Atlantic crossing

Adele Waters

Notice board

Atlantic crossing

Two-way treatment

Melanie Gough

Respiratory assessment

Noreen Macfarlane

Patient assessment: effective consultation and history taking

Gerri Kaufman

Patient assessment:effective consultation and history taking

Gerri Kaufman

Informed consent for exchange blood transfusions in sickle cell disease

Tina Jegede, Heather Rawle

Attitudes of nurses in Greece towards influenza vaccination

Vasilios Raftopoulos

Phyllis Thom

Laurence Dopson

Do not charge for parking if public transport is poor

Gareth Phillips

Advertisement for formula feed was inappropriate

Ann Walker

Most nurses favour a change in assisted dying law

Karen Sanders

Author Sarsh Kraszewski replies:

Sarah Kraszewski

Confused over advice on safe and effective ear irrigation

Karen Curry

Unethical for a student to practise on a dying patient

Helen Tanqueray

Being mistaken for a patient shows good communication

Paula Gardiner

Trusts would find it hard to cope without part-timers

Malcolm Duncan

Age does not dampen the joys of working in the nursing profession

Mary Brydon

Nothing Personal – Disturbing Undercurrents in Cancer Care

Peter Barraclough

Nothing Personal – Disturbing Undercurrents in Cancer Care

Peter Barraclough

Women in Later Life – Exploring Race and Ethnicity

Elizabeth Anionwu

Prescribing and Mental Health Nursing

Laura Strachan

Women in Later Life – Exploring Race and Ethnicity

Elizabeth Anionwu

Prescribing and Mental Health Nursing

Laura Strachan

Webwise

Marc Cornock

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

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

Margaret Paul

Recipe for success

Anne Diamond

Starting out-I learnt that communication is vital in stressful situations

Gemma Jones

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - time for action?

Kate Tantam, Paul Jebb, Carol Singleton, Jane Scullion

Keep it constructive

Andrew Dillon

Voices-linda thomas discovers theatre where blind people can ‘see’ the performance

Linda Thomas

A safe place to chat

Tara Beaumont, Ann Jaloba

Comfort and joy

Christian Duffin

Side-lined-Jane Bates learnt the horror of the side rooms

Jane Bates

Outside in-Forget insulation, there’s more economy in lagging females, says David Newnham

David Newnham

Simple febrile seizures do not increase mortality

High risk of diabetes in the years after gestational diabetes

Need for prevention schemes to combat early hearing loss

Programme helps parents and teens to talk about sex

‘Nurses are scared to speak up for colleagues in case they lose their job’

Diversity champions needed to tackle racism against NHS staff

Study endorses nurse role in hospital at night scheme

24/7 child specialist teams now an RCN priority

Patients to be more involved in their care

Songs help siblings cope with loss

Need for guidance say nurses who bought disabled teenager a sex aid

Sophie Blakemore

Carter: ‘labour needs new policies’

Patients to give instant feedback on the standard of nursing care

Tamsin Snow, Petra Kendall-Raynor

Funding bias to blame for excess admissions

Campaign for healthier life is a turn-off

News in brief

Trust’s hotel-style hygiene brings sharp reduction in infection rates

Tamsin Snow

Managers stand firm on engraved wedding ring ban

New chair for patients association

NHS could face shortfall of 25,000 nurses

Report prompts A&E improvements

Charity’s first specialist nurse receives a striking welcome

Annual appraisals may be used to assess nurses’fitness for practice

Tamsin Snow, Petra Kendall-Raynor

‘The only downside is the fewer holidays’

‘We do not have any money worries’

Atlantic crossing

A valuable time to reflect

Sharon Dennis