Happy in their work

Brendan McCormack, Paul Slater

Affairs of the heart

Susie Pemberton

Leading from the front

Paula Vasco Knight

Student life - Welcome to the ward

Beverley Goose

Gunshot wounds

Stephen Moore

Rapid tranquillisation

Sonia Davies

Managing aggression and violence using rapid tranquillisation

Tommy Dickinson, Susan Ramsdale, Geoff Speight

Beneficial effects of honey dressings in wound management

Ailsa Sharp

Challenges in protecting peri-wound skin

Helen Hollinworth

Management of water incidents: drowning and hypothermia

Rick Dean, Joe Mulligan

Cleaning must be done in the context of patient dignity

Denise Ham, Meriel Flux

Sweetened dairy probiotics and digestive discomfort

Keith Littlewood

Postal strike could keep many nurses out of work

Grace Allott Brookes

Enrolling for a midwifery degree is a positive choice

Samantha Chenery-Morris

Striking off whistleblower was a draconian response

Jayne thomas

Margaret Haywood is reinstated, but at what cost to the NMC?

Katherine Guellard

Notice board

Webwise

Chris Chaloner

Oxford Handbook of Critical Care – Third edition

Wendy Fuller

Primary Health Care – People, Practice, Place

Stephen Callaghan

Taking the Lead in Patient Safety – How Healthcare Leaders Influence Behavior and Create Culture

Irene Mabbott

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

Margaret Paul

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

Our hoarding instincts are not always such a good idea

Jan Halstead

Readers panel-Pensiondilemma

Jane Brown, Linda Drake, Julie Clarke, Scott Justice

Starting out - Patient was not the only person unsettled by mentor’s tone

Medical science could learn a lot from ‘sneezer geezer’ David Newnham

David Newnham

Voices-Your home visit runs better if you give it some welly, writes Rosemary Cook

Rosemary Cook

Smokers who revel in ‘us against them’ camaraderie

If gluttony is a sin, perhaps we are all sinners

Anne Diamond

Fighting fit

Jane Bates

From heartache to hope

Rachel Walker

Equipping staff to care

Anita Pati

Detective work

Mary-Claire Mason

Watching drinking on TV encourages men to consume more alcohol

People with psoriasis rate itch as most important symptom

Colorectal cancer deaths reduced in people taking aspirin

Public lacks knowledge about benefits of screening

In quotes: how her case unfolded

Nurses must speak out to safeguard patients, insists Margaret Haywood

Laws of humanity

Anita Pati

Public’s old-fashioned image of nurses needs to be updated

Carter wants more BME members on governing council

Pre-theatre team briefings improve care

Trust aims to ensure patients turn up

NMC will take into account the pressures of swine flu pandemic

Sarah Harrison, Tamsin Snow

All employers should have to pay ISA registration fee, say unions

Petra Kendall-Raynor

US nurses lobby senators over health reforms

Supportive managers lead to happier staff and better outcomes

News in brief

Child protection not helped by poor pay

College declares whistleblowing a top priority in its vision for nursing

Sarah Harrison, Erin Dean

Minister’s community caseloadcall

Tories’ proposed incomes policy could be illegal, unions warn

Accolade for team effort to ‘sell’ its care

Children define the ideal nurse

Nurses’workloads rise as wards employ more unqualified staff

Erin Dean

Openness will benefit all

Graham Scott