Unmask your talent

Jane Redfern Jones

Notice board

Student life - Key to student support

Stuart Keeling

Hyperprolactinaemia

Ruth FitzGerald-Bond

Basic life support

Sonia Davies

A collaborative and progressive approach to basic life support

Andrea Denton, Pauline Giddins

A collaborative and progressive approach to basic life support

Andrea Denton, Pauline Giddins

Using ward-based simulation in cardiopulmonary training

Nicoline Kakora-Shiner

Improving services for people with alcohol-related problems

Carolyn Mason

Minimising nurses’ exposure to chemicals is important

Ann Wills

Managers fail to appreciate bank nurses’ contribution

Is RCN congress largely full of labour supporters?

Marc Kay, Darlington

Like the commons’ speaker, the nmc missed the real issue

Dayasara Martin Hillary, Ipswich

While unison is at it, why not outlaw the tories as well?

Vincent Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk

Repayment scheme could stop some bursary system abuses

Pat Leonard

Why are some research articles so indigestible?

Professional education must remain rigorous and thorough

Sam Chenery-Morris

Supermarket training is the last thing nurses need

Joanne Kerr

A welcome return to old values, but it is what is under the bonnet that counts

Melanie Parsons

Webwise

Sue Campbell

Winningham and preusser’s critical thinking cases in nursing

Irene Mabbott

Winningham and Preusser’s Critical Thinking Cases in Nursing – Fourth edition

Irene Mabbott

Sacred Space:Right Relationship and Spirituality in Healthcare – Second edition

Helen Elizabeth Spreadbury

The reflective mentor

Kath Sharples

Sacred Space: Right Relationship and Spirituality in Healthcare – Second edition

Helen Elizabeth Spreadbury

The Reflective Mentor

Kath Sharples

OutsideIn

David Newnham

Starting out - using relatives as translators creates a barrier to good care

Chantelle Cox

I was hounded out for reporting poor standards

Readers panel

Mike Lehane, Esther Tanton, Paul Jebb, Elsie Gayle

Object lesson

Jane Bates

A cry for help

Vicky Robinson

Voices

Peter Carter

Spirituality offers comforts beyond medical science

Claire Cornhill

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

Margaret Paul

Closer to home

Lynne Wallis

Caring in troubled times

Unmask your talent

Jane Redfern Jones

Keeping it local

Flexible friends

Carol Davis

Poor work atmosphere can lead to depression and medication use

NRT can be successful even in smokers who are reluctant to quit

Heavy drinkers face high risk of contracting essential tremor

Does poor staffing affect job satisfaction and patient care?

Keith Hurst

Slowly rebuilding her life, the nurse jailed for a crime she did not commit

Diagnoses of eczema and treatment for it greatly increased

Alcohol services benefit from nurse intervention

Student loans could be part of new financial support package

Tamsin Snow

Appeal for information on D-Day casualty

Gordon Brown orders honours committee to prioritise nurses

Erin Dean

Staff with learning difficulties need greater support

News in brief

Mid staffs inquiry calls RCN to give evidence

Pressure mounts on staff levels as trusts chase foundation status

Tamsin Snow

Whistleblower makes a return to nursing

College urges nurses to use european vote

Restart overseas recruitment, say nhsworkforce planners

NHS offers older nurses higher pension if they carry on working

Tamsin Snow

Framework for action

Jean Gray