Clinical decision-making: theory and practice

Nita Muir

Introduction: antipsychotic drugs

Brian Houltram, Mike Scanlan

Music and the reduction of post-operative pain

Kelly Dunn

No Angels is ideal after a hard day’s work

Catherine Taylor

Correction

Pleased to be working with women

David Ross

Contributions to a state pension

Clare Wright

Outside in

David Newnham

Means of consent in organ donation

Frances Wheatley

Bursaries and all-graduate entry

Arabella king

Kindness, gentleness and empathy

B Matthews

Out of touch with modern nursing

Rachel Botley

Aiming high but leaving care behind

Jillian MacGuire

Eating disorders and cultures in transition

Sabina Ahmed

Motor Neurone Disease: The ‘At Your Fingertips’ Guide

Margot Lindsay

Pain is whatever the person experiencing pain says it is

Linda Thomas

Totally TATTered

Jane Bates

A heck of a life

Norma Prins

The final hours

Anne Fraser

Climbing frame for children’s services

Terry Philpot

Do you really know what we do all day?

Mike Lehane

Intimate strangers

Bob Fricke

Starting out

Deb Neale

Readers panel

Jane Brown, Frances Wheatley, Dean-David Holyoake, Duncan Clarkson

Nursing the future

Thelma Agnew

School for scandal

Thelma Agnew

The Bristol approach

Stephen Wright

Learning to lead

Lynne Pearce

Having your appendix out reduces the risk of colitis

Short-course treatment for pneumonia in children

Hypertensive men gain from moderate alcohol intake

Birth weight predicted by parents’ happiness

Inpatients deserve better food

Personal life experiences can count in portfolios

Lynne Wallis

Fringe meeting demands more help for veterans

Activists reject call to bar nurses ‘selling a lifestyle’

Colin Parish

Backing for standard pre-registration syllabus

Mandatory drug tests voted down

Care homes are leaving agency nurses in charge

Lucy Gooding

On the up

Burnout is ‘cold turkey of the soul’

Research position paper launched

Ban on smoking in public backed by huge majority

Lucy Gooding

‘Death plan’ helps patients get their wish

We can still learn from Mary Seacole

Friends of Malone urged to speak out

Caring for BME staff and patients

Reversing the tide of racist attitudes

Minister aims to strengthen overseas recruitment code

Lucy Gooding

Tory passport would be ‘exit visa from the NHS’

Lucy Gooding, Christian Duffin

Reid childcare plan does not go far enough

Nurse-led surgery gets top marks in patient satisfaction

Cancer nurse comes up trumps

Direct debit option for registration fees

Nurses reject ‘too posh to wash’ claims

Alarm raised over trusts’ ability to meet pay rises

Colin Parish, Graham Scott

Hospitals boost bank pay rates to cut agency costs

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Abortion publicity may deter others

Anything goes on Nurses’ Day

Missed opportunities

Jean Gray