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Take a different path

Jennifer Dye

Time to respond to the call

On a fact finding mission

Frances Pickersgill

Stay on course during change

Julie Hyde

Chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis

Dianne Burns, Collette Bennett, Amanda McGough

Vascular access devices

Rebecca Land

Management of bladder dysfunction in patients with multiple sclerosis

David Williams

The effect of body image and mood on smoking cessation in women

Nicola Davies

Use of non-steroidal drugs for the treatment of sprains

von Frieda Gyer

Shift to community healthcare requires more nursing staff

Matthew Bradby

This forgotten minority has been neglected for too long

George Cowley

People with disabilities are facing increased hostility

Cath Moon

Patients with dementia require holistic communication

Alan Chapman

Criticism of nurses by nurses is unwelcome and unjustified

Gordon Lees

TV show will make people afraid of being admitted to hospital

Jane Everitt

Disrespectful conduct seen in TV documentary makes me cringe

Caroline Thoms

Being overweight allows me to show empathy with my patients

Marguerite Richards

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Rachael Rowe

Achieving Commissioning Excellence

Rachael Rowe

Challenging and Emerging Conditions in Emergency Medicine

Jane Brown

Successful Practice Learning for Nursing Students – Second edition

Susan Watkins

24 Hours to Save the NHS – The Chief Executive’s Account of Reform 2000 to 2006

Roswyn Hakesley-Brown

Strimmer strain

An invisible issue

Victoria Ripley

Candid camera

Community nurses hold the key to creating a healthier nation

Starting out - I let down a patient by failing to challenge a doctor’s decision

Graeme Farmer

I let a patient down by failing to challenge a doctor’s decision

Graeme Farmer

African societies accord older people more respect

Bernadette Makaza-Muzavazi

Readers panel - Publish and be clamned

Alison Crumbie, Julie Clarke, Scott Justice, Bríd Hehir

Voices - Community nurses hold the key to creating a healthier nation, writes Peter Carter

Peter Carter

‘Would you like help to quit?’

Daloni Carlisle

Relieve pain effectively

Erin Dean

A source of comfort

Erin Dean

Asthma more likely in children who experienced rapid growth in first few months of life

Swedish study confirms that oral contraceptives alleviate period pain

Restrictive abortion laws force women towards unsafe, ‘backstreet’ operators

Statin use increases risk of diabetes mellitus in postmenopausal women

Data provides evidence of link between falls and antidepressants

An ever-increasing workload is causing burnout and exhaustion

Jennifer Sprinks

Neonatal units need 82 more specialists

RCN congress will debate effects of adult video games on children

Tamsin Snow

Snappy slogans sell health messages to prisoners

Political notebook 22.02.12

Career success for a manager with talent

World in brief

News in brief

NHS body seeks clarity on nurses’ English skills

Patients at risk from staff who work when ill

Practice nurses express frustration at salaries

Safe staffing levels and CPD are top of unions’ wish list in pay talks

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Call for evaluation of NHS 111

Trust accused of ignoring staff concerns over personal safety

Tamsin Snow

College cuts fee to international nursing body

Outpatients say care is dignified, but communication can be poor

Nurses choose between assistant roles or redundancy

Click to calculate your pension pot

NMC set to gain new powers in review of regulatory framework

Jennifer Sprinks

Downbanding nurses is a false economy

Graham Scott