Managing patients with a tracheostomy in acute care

Philip Woodrow

The role of the nurse in wound bed preparation

Caroline Dowsett

Risk assessment and prevention audit project

Fiona Stephens, Debra Bick

Adverse reactions to wound dressings

Joanne Conway, Julia Whettam

Involving patients in teaching about blood-borne viruses

May McCreaddie

Margaret Schurr

Margaret Lee

Returners’ reference criteria is difficult to fulfil

Julie Lloyd

Undervaluing students does not attract more

Ria Davies

Intolerance is more of an obstacle than dyslexia

Michelle Sinclair

Should people assume we can be called at any time?

Sally Barltrop

New career opportunity has changed my plans

Catherine Delaney

We work harder but who gets the bonus?

Frances Houghton

Loss and Grief A Guide for Human Services Practitioners

Barbara Borwell

Clinical Governance – Making it Happen

Mary Shaw

What’s on: the best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

First priority

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Spiritual healing

Gabrielle Childe

Ask the experts

Recognising heart failure

Linda Payne

Outside in

David Newnham

Calling the tune

Jane Bates

There are still instances where food is put in front of patients and no one checks to see if it has been eaten

Linda Thomas

Pay the penalty

James Buchan

Readers panel - Adverse reaction

Steve Flatt, Dean-David Holyoake, Carol Singleton

Standard life - It’s time to protect society from the threat of people with verrucas

Daniel Allen Rmn

Handle with care

Stephen Wright

Hit the spot

Mark Greener

Under cover

Lynne Pearce

All-Scotland team

Blood shot

Vouch safe?

Colin Parish

Weighing up direct entry

Nick Lipley

Use of malaria prophylaxis in children remains poor

Nicotine lozenges achieve good smoking cessation rates

Size of aortic aneurysm may indicate need for surgery

Mystery of nitroglycerin and chest pain may be solved

Theatres need more students

Nursing care subsidy should go to residents

Show-stopper

Council to revise nurses’ new code of conduct

Christian Duffin, Ian McMillan

Record number struck off register

Clinton leads fight for US nurses

Mental health specialty ‘will not lose its identity’

Ian McMillan

On the move

Commons praise for ‘safe and popular’ NHS Direct

Nick Lipley

West London site is overstretched

First CHI reports on primary care trusts

Support role

Managers beat clinicians to lead nurse positions

Nick Lipley

New authorities overlook nurses

Head midwife’s warning to trust

Winning words

Unions furious after DoH leaks details of pay system

Christian Duffin

Drop in hard-to-fill vacancies

Call for private sector to fund training rejected

Single budget for all staff groups in CPD shake-up

Colin Parish

News in brief

Eyes down

The Tissue Viability Society

Michael Clark

Clinicians’ voices must be heard in PCTs

Common ground

Jean Gray