Obama’s vision

Suzanne Tongue

Notice board

The neighbourhood revolution

Frances Pickersgill

Study by degrees-student life

Michele Shepherd-Burkes

Stab wounds

Katie Trigg

Faecal incontinence

Tanya Fernandes

Assessing and treating faecal incontinence in children

Penny Dobson, June Rogers, Anne Weaver

The nurse’s role in helping older people to use the toilet

Hazel Heath

Evaluating the impact of a cardiac module for post-registration nurses

Mary Edmonds, John Adams

Jane macdonald nurse and campaigner 1948– 2009

Laurence Dopson

Seeking nurse prescribers for study of consultation styles

Ruth Riley

There is one rule for doctors and another for nurses

Kevin McNerney

Generalisations about gender are hurtful and unacceptable

Richard Twyford

Patient dignity is a priority for male and female staff

Thomas Walvin

Stop the spin and let us see real backing for innovation

Lei Foster

My nurse wife already puts in more than enough hours

Lee Werrell

There are better ways we can help support the nhs

Jane Brown

A salary sacrifice? but i already work eight hours a week in unpaid overtime

Nancy Collins

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

Margaret Paul

Campbell’s Physiology Notes

Rachael Rowe

Even the Eyebrows? A Practical Guide to Managing Cancer with Your Boxing Gloves On

Catherine Oakley

Nursing Knowledge and Practice – Foundations for Decision Making: Third edition

Ian Peate

Starting out- I refused to lie for apatientto get her more than she needed

Fatim Bandali

Opting out of the jab poses a risk for everyone

Jan Halstead

Readers panel - A technological headache

Jane Brown, Brendan McMahon, Alison Crumbie, Bríd Hehir

Outside in

David Newnham

History Repeats

James Buchan

Patients' nominations are the greatest compliment of all, says Linda Thomas

Linda Thomas

Team health and safety

Carol Davis

Inspiring leaders

Adele Waters

Webwise

Roger Evans

Bad drivers

Jane Bates

Blooming marvellous

Carol Davis

Heart failure reduced in men who adopt healthy lifestyles

Children of older mothers more likely to develop cancer

Nosocomial infection associated with water features

Travel linked with threefold increase in risk of VTE

Nurses put politicians on the spot over health as general election looms

Growing numbers of band 5 staff win accelerated pay cases

Uncertain future for cancer specialists

Conservatives should stand by degree-entry plans, college says

Funding plans for students to be debated

‘slick alcohol marketing’ undermines nurses’ hard work

Call for clarity in plans to address potential nursing workforce crisis

Erin Dean

Majority of ward managers want to keep their traditional job titles

Adele Waters

Cards that carry patient details piloted

News in brief

Rise in child poisonings escalates need for advice

Bigger pension pot for those who stay on

Regulator takes steps to speed up fitness to practise cases

Survey reveals school nurses care for an average of 2,500 children

Richard Staines

New arrival helps reduce surgery wait

Obama enlists nurses’ support in his fight for reform

Employers should have to pay ISA fees, health unions argue

Mixed response to sectioning proposals

Regulator in talks to fast track re-registration of retired nurses

Richard Staines

Ministers go soft on targets

Graham Scott