Foot notes

Network

Neurodisability nursing

Annette Taylor

Continuing professional development

Sue Hinchliff

Venepuncture

Asepsis

Gladys Xavier

The principles of pressure sore prevention

Debbie Quinn

Caring for staff: setting quality standards

Heather Beeston, Alison Jesson

Ethical principles in healthcare research

Leslie Gelling

Using patients’ records as a source of data

Philip McEvoy

Transfusion hazards - room for improvement

Audrey Todd, Sandra Gray

RCN backs powder-free latex gloves

Sheelagh Brewer

The lights go out but the work must go on

Leslie Aldridge

Nurses should be able to prescribe ritalin

G Brown

Don't just roll over and ignore it

Ann Stoakes

Latex allergy can be life-threatening

Christine Moffat

We must all face up to racism - it's no joke

Dave Martin

Nursing doesn’t stop at Birmingham

Brian Capps

Florence should not be cast aside so easily

Jill llliffe

Florence Nightingale is still the best role model for nurses

Lynn Pack

6 of the best

Nurse prescribing

Brian Pateman

Ethics and Values for Care Workers

Jim Man

Breaking the silence that surrounds pregnancy loss

Olga van den Akker

Resources

Standard life

Daniel Allen

What’s in a name?

Caroline Frizelle, Marie John, Byron Lee

The global repercussions of war in Europe, research to support our intuition and nurses' little acknowledged entrepreneurial spirit

Christine Hancock

Holistic care

Tom Snee

Consumer durable

Sex and the school nurse

Wendy Wallace

Panic busters

Kay Smith

Hard lessons from life

Nick Lipley

The Irish question

Anthony Garvey

Trial and error

Heather Stephen

Automation increases smear reading quality

Women show ability to pick up on the smell of fear

New technique increases longevity in colon cancer

Women with hip fractures are vitamin D deficient

On the move

Surprise appointment for health minister

Scottish parties hatch plan to overhaul health service

Bill Doult

Foreign recruitment sources are drying up

RCN looks to Europe for better working conditions

Nick Lipley

News

Cardiac care nurses increased

Government says no to MS specialty

News

News in Brief

Stray NATO missile demolishes hospital

Appeal Court judges to decide on long-term care

Nick Lipley

News

Cautioned midwife hints at witch-hunt

Call for non-judgemental care to be part of training

Heather Stephen

Careers advice should start early

Overseas nurses get raw deal

No extra funding for cancer plan

Call for in-depth training for prescribes

Professional tribalism will increase as nurses accept greater responsibility

Adele Waters

£150 for millennium night shift in London

Dobson blames unions for the delay in pay rises

Bill Doult, Nick Lipley

‘What would you do if the person next to you had a "fit"?’

News in Brief

Nursing Standard’s expert panel awaits your letters

Support the mavericks

Linda Thomas