Footnotes

Meet your new boss

Linda Thomas

Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Carol Bick

Defining the boundaries: nursing and personal care

Pauline Ford, Brendan McCormack, Tina Wills, Jan Dewing

Appointing a continence consultant nurse

Angela Edmunds, Zena Lethbridge

Telephone contacts with a cancer nurse specialist

Colin Twomey

Accreditation

Sue Hinchliff

Colleagues should see the nurse, not their race or sex

Paul Canning

Education lets us work smarter, not harder

Linda Nazarko

Simple things in life can mean the most

Ann Bailey

Others could follow this approach to phlebotomy

Dotty Cockcroft

Aren't you forgetting something, Mr Hague?

Mark Hancock

Understanding graphs: an excellent resource

Philip Scullion

We know what we’re worth, but how do we get it?

Leslie Aldridge

Developing Effective Research Proposals

Day Malcolm

This one really should be compulsory reading

Abigail Masterson

Health Visiting - Specialist and Higher Level Practice

Judith Moreton

Sit back and enjoy

Margaret Paul

Fear of trying

Jennifer Percival

Critical decisions

Jane Bovey

Immune system

Michelle Eaman

Standard life

Daniel Allen

SOR points

Brid Hehir

Reading the signals

Elizabeth Fradd

Genetic advances are your business

Evelyn Parsons

Christine Hancock column

Christine Hancock

A seventies solution

Linda Nazarko

Read my lips

Support act

Helen Caulfield

Southern crossover

Caroline Hyde-Price

Return to Romania

Jim Pentney

Health by stealth

Broken promises

Colin Parish

Good grief

Christian Duffin

Help wanted in talking to children about cancer

Magnetic attraction has problems for children

Risk of Ganciclovir resistance in transplants

Acupuncture keeps addicts on treatment programmes

Security guards replace nurses

Lack of support from A&E staff

Units disregard planning guidelines

Wide distrust of patients with personality disorders

News

Nursing award winners named

NHS guide warns patients of zero tolerance on racism

Nick Lipley

On the move

News in brief

Nurses join modernisation board

Lack of specialist staff may jeopardise cancer plan

All aboard for a history lesson

News in brief

US practitioners hit by medics' resistance

NHS agrees to fund care project for sex workers

Government review of bursaries delayed

News in brief

New budgets to enhance patient care in hospitals

Nick Lipley

Pet rescue

Nurses give up on dream visit from Sir Cliff

Hakesley-Brown defeats rivals for RCN presidency

Nick Lipley, Colin Parish

Consultant nurse posts approved

Winners have a lot in common

It’s yours to spend

Linda Thomas