Notice board

Broader horizons

Glenda Shereni

Thinking ahead

See beyond the illness

Kerry Stott

First aid for nurses

Kate Hardwicke

Management of antimicrobial-resistant Acinetobacter in hospitals

Tyrone Pitt

Appropriate glove use in the prevention of cross-infection

Ashley Flores

Voluntary euthanasia: ethical concepts and definitions

Karen Sanders, Chris Chaloner

Action planning: making change happen in clinical practice

Helen O’Neal, John Farman, Kim Manley

Correction

Changes to meal times have brought benefits to patients

Julie Brown

Nutrition now campaign has helped us improve meal times

Barbara George

Please sign our petition in support of unemployed nurses

Iain Kightley

Role of nurses in abortion services in the united states

Peter Herbert

Are the views expressed on surgical abortion typical?

Jacqueline Sparks

Nursing was founded on christian principles

Chris Robbins

I cannot find work even with five years’ experience

Mark Lees

National it programme has made real, steady progress

Barbara Stuttle

We are complicit in the government’s reforms

Andrew Fishburn

‘Peternity’ leave is a good idea but open to abuse

Yvonne Potter

We deserve better pay but let’s not forget how far the NHS has come

Brian Boag

The best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

Organizing and Managing your Research - A Practical Guide for Postgraduates

Greta McGough

Immunisation Against Infectious Disease - Third edition

Sarah Hart

Lymphoedema - Advice on Self-management and Treatment: Third edition

Justine C Whitaker

Webwise

Greta Thornbory

Outside in

David Newnham

Voices

Chris Beasley

Power of apology

Stephen Wright

Foolhardy

Jane Bates

Starting out - Participating in a patient’s end-of-life care was humbling

Clare Churcher

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Should girls be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer? We asked our readers panel

Linda Drake, Kate Chapman, Chiccoe Moyo, Chris Mayer

Counselling the spirit

Stephen Wright

‘Teenagers are full of exuberance for life’

Sex, drugs and rock ’N’ roll

JO Carlowe

The young ones

Taking and giving

Heather Simmonds, Molly Courtenay, Matt Griffiths

A&E attendances drop before major sporting events but then go up

High rates of eczema on the hands of female hairdressers

Chilli has no effect on cardiovascular disease risk factors

Different approaches to healthcare informatics

Trust ploughs on with job cuts

Tamsin Snow

Should the mayday for nurses appeal be kicked into touch?

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Copy cat for top breastfeeding tips

Delayed retirement will take toll on nurses’health, study warns

Colin Parish

Morphic prescribing transforms end of life care in uganda

Prescription pads returned in pay band protest

News in brief

Award winners lobby Hewitt on pay

Theatre staff agree to industrial action over job downgrading

Colin Parish

News in brief

Hewitt rethink on detention powers

Nurse presence doubled on NHS IT programme

Staff lose out in payroll blunder

Scotland’s promised 2.5 per cent delayed

Graham Scott

Trusts are often looking at short-term solutions to financial problems

New alliance formed to protect expert role

Evaluation of specialist nurses shows they are cost effective

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Stand up for specialists

Tim Madge