Pass on the advice

The business of community spirit

Lynne Wallis

Steps toward recovery

Kerry Stott

Asthma and allergic rhinitis

Lucy Clayson

Mosquito-borne viral infections and the traveller

Jane Chiodini

Delivering oxygen therapy to acutely breathless adults

Yvonne Henderson

Access to primary care services for homeless mentally ill people

Madeleine Woollcott

Intimate partner violence in Kenya: expanding healthcare roles

Geoffrey Maina, Sisana Majeke

We need more clinical nurse specialists, not fewer

Roisin Wright

Government should honour its pledge on school nurses

Cheryll Adams

All patients should be screened for malnutrition

Susan Holmes

Nursing older people is more challenging than you think

Laura Gilmour

Chronically ill people need regular specialist support

Margot lindsay

Third-year students are still focused on giving good care

Michelle Manley

Healthcare assistants can pass on valuable expertise

Nicky Laurence

It takes determination to get through the training

Dave Taylor

Make entry to nursing tougher and standards of patient care will rise

Laura Neary

Surviving Your Placement in Health and Social Care – A Student Handbook

Mark Pittman

Science in Nursing and Health Care – Second edition

Sam Chenery-Morris

Heart Failure – A Clinical Nursing Handbook

Chrissie Spiers

Asking for it

Mike Lehane

Noteworthy

Jane Bates

Starting out - I was deeply moved by the trust a dying patient showed in me

Sharon Whitmarsh

Slavish devotion to the mighty survey undermines the truth

Daniel Allen

Letting off steam

Stephen Weeks, Steve Flatt, Mike Lehane, Janet Smith

David Newnham questions whether he has what it takes to be a nurse

David Newnham

Work on weight

Kate Treahearn

Like the weather, research findings can be unsettling

Elizabeth Anionwu

Why money matters

Lynne Pearce

A nation on the binge

Jo Carlowe

Behind closed doors

Stephanie Northen

Women in rural areas prefer consultant-led intrapartum care

High blood pressure after heart attack carries high risk

Anxiety and depression associated with CMV antibody levels

Relatives want to eliminate fear in ventilated patients

The hidden poverty trap

Widow emphasises the importance of essential nursing care

Call for change in A&E waiting targets

RCN launches toolkit for hcas online

Healthcare support worker registration a step closer following congress vote

Government promises swift action on regulation of advanced nurses

Tamsin Snow

Harlequin stars offer ‘thank you’ fitness tips

Carter highlights ‘big problems’in training and workforce planning

Adele Waters

Sustainable policies can save money

Students are driven out of nursing by poor placements

News in brief

Nurses launch appeals against convictions

Nurses will take action if government reneges on deal

Delegates vote to boost organ donation

Disarmingly honest – that is just what nurses like

‘Time for all-graduate

Colin Parish

RCN previews new campaign as dignity issue dominates congress

Adele Waters

College to look at industrial action rule

RCN previews new campaign as dignity issue dominates congress

Adele Waters

A gift from government

Jean Gray