Measure up to the job

Elspeth Raisbeck

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Measure up to the job

Elspeth Raisbeck

The power of compassion

Steven Black

Get involved with your nurse organisations

Benn Mott

Rheumatoid arthritis

James Cleary

Care of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Lisa Graham

Care of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Lisa Graham

An overview of topical negative pressure therapy in wound care

Georgina Preston

Recognising infection in wounds

Julie Santy

Developing a team mentoring model

Jill Caldwell, Karen Dodd, Carol Wilkes

Examine our practices before calling for relatives’ charter

Carole Thompson

Screen staff for MRSA only where risk factors exist

Ashley Flores

Make retractable needles compulsory to end injuries

Greta Thornbory

All our staff understand the commitment to hygiene

Karlie Thompson

Unacceptable treatment on a mental health ward

Mental health services at risk of losing their identity

Mike Lehane

It is just our public duty to offer help in emergencies

Jo Sims

Whether we intervene or not, we are in a catch-22

Mark Pittman

Nurses are professionally, if not legally, required to act as good Samaritans

Peter Savage

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

Margaret Paul

An Introduction to Excellence in Practice Development in Health and Social Care

Marion Goodchild

An Introduction to Excellence in Practice Development in Health and Social Care

Marion Goodchild

Why men die first – how to lengthen your lifespan

Colin Rees

The royal marsden hospital manual of clinical nursing procedures – seventh edition

Elizabeth Haidar

Why Men Die First – How to Lengthen Your Lifespan

Colin Rees

The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures – Seventh edition

Elizabeth Haidar

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

A quick chat can help to allay fears

Haley Goble

Starting out - First aid incident reinforced the importance of preparation

Kate Treahearn

Breaking the rules

Scott Justice, Mike Lehane, Lorraine Jeffs, Carol Singleton

Seeing sense

Jane Bates

Outside In

David Newnham

The human toll of the financial crisis

Stephen Wright

There needs to be greater recognition of the work done by BME people

Elizabeth Anionwu

Listen and learn

Jennifer Trueland

Travesty of trust

June Andrews

The race to the top

The power of compassion

Steven Black

Webwise

Irene Mabbott

More needs to be done to improve safe blood transfusions in England

Older fathers raise risk of bipolar disorder in offspring

Diabetic retinopathy in young predicted by blood pressure

Proximity of hospital affects heart attack survival rate

Are BME patients losing out?

Keith Hurst

Reservists seek more support from managers and staff

Incentives for GPs to give advice on contraception

Coroner’s criticism rejected after student’s mistake

Find out how your trust can improve

Clean hospitals are patients’ top priority

Scotland goes ‘back to the future’ with ward hygiene inspection role

Jennifer Trueland, Laura Doherty

Coronary care nurse becomes 3,000th dignity champion

Poor staffing levels no excuse for undignified care, says RCN leader

Adele Waters, Petra Kendall-Raynor

£2,675 payout for racist comment

Resources needed to boost cardiac data collection

News in brief

Apply for more awards, RCN says

Carter seeks CNO support for reservists

Do not cut nursing jobs to fund bank bail-out, government told

Tamsin Snow

Nurse MPs will debate extension to abortion bill

Clinicians need guidance to advise on top-up treatment

Ministers warn review body of wage-price spiral

DH may reward nurses for quality care under new points system

Petra Kendall-Raynor

NHS constitution should enshrine safe staff levels, say unions

Should we allow top-up care?

Jean Gray