Managing risk in the perioperative environment

Eileen Scott, Linda Summerbell

Down’s syndrome: a biopsychosocial perspective

Benjamin Harvey

Nurse practitioner education: learning from students

Heather Griffith

Routine replacement of cannulae

David Barrett

Keeping in touch with the profession

Caroline Payne

Bowel management needs attention

Duncan Haughey

Head injuries prove my point

Pauline Bait

Cycle helmets are not the answer

Ann Regan

When a diploma is a degree

Why this obsession with degrees?

John Collis

Strength through compassion

Rachel Jones

Don’t forget Marie Curie nurses

Fran Robinson

People need the right support to die in their own homes

Dame Gill Oliver

Fundamental Aspects of Women’s Health

Julietta Patnick

Focus on people, not conditions

Sharon Blackburn

Outside In - David Newnham’s inner voices were addled by dope

David Newnbam

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

Margaret Paul

Rewarding the specialists

Barrie Brown

Proud at last

Natalie Tidy

Sometimes TV can rise above thespurious to show usreal courage

Linda Thomas

Home and away

Mat O’Connor

Clear on infection

Rose Callacher

Starting Out - Student James Higson describes a rite of passage

James Higson

Talking quality

Jasmine Smith

Readers panel - Schools of thought

Marie John, Christopher Humm, Stephen Weeks, Jane Scullion

Who’s going in?

Jane Bates

Standard life - Daniel Allen gets lost in the quest for improvemen

Daniel Allen

Take it to the top

Lynette Phillips

The patient factor

Chris Walker

On the up

Welcome to planet nursing

Moving forces

Joanna Clarke-Jones

No improvement in mortality from magnesium after stroke

Antiepileptic drug reduces migraine attacks

Retinal arteriolar diameter and risk of hypertension

Role of analgesics in risk of Hodgkin’s lymphoma

On the move

Alcohol gel cuts infection rates

Institutional racism term ‘overused and confused’

Jennifer Trueland

News in brief

Expert calls for mandatory training in breastfeeding

Joanna Clarke-Jones

Arthritis patients need specialists

Internet porn decision stands

Trust plan staff cuts to claw back £20m deficit

Lottery boost for heart patients

Nurse wins overtime campaign

RCN council sticks with all-graduate profession

Colin Parish

Links needed in diabetes care

Midwives want a seat on foundation trust boards

Warning over car park charges

Judgement on lifting may put nurses’ rights at risk

Joanna Clarke-Jones

Unions fear nurses will be hit hard by rise

Nurse prescribing consultation starts

NMC bows to pressure, but fees will still double

Pat Healy

Comfort box soothes waiting patients

Music reduces stress levels among staff and patients

Softening the blow

Jean Gray