The changing image and impact of the profession, from the era of caps and aprons to scrubs

With the RCN pay offer consultation due to end, we talk to four nurses about how they cope

Taking care of your feet and choosing the best shoes for you

Identifying service users’ specific care needs to ensure holistic, person-centred care

Strategies to combat compassion fatigue, from team debriefs to peer support

Take into account a person’s background, environment, and emotional and physical well-being

How to identify and manage malnutrition, plus its potential effects on health

Initiatives such as personalised care plans can help towards respectful care

Falls can be catastrophic, but small changes can make a difference

Evidence-based tools can help with shared decision-making near the end of life

Frailty affects half of all older people living with cancer and nurses’ awareness is vital

Why transformational leaders, who value teamwork and challenge, need to become the norm

Judging when it’s appropriate to touch a patient or relative – and when it’s not

Most NHS estate buildings contain asbestos, but little is done to warn staff of their risk

Four nurses talk about compassion, curiosity and what mattered most to them

Tips to help you prevent or minimise adverse effects and potentially serious outcomes

Services aimed at keeping people out of hospital are seeing a major expansion

A new strategy aims to improve support for women who are particularly vulnerable to abuse