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The highest possible rung

Nicola Davies

All the fun of the jobs fair

Frances Pickersgill

Welcome to the club

Leslie Gelling

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Gail Braid

Assessment and management of atopic eczema in children

Jean Robinson

Emollient therapy for dry and inflammatory skin conditions

Liz Green

Influence of location on a good death

Miranda Paddy

Stephanie Kirby 1953-2011 nurse historian and research fellow

Laurence Dopson

Kirby, Stephanie

Laurence Dopson

Who will pay the price of cuts in residential care funding?

Zeba Arif

Inspection support welcomed by the patients association

Roswyn Hakesley-Brown

TV productions on nurses should be evidence-based

Elizabeth Anionwu

Commissioning policies are forcing reduction in services

Andrew Makin

Too many lame excuses for not helping fallen patients

David Smith

Nurses and patients have a vital role in cutting down medicines waste

Elizabeth Haidar

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

Action on Elder Abuse

Greta McGough

Caring for the Physical and Mental Health of People with Learning Disabilities

Simon Jones

Carbs and Cals – A Visual Guide to Carbohydrate Counting and Calorie Counting for People with Diabetes

Jane Bridges

Educating Nurses – A Call for Radical Transformation

Betty Kershaw

Webwise

Greta McGough

Blame game

Duct tape is of uncertain origin but has had odd medical uses

A student index will weed out unsuitable candidates

Ageing process

Jackie Morris

I learnt that one smallact of kindness can make a difference

Joanna Sikora

Starting out i learnt that one small act of kindness can make a difference

TV’s Big Brother has duty of care for contestants

Bridget O’Connell

Readers panel - in sickness and in health

Julie Clarke, Paul Jebb, Kate Tantam, Alison Crumbie

OutsideIn

Tony Hazell

Voices - A student index will weed out unsuitable candidates, believes tony hazell

Tony Hazell

Counsel with care

Mark Gould

When the dust settled

Stephanie Northen

High GL diets could be linked to increased risk of ovarian cancer

Long-term pruritus affects quality of life substantially

Vegetarian diet could protect against common bowel disorder

Alzheimer’s study questions use of antidepressants

Controversial NHS reforms near the final stage of their journey

Erin Dean

Staff told to ‘ramp up’ efforts to reduce hospital deaths

Top NHS manager advises organisations to avoid slash and burn cost savings

Fall in post numbers set to continue

Alcohol misuse care standards released

Nurses successful at diverting gang members to youth support

Christian Duffin

Midwives build maternity feedback scheme

Conference cancellations could affect professional development

Petra Kendall-Raynor

News in brief

Hospital faces legal action on non-resuscitation notes

Trust changes drug round tabards after patient criticism

School nurses often feel unable to protect children

Nurse quizzed for six days over clostridium difficile outbreak

Workforce data change sparks fears

Charities send aid and staff to Libya

NHS waiting times could rise if private patient funds limit ditched

Erin Dean, Petra Kendall-Raynor

Winner uses prize to fund conference

Climate of fear at Stepping Hill after investigation takes new turn

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Nursing input is essential

Graham Scott