The sky’s the limit

Claire Westwood

Notice board

Student life - Reading the signs

Jane Wray

Oxygen therapy

Sheila Nelson

Obesity

Tanya Fernandes

Obesity: prevalence, causes and clinical consequences

Alison Shepherd

Retaining central venous catheters in paediatric parenteral nutrition

Joanne Brind

Implementing end of life care for patients with renal failure

Cathryn Greaves, Elizabeth Bailey, Les Storey, Alison Nicholson

Better understanding of the mental capacity act is needed

Andrew Makin

Drive to enhance research is beneficial for the workforce

Victoria Baster

Doctors’ fixed shifts may jeopardise patient care

Jane Brown

Consultation on alternative therapies raises key issues

Annie Hallett

Mothers are not the only ones who understand children

Peter Wildsmith

A smile will lift a patient’s spirits but only when it is genuine

Sam Williams

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Robert Galloway

Introduction to Critical Care Nursing – Fifth edition

Juliette Cosgrove

Learning to Learn in Nursing Practice

Sara Garland

Being White in the Helping Professions – Developing Effective Intercultural Awareness

Joan Myers

Do we need to mind our clinical language?

Jan Halstead

Debt charity’s work may be laudable, but i found it rigid

Other colleges should follow rcn on assisted suicide policy

Carol Haigh

Starting out - I wasrighttoreportunsafe practice, despitemyinexperience

Readers panel -Fragile framework

Paul Jebb, Jane Scullion, Lorraine Jeffs, Esther Tanton

Patient peeves

Jane Bates

Outside In

David Newnham

Valued to the end

Stephen Wright

Voices - Year-long diversity data exercise launched with online questionnaire

Tony hazell

Volunteer to share your skills

Alexandra Vernon

‘Margo is a really amazing nurse’

‘Helena got me through my heartbreak’

Front line trauma care

Alison Handley

‘Margaret instigated change’

Finalists chosen for prestigious award

Managing wounds from war zones

No sweat

Mary-Claire Mason

‘kate made it possible for me to cope’

‘Acosia deserves to be recognised’

Disaster planning is key to patient management during bushfires

Cases of gonorrhoea falling, but pockets of infection persist

Eating seafood during pregnancy can reduce risk of depression

Physical activity could help daily functioning after stroke

Would an increased proportion of male nurses benefit the profession?

Designer gowns for model patients

Recession forces leap in number of nurses seeking financial help

Erin Dean

News in brief

Midwifery services feel budget squeeze

Government wants expanded role for cancer nurses

Untouched £70m fund suggests low interest in social enterprises

Erin Dean

Dementia diagnosis aids care expertise

Ready to roll with secondary school

Union lobbies prime minister for standardised uniform in England

Christian Duffin, Anne Alexander

RCN calls for 'rainy day' cash to finance school nurse posts

Funding boost for swine flu research

Number of applicants to nursing courses leaps

Nurses give their views on the patients association report

Health regulator promises tough new measures to tackle poor care

Petra Kendall-Raynor

A chance to say thank you

Jean Gray