Undertaking an oral contraceptive pill review

Jenny Bishop

Pressure ulcers

Pamela Madlakama

Role of the Admiral Nurse in supporting a person with dementia and their family carer

Jean Karyn Gamble, Karen Harrison Dening

How to auscultate for heart sounds in adults

Sara Morgan

‘Don’t follow others’ expectations’

Explore your options for a new job or a new challenge

Clare Lomas

Presenting with confidence

Mandy Day-Calder

Caring for body and mind

Amy Baker

Student life - Bullet wounds and overnight queues: a US exchange visit

Lynne Pearce

The Fragile Brain: The Strange, Hopeful Science of Dementia

June Andrews

Dermatology Made Easy

Valerie McGurk

Anatomy and Physiology in Healthcare

Valerie McGurk

Tweets of the week

@swayoung01, @davegaz, @UoDNursingSo, @CGFNS, @JaneEBall

I’m no fan of a men’s bursary

Kevin Mason

Be clear on who is not a nurse

Princess Del-Rio

Unregistered but qualified

Laura Elizabeth

This is why students drop out

Rebekah Ellen

Parking fees are exploitative

Christina Myrie

Agonising over putting patients before family

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Should universities offer male-only bursaries?

Andrew Haydon, Ewout van Sabben, Sabrina Ffrench, Jessica Ross

HIV drug is a game-changer

David Taylor

Lively debate on future nursing skills a valuable insight for NMC

Dame Janet Finch

No easy way on pay

James Buchan

We need more honesty about NHS difficulties

Peter Carter OBE

We need to talk about dementia

Lynne Pearce

Why waiting times for elective treatment are getting longer - again

Alison Moore

Elevated cardiovascular risk suggests concept of ‘healthy obesity’ is flawed

Lower duration of REM sleep may be linked to dementia risk

Medical school students who were state educated do better

Respiratory nurses complain they spend too little time with patients

Three fruit and veg daily may be as beneficial as a ‘five-a-day’ diet

Cervical screening

Petra Kendall-Raynor

One in ten nurse sick days down to stress or depression

Stephanie Jones-Berry, Flavia Munn

Around the world

Noticeboard

nursingstandard.com

Competency ‘passport’ aims to iron out inconsistency – and make moving jobs easier

Cardiac colleagues spread the word about how to be a lifesaver with CPR

Story in numbers

Complaints against NHS nurses up by almost 10%

Petra Kendall-Raynor

‘If your job title is nurse, you should be a nurse’

Flavia Munn

News in brief

Revamp for Flying Start programme

Nursing staff face hefty parking fines and court costs after losing legal battle

Absence figures reveal extent of depression among nurses

Stephanie Jones-Berry, Flavia Munn

Nurse poverty

Scotland’s support model for new nurses is an example for the rest of the UK to follow

Graham Scott