World’s best practice

Jane Salvage

Notice board

Expertise in hand

Mark Foulkes

Student life - Sticks and stones

Terry Ferns, Liz Meerabeau

Knee replacement surgery

Claire Aldridge

Alcohol-related presentations in the emergency department

Mary Dawood

Applying the key principles of nutrition to nursing practice

Kim Coxall, Emma Dawes, Emma Forsyth, Hilary Lloyd

Drug calculations part 1: a critique of the formula used by nurses

Kerri Wright

Barriers to accessing evidence-based information

Ros Bertulis

Correction

Work contributes to self-worth and wellbeing

Susan Oliver

Help us get children with long-term illnesses home

Kedge Martin

Do not suffer in silence if you have placement problems

Mary seacole’s life and work should not be forgotten

Jackie Franks

Applications for financial help from nurses have soared

Ann Marie Barnard

Cost rises mean the pay settlement is worthless

David Harding-Price

Academic study gave me a deeper insight into nursing

Helen Beard

They may be ugly but Crocs shoes stop me from getting snappy

Gary Cleeve

Type 1 Diabetes: Answers at your Fingertips – Sixth edition

Sabina Ahmed

Get Ready for A&P for Nursing and Healthcare

Heather Dale

Prayer in Counselling and Psychotherapy – Exploring a Hidden Meaningful Dimension

Stephen Wright

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

Bespoke health monitoring

Monica Dobie

Starting out - In india, i saw how patients are cared for by their entire family

Jackie Traher Dick

Standard life - Daniel Allen wishes wastrels like him had less chance of gaining power

Daniel Allen

Readers Panel - Screening begins at 40

Alison Crumbie, Paul Jebb, Lesley Benham, Linda Drake

Wrong idea

Jane Bates

A tick-box mentality conflicts with common sense

David Newnham

Spiritual healing

Stephen Wright

A regulatory system for managers is well overdue

Sharon Dennis

No place like home

Alison Moore

It shouldn’t happen to a nurse

Murky waters

Elisabeth Lynch

Chinese relaxation technique useful in diabetes control

Female vets at risk of miscarriage from occupational hazards

Non-insecticide lotion is effective in treating head lice

Falls increase with age but injuries remain the same

Why waiting longer can be in a patient’s interests

School nurses fear £8.9m cervical cancer prevention plan will fail

Christian Duffin

Infant immunisation thesis wins award for innovation

Supporters lobby parliament in bid to reinstate sacked nurse

Nurses’day highlights primary care

Give vulnerable adults same protection as children, nurses say

News in brief

Lecturers’ knowledge under scrutiny

Patients unlikely to recover are at greatest risk of being abused

Tamsin Snow

Nurse describes devastation in Burma

Identity fraud case prompts call for tougher recruitment checks

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Union to fight on for better pay

Consultation begins on long-term care

Healthcare staff refusing abortion work

New midwifery president inaugurated amid fears of drop in student numbers

Minister tells trusts service changes must be clinically led

Productivity programme could double time spent with patients

Colin Parish

Nurses’ ideas get results

Jean Gray