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Talking sex

Sylvia Beacham

Readers panel - Should we all be nurse pracitioners?

Gail Kilbane, Nicky Keel, FO Ettinger, Nicky Keel, Maggie Kirk, Pam Alford, Nicholas Davies, Ian Llewellyn-Nash, Janette Neeld, Gerry McDermott

Trouble on the superhighway

Rosemary Cook

Safeguarding standards

Janet Richardson

Nurses valued!

Marc A Cornock

No smoke without fire

Jane Wright

David’s story

Courses conflict and control

Mike Lehane

One minute wisdom

Penelope Nicholson

Information exchange

Some things don’t add up

Joanne Rule

Mixed feelings over pill warnings

Alice Robertson

Let’s fight cutbacks and not each other

Ged Parsons

Take comfort that you are saving lives

Anna Varley

Bring your own blankets in new NHS

Sally Ann French

More prejudice over rank than colour

Rani Sangar

Quality of life affects nurses’ morale too

Ian Payne

Where is the evidence to back counselling?

Derek Burrow

Inter-agency training gets positive response

Peter May

Testing the need for a follow-up visit after child day surgery

Jenny Drew

Mental health teams in the community

Frank Hanily

Bionursing: carpal tunnel syndrome

Sue Jordan, Colin Torrance

Setting up a helpline on heart disease

Grace Lindsay, John llinnie, Allan Gaw

Listening to children

Glenn Miles

Doing it for themselves

Usley Leach

Crisis of silence

Alike George

Training which saves lives

Dina Leifer

Guidelines improve nutrition in ITU

Photographic screening for retinopathy

No nursing shortages, say employers

Graham Scott

Prison pregnancies

Kate Williams

Human rights can mean better health

Stephen Firn

Helping people cope in the community

Teachers’ input with asthmatic children

Danish government doubles pay offer

Nursing unions in ireland to ballot on action over pay

Patient controlled analgesia means better pain control

Kate Williams

News in brief

Move to help nurses rejoin NHS pension scheme

Ombudsman criticises staff for poor communication

Dina Leifer

News

RCN presses for action on racism

Washing uniforms at home may break rules

Hospital’s ‘no lifting’ policy reduces back injuries by half

Pat Healy

No-smoking message to soaps

Widow sues over stress-related suicide

News

Employers complacent over growing shortage of nurses

Pat Healy

Evidence shows more patients prefer to be treated by nurses

News in brief

Nurses under pressure after West trial

MPs say NHS must fund long term care

Kate Williams

News

Lifesaver: Paediatric CPR

Carol Williams, Sue Mullaney

Editorial

Norah Casey