The nurse will see you

Catherine Brant, Pauline Stuttard

Off to a good start

Pauline Stuttard

Promoting self-awareness

Jane Winson

Infection control legislation for medical devices

Suzanne Fullbrook

A guide to taking a patient’s history

Hilary Lloyd, Stephen Craig

Failure to fail: assessing nursing students’ competence during practice placements

Krzysztof Rutkowski

Are there any politicians who deserve to be endorsed?

Betty Scott

Pay is the key for parties hoping to win nurse votes

Brian foster

Missing discs fiasco raises fears for patient records

Andreas Leventis

Assertiveness techniques are useful in conflict situations

Henry Lee

Ban policy of squeezing extra beds into wards

Fair pay, not jelly babies, will boost nurses’ morale

Malcolm Harrison

Lesson to be learned from courage of finnish nurses

Felice Hernandez

Faith-Based services are not appropriate in health care

Helen Roberts

Patient needs come first in any discussion about belief

Philippa Beale

How many nurses have the qualities needed to be social entrepreneurs?

Carrie Thomson

The Mind - A User’s Guide: An Essential Handbook to Safeguard and Improve Your Mental Health

Nigel Wellman

Well-Being - Individual, Community and Social Perspectives

Bríd Hehir

Mentoring in Nursing - A Dynamic and Collaborative Process

Kath Sharples

Starting out - My patient needed a chance to voice his fear of falling

Kate treahearn

Daniel allen looks forward to the impending flu pandemic

Daniel allen

Readers panel - Vaccination value

Marie John, Stephen Weeks, Christopher Humm, Moyra Baldwin

Bad practice

Jane Bates

David Newnham is distracted and astounded by yoghurt

David Newnham

Be angry, be free

Stephen Wright

Voices - Health visitors can have a say on their profession’s future, says Chris Beasley

Christine Beasley

Spiritual advocacy

Mary Brown

It’s a family affair

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Diabetes dialogue

Jo Carlowe

Clear ethnic and sex differences in body fat percentage

Heart disease might result from difficult close relationships

Ignoring basic hygiene rules runs risk of norovirus outbreak

Top ten tips for coping with short staffing on the wards

Ready for disaster?

Sarah Harrison

Fall in HIV figures is deceptive, says former UN envoy

Christian Duffin

Staff win more control of budget

Web forum on treatment of soldiers

Can you help historian to identify any of these nurses?

A&E nurses lack confidence in treating patients who self-harm

RCN campaign to end ‘shameful’ stigma affecting people with HIV

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Blue plaque honours mary seacole

Black and minority ethnic staff to benefit from talent project

Petra Kendall-Raynor

News in brief

Online help to get patients working

‘Buddy’ scheme aims to bridge the generation gap

Number of overseas staff not known in NHS Scotland

Painting a clear picture of staff

Remote prescribing of Botox continues against NMC advice

Nurses told they are not liable for healthcare assistants’work

Sarah Harrison

Patients praise HCA’s activities programme

Gender pay gap widens despite AfC

Learning disability services to be transferred to local authorities

Sarah Harrison

Action to end this neglect

Jean Gray