Staking a claim

Anthony Mills

PG Cert, PGDip or MSc in health improvement and health promotion

Making the most of careers fairs

Jane Redfern Jones

Notice board

Student life - Mutually supportive

Cathy Taylor

Reader’s practice profile literature review

Amie Nuttall

Write a practice profile

Literature review

Amie Nuttall

Type 2 diabetes

Lynne Jerreat, Sonia Davies

Treatment of hyperglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes

Lynne Jerreat

Implementation of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework

Emma Douglass, Georgina Ruddle

Osteoarthritis: pathogenesis, clinical features and management

Jennie A Walker

Let nurses undertake drug rounds without distraction

Adrienne Ford

Some new nurses are missing out on accelerated pay

Lara Davies

Treatment of dying prisoners reflects our civilised nature

Peter Ghroum

Giving back one day’s pay is an antiquated suggestion

Lorna Wotherspoon

College’s neutral position is the right decision

Karen Lesley Sanders

Assisted suicide stance makes me proud to be an RCN member

Antje Preston

End of life care skills are essential for all students

Vanessa Stapleton, Dan Holland

Nurses need less paperwork to give more hands-on care

I have experienced a lot of negativity about my gender

Dan Holland

Men will be put off nursing by drive to bring back old-fashioned uniforms

Niki Fulstow

Coping with Cancer – A Patient Pocket Book of Thoughts, Advice, and Inspiration for the Ill

Liz Cort

Why is it so Difficult to Die? – Second edition

Phil Russell

Community-Based Nursing: An Introduction – Third edition

Ian Peate

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Irene Mabbott

Starting out - I saw a nurse hit a patient – but failed to report the incident

At risk of becoming one of the worried well

Lynne Wallis

Readers panel - A shot in the dark

Linda Drake, Julie Clarke, Sue Szczepanska, Sarah Esegbona

Sick stories

Jane Bates

OutsideIn - Online counselling leaves David Newnham feeling totally inadequate

David Newnham

Show you care

Zeba Arif

Voices - Restore trust in nursing by casting an honest light on us, says Rosemary Cook

Rosemary

A conflict of principles?

Every picture tells a story

Jenny Knight

The same, but different

Helen Tarbet

Deaths in older people from heat depend on mild winter

Higher mortality rate in women infected after heart surgery

Survival from lung cancer not improved with thalidomide

Deployed military personnel face respiratory problems

Preparation, training and support:the cornerstones of ward leadership

Ward leaders need authority if they are to meet their responsibilities

Adele Waters

Robots designed to grin and bear it

Trusts trial discussion sessions to help staff manage emotions

Erin Dean

Engaging the public takes time and money

‘Give pupils with diabetes equal access to activities’

Hospital refurbishment leads to dramatic fall in patient violence

News in brief

College announces council election results

Curricula should cover mental health needs of offenders, report urges

Praise for nurses after hospital fire

Criminal record checks to remain in place regardless of pandemic

Laura Doherty

Report blames heavy workload for drug dose errors

Hospitals begin programme of pre-operative MRSA screening

Monitoring body praises regulator

New chair will ease stress on knees

DH rules out NHS job cuts but staff will have to work ‘smarter’

Laura Doherty, Bill Doult

Survey finds ward managers’ pay is inconsistent and inadequate

Time to bolster this vital role

Giving ward leaders power

Graham Scott