Specialty that offers career satisfaction

Iain McGregor

Champions for equality in health

Juliet Chambers

Notice board

Development programme for Queen’s Nurses

Student life-Write to the point

Rob Ashton

A Balkan in Britain

Jasmina Banicek

Write to the point

Rob Ashton

Faecal incontinence

Lesley Reynolds

Improving local healthcare policies and practices

Bob Price

Accountability and legal issues in tissue viability nursing

Heidi Guy

Infection prevention and treatment in patients with major burn injuries

Gabby Rowley-Conwy

Adjuvant medicines for the management of neuropathic pain

Katharine Stewart

Obituary

Laurence Dopson

Rayner, Claire

Laurence Dopson

School nurse father is a shining example to us all

Kathleen Carbone

Review of my book contained misleading case example

Michael Nash

Extending miss nightingale’s reach to a new generation

Victor West

Emphasis on diversity adds to division and prejudice

Suzanne Shaw

Back to the days of patients waiting on trolleys in A&E

The battle on contributions and benefits is about to begin

Kevin McNerney

Proposed public sector pensions are more tin plated than gold plated

Sally Davies

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry

OSCEs for Nurses: Volume One – Single User Version

Brian Burke

Professional Skills in Nursing – A Guide for the Common Foundation Programme

Pam Nelmes

Evidence-Based Practice of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Phil Russell

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

Margaret Paul

Starting out - Hospice placement gave me new perspective on hospital care

Rebecca Fox

Turning disempowered patients into decision makers

Robert Tunmore

Readers panel

Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Paul Jebb, Jane Scullion, Kate Tantam

Me, me, me

Jane Bates

Outside in

David Newnham

Webwise

Liz Gormley-Fleming

A game of tag

Robert Franco

Voices - International infection prevention week needs you, says Peter Carter

Peter Carter

Warning signs

Anne Lanceley

Making more of IT

Lynne Pearce

Ann’s perfect pitch

Elizabeth Lynch

Taking contraceptive pill may increase meningioma risk

Low vitamin D levels linked to depression in older people

Aspirin could have a role in preventing prostate cancer

Laughter proves welcome relief in children’s care

Do housekeepers make a difference on wards?

Keith Hurst

Another year, another conference season, but change is in the air

A sound education

Mary-Claire Mason

Care will suffer if you slash and burn, RCN warns politicians

Nurses join assisted dying lobby

Claire, the pioneer and inspiration

High court hears college’s case against Home Office bar process

Erin Dean

Cancer aftercare assessments cut down distress but not costs

Erin Dean

More clinical nurse specialists could increase efficiency

News in brief

Restrictions on wages may fund expansion

Report finds NHS trusts in ‘good shape’

Rehabilitation service keeps older people steady on their feet

NMC Chief hopes to prevent fee rise

‘Nurse’ title unlikely to be protected

Assistant practitioners save money and improve outcomes

Regulator reveals plan to prevent enrolment of ‘damaged’ students

Erin Dean

Matron: ‘hat helps patients identify me’

Unions tackle ministers on move to free market for education fees

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Surviving the storm

Graham Scott