RCN Council elections: england and wales

Person-centred care

Lucy Clayson

Respiratory assessment in adults

Tina Moore

Detecting changes in the respiratory status of ward patients

Siobhan Kennedy

Patient preparation for safe removal of surgical drains

Jennie Walker

Challenges of setting up a multi-centred research study

Alison Twycross, Jo Corlett

Know your history or risk repeating past mistakes

Laurence Dopson

Clinical trials would prove benefit of drug monitoring

Sue Jordan

RCN members receive free access to library database

Judy Atkinson

Monitoring staff hours could push up wage bill

James Bird

More time with patients would reduce paperwork

Liz Gormley-Fleming

Caring for someone with dementia is specialised

Roy Riseborough

As professionals we base practice on the best research

Michelle Winfield

Patients benefit when more students are on the wards

Karen Humphreys

This measly offer will leave me £67 a year worse off

Carol Evans

Derisory pay offer shows government lacks respect

John Howes, Yelverton, Devon

Why are RCN staff receiving a higher rise than nurses?

Stephanie Allen

Registration fee handout opens the door for full state sponsorship

Marc Cornock

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

Margaret Paul

Law & Nursing - Third edition

Marc Cornock

Looking Forward - Survivors of Childhood Cancer Share their Remarkable Stories

Valerie McGurk

International Council of Nurses - Nursing Leadership

Betty Kershaw

Basic instinct

Jane Bates

Webwise

Sue Jordan

Standard life - Daniel allen would rather live in a country where politicians listen to nurses

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - The key to happiness is..

Mike Lehane, Scott Justice, Carol Singleton, Lorraine Jeffs

Starting out - needless communication error compromised a patient’s care

Alan Waldock

Outside in

David Newnham

Strike a balance

Zeba Arif

Voices - this year’s silly season got off to a mixed start, says elizabeth anionwu

Elizabeth Anionwu

All day long

Carol Davis

Switching off the cult

Lynne Wallis

Wheeze, not asthma, reduced in children who eat bananas

Patients want their doctors to shake hands when they meet

Lifting the ban on snus could have major health benefits

Strategies for the control of ebola haemorrhagic fever

What will nutrition summits serve up?

Adele Waters

Campaign to abolish parking ‘tax’

Victims of violence told to call police immediately after incident

Laura Doherty

Sexual health checks ‘should include HIV’

Lessons learned from c. difficile in onlinemodule

News in brief

Health visitors fear revival of bottle feeding by new mums

Nurses can help nhs to go green and cut costs

High court legal battle over duty of care to ill woman

Minister’s husband not so keen on staged pay

Hospital staff tell minister there is no incentive to gain new skills

Tamsin Snow

Options for action

95 per cent back formal vote on action in first RCN national ballot

Tamsin Snow

Malnutrition in hospitals targeted

Dementia strategy will need extra funding

Disappointment at drugs ruling

Unions challenge NMC advice on accountability for delegated work

Sarah Harrison

Where should the buck stop?

Jean Gray