Letter from America

Rachel Lewis

Staying calm in the face of adversity

Marc Cornock

Academic ambitions

Charlie Callanan

Notice board

Learning through play

Heather Skirton, Gillian Blakely

Abuse of older people

Amanda Elizabeth Ebbutt

Aseptic non-touch technique in intravenous therapy

Paula Ingram, Marianne Fairley Murdoch

Correct use of chlorhexidine in intravenous practice

Katie Scales

Providing first aid and assisting forensic investigations

Rick Dean, Joe Mulligan

Uterine fibroids article helps raise awareness

Ellie Stewart

Mix of lay and professional voices essential to regulator

David Harding-Price

Yes, discrimination exists. now what do we do about it?

Zulfkar Hussain

Regulation of healthcare assistants is overdue

Marc Cornock

Nursing skills and aptitude are nothing to do with gender

Ian Peate

Nurses’ use of management-speak has sullied front line patient care

Mike Owen

Men put off nursing careers by perception of weakness

David Macdonald

Protection of children is for all of us, male and female

Caroline Ridley

Mosby’s Pharmacology Memory NoteCards – Second edition

Lydia Burke

Webwise

Drew Payne

50 Things You Can Do Today to Manage Menopause

Kathy Abernethy

Leadership for Nursing and Allied Health Care Professions

Greta McGough

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

Margaret Paul

Starting out - I supported a patient who was given bad news and left alone

Phil Barlow

The law protects whistleblowers in the NHS, and beyond

Cathy James

Readers panel - Make me happy

Jane Scullion, Esther Tanton, Lorraine Jeffs, Paul Jebb

Reality check

Jane Bates

Outsidein - retirement moves even further away from David Newnham’s grasp

David Newnham

The ethics of care

Stephen Wright

VOICES - Linda Thomas applauds four women who have made a difference in 2009

Linda Thomas

A sensitive subject

Ian Russell

21st century nurse

John Naish

Working hard to beat stress

Catharine Sadler

Injuries arising from PE classes differ by children’s gender

Renal transplant outcome improved if donors given dopamine

Cinnamon could be a useful adjunct to treatment of diabetes

Life expectancy cut by decade in men who have risk factors

Staff levels are key to care standards

Josie Irwin

Meet the workforce of the future – nurses from the European union

Erin Dean

Cancer refuge wins building award

RCN compiles list of standards to form basis of day-to-day care

Tamsin Snow

Top ideas for efficiency to be disseminated

Directors urged to shadow front line staff and keep in touch

School nurses doubt that 2010 government target is achievable

News in brief

Delay in prescribing changes condemned

Failing trust seeks nursing director after resignation

College calls for strong leadership from Scotland’s new chief nurse

Winners celebrate as future of Mary Seacole awards is reviewed

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Profession’s popularity on the rise ahead of graduate-only entry

Erin Dean

Website will pool best practice in improving care

Charity wants more asthma nurse posts

Health unions urge staff to have swine flu vaccination

Dying boy’s case reveals national shortage of children’s palliative care specialists

Free movie tickets for roald dahl nurses

RCN’s assisted suicide stance heads agenda

Trust approves accelerated pay plan to fast-track band 5 nurses

Tamsin Snow, Petra Kendall-Raynor

In the public’s interest

Graham Scott