Glad to be in the thick of it

Wallis Lynne

Notice board

Where the eyes have it

Áine Feeney, Carmel Brookes, Helen Gibbons

Student life - turn failure into success

Keith Bradley-Adams

Write a practice profile

Basic life support

Elizabeth Reynolds

Assessment and treatment of patients with haemorrhoids

Fiona Hibberts, Alexis Schizas

Supporting people with learning disabilities in acute care

Sherryl Gaskell, Sandra Nightingale

Breast cancer risk in women: the protective role of pregnancy

Vassiliki Costarelli, Nikos Yiannakouris

Suave sir gerry is out of place in ‘fixing’ dementia care

Nick Saunders

Nutritional needs of patients with ulcerative colitis

Samantha Black

Courses that help us to treat the acutely ill adult

Matthew Creaven

‘Basic nursing tasks’ provide rich learning opportunities

Bonnie Salmon

End of life care needs ethical reference points

Chris Chaloner

Choice is part of the rush to embrace private finance

Stephen Weeks

Ward sisters’ role should never have been changed

Stop the slide in standards of care with some sound basic procedures

Helen Thomson

Taking a firm stand in A&E against racial prejudice

Martin Silverman

Nurse to Nurse Palliative Care – Expert Interventions

Paula Gawthorpe

The Joy of Work? Jobs, Happiness, and You

Greta McGough

Mental Health and Well-being in Later Life

Cathe Gaskell

Webwise

Drew Payne

Readers panel - ‘We were not expecting you’

Paul Jebb, Esther Tanton, Jane Scullion, Lorraine Jeffs

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

Margaret Paul

An amnesty is needed for people’s antique hazards

Jan Halstead

Starting out - An emotional connection opened up meaningful communication

Carol Silvey

Seeing sense

Jane Bates

Voices - Peter Carter says 2010 will bring challenges that can shape nursing’s future

Peter Carter

Outside in

David Newnham

Walk the patch

Stephen Wright

The ‘sick day rules’

Mary-Claire Mason

Sister’s champion

Susan Pembrey

Centenary events

Relighting the lamp

High toll of health problems for women who have been abused

The risk factors for stroke in south Asians identified

Drug combination offers more protection against malaria

Unwanted effects of some breast cancer medication

Where do patients get a choice?

Keith Hurst

Training is a ‘lottery’ for HCAs

Union concern over nurses barred from working with the vulnerable

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Surprise visit boosts morale

Clarification on children’s swine flu jabs

US nurses split on Obama reforms

Trust reassures staff after redundancy letters sent out

‘Grave concern’ over plans to replace nurses with HCAs

News in brief

Nursing pints instead of patients

Struggle for newly qualified staff as public sector cuts begin to bite

Adele Waters

‘Relatively high’ pay rises in the UK

NHS watchdog sees progress

University leaders put forward plans to lower student bursaries

Erin Dean

Campaigner receives CBE

Mid staffs inquiry told of ‘desperate’ staffing levels

‘I hope honour will highlight poverty’

‘It felt as if no one valued my years of experience’

Postcode lottery means a long trip for return-to-practice nurses

Tamsin Snow, Danielle Weekes

Quality care comes first

Elaine Cole