Respiratory nurse is always calm in a crisis and leads by example

Lehanne Sergison

Situation awareness

Bing Raz

Recognition and management of eating disorders in children and young people

Thomas James Oakley, Indranil Dey, Sandra Discombe, Lynn Fitzpatrick, Siba Prosad Paul

Students’ perspectives of using the hub and spoke model to support and develop learning in practice

Laura Millar, Margaret Conlon, Deborah McGirr

What you do can make a difference

Improving patient care through leadership

Lynne Pearce

Supporting nurses in times of hardship

Lynne Pearce

Coping with an emergency

Victoria Brice

Don’t be afraid to try again

Grant Byrne

Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia: A Guide for Families

Robert Jenkins

The Lives of Older Lesbians: Sexuality, Identity & the Life Course

Julie Fish

Thoughtful Health Care: Ethical Awareness & Reflective Practice

Karen Sanders

Tweets of the week

So proud of associates’ work

Ayesha Leonard

Associate role will be abused

Lorraine Scaife

We need political awareness

A second attempt is worth it

Erika Christine

I wish I’d had mindfulness

Language requirement is fair

Life must go on – even through illness

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Why haven’t employers acted on concerns about staffing

Jessica Ross, Drew Payne, Stephanie Cumming, Liz Charalambous

Self-diagnosis is not all bad

Ian Hulatt

Nursing needs to think globally and act now

Howard Catton

Prepare for flu season

Matt Griffiths

Removing the barriers to nurse research

Brian Webster-Henderson

Delirium: spotting the signs at home

Erin Dean

All ideas welcome empowering staff to affect and sustain change

Alison Moore

Multivitamin use during pregnancy could reduce autism risk

‘Nocebo’ effect makes patients feel worse

Cooling treatment cuts epilepsy risk after oxygen deprivation

No clear evidence that most new cancer drugs enhance life

Women with disabilities may be missing out on cancer screening

Termination of pregnancy

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Hunt scraps the cap, but gives no detail on what comes next

Flavia Munn

Around the world

Noticeboard

Groundbreaking statue to Mary Seacole nominated for design award

nursingstandard.com

Harry’s ‘utmost admiration’ for nurses who are exemplars of compassion

Story in numbers

Consultation begins on regulating associate role

Flavia Munn

‘Common-sense’ overhaul for UK language tests

Matthew Mckew

News in brief

Super-size snacks banned in hospitals

Pay cap served a purpose but should be ditched without job cuts, says MP Lamb

‘Foreign recruitment risks the destruction of health systems’

Chris Longhurst

Nightingale letter

Two top appointments for nurses will put the profession on a better footing

Graham Scott