Stephanie Jones-Berry

Around the world

Noticeboard

New guide helps carers use art in dementia care

nursingstandard.com

Rise in acid attacks prompts call for guidelines for emergency staff

Story in numbers

Football charity trains to tackle mental ill health

Chris Longhurst

Nine in ten largest trusts in England short of nurses

Kat Keogh

News in brief

Advice on hep B vaccine shortage

App designed with the help of nurses aims to combat obesity in the profession

Nursing Now! campaign to support and empower nurses

Stephanie Jones-Berry

Trust’s nurse of the year

Department of Health’s public utterances reek of complacency

Graham Scott