Between visit variability of thermal imaging of feet in people attending podiatric clinics with diabetic neuropathy at high risk of developing foot ulcers.

Objective: People with diabetic neuropathy who have previously ulcerated are at high risk of re-ulceration. They should regularly attend podiatry clinics for surveillance and routine protective podiatric treatment. It has been suggested that inflammation prior to skin breakdown shows up as a hotspot on a thermal image even in the absence of clinical signs.

Find your ideal role.

RCN Bulletin Jobs Fairs have been helping nurses to develop their careers since 2009, with more than 28,000 visitors to Jobs Fair events around the country over the past seven years.

Raising the profile of mental health nursing.

Now an associate professor at Swansea University, Julia Terry was a senior lecturer when she applied for a fellowship with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and is convinced this was a key factor in her promotion.

Backing public health will save money in long term.

Cuts to the public health budget have been condemned as illogical and short-sighted by nurses.

Improving the knowledge base in older people's care.

The UK has a rapidly ageing population, and the number of people aged over 75 is projected to double in the next 30 years. In November 2014, King's College London introduced the Older Person's Nurse Fellowship, a pioneering programme designed to give senior nurses the knowledge and skills to optimise quality of life for older people, and lead the way in transforming care and services. This article examines the fellowship programme, its aims and intended effect on practice.

The caring touch.

If Catherine Malia had not become a nurse, she would like to have been a florist. As nurse consultant at St Gemma's Hospice in Leeds, her flower arranging skills have come in handy on more than one occasion.

Political influence.

SENIOR NURSES in Northern Ireland are to be trained in political influencing to help them understand better the political landscape of the country, and how they can help to shape policy on behalf of nurses and nursing.

Tackling dementia.

DISCHARGE PLANNING for patients with dementia can be difficult enough when arranging local services, so imagine trying to organise a care package for a patient being discharged to the US. This is exactly what leading dementia nurse Jeni Bell did when the daughter of a patient came to one of the cafés she runs to support the carers of patients with dementia at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

Nurse picks up the challenge of building interdisciplinary links.

WHEN LEADING children's nurse and academic Judith Ellis was appointed chief executive of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), she became the first nurse to take up this role since the doctors' organisation was founded in 1996.

Stoicism and care in the face of carnage.

Nursing Standard interviews nurse historian Christine Hallett about the nursing contribution to the first world war effort. Professor Hallett, author of Veiled Warriors, explains the incredible demands placed on nurses who found themselves treating vast numbers of casualties with wounds of unprecedented severity. Patriotism, a culturally ingrained stoicism and camaraderie between nurses helped them get through it.