Things can only get better

Lesley Baillie

Learning the art of give and take is an essential nursing skill

Julie Hyde

Communicate with clarity

Diana Jefferies

Notice board

Working the Magic

Lynne Wallis

Travellers’ diarrhoea: causes, prevention and treatment

Rhoswen Lloyd, Clare Bennett

Breast cancer

Jackie Pier

Acne vulgaris in patients with skin of colour: special considerations

Anna Bianconi-Moore

Identifying, analysing and solving problems in practice

Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor

England, Dorothy

Laurence Dopson

Workshop on how to prevent unnecessary male circumcision

David Smith

Superb care at Addenbrooke’s makes me proud to be a nurse

Candice Pellett

South West pay cartel will meet with robust union opposition

Jane Bovey

Government austerity measures are necessary in the long run

Caroline Harvey, Topsham Devon

Huge increase in regulator’s workload was to be expected

David Taylor

NMC should offer more support to students and their mentors

RCN congress was an uplifting and inspirational experience

Tracy Graham

Older people and the nurses who care for them deserve greater recognition

Elizabeth Rangeley

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

Margaret Paul

NHS Commissioning Board

Rachael Rowe

As If I Was a Real Boy

Sibonile Mathe

Fragile Beginnings – Discoveries and Triumphs in the Newborn ICU

Valerie McGurk

Get into Nursing and Midwifery – A Guide to Application and Career Success

Susan Watkins

My innovative thinking helped alleviate patient’s injection fear

Charlotte Clothier

Readers panel - Click here to donate an organ

Shona MacLean, Scott Justice, Jane Brown, Julie Clarke

‘With end of life care you have one chance to get it right’

No place like home

Alison Moore

Accurate numeracy skills are vital to prevent calculation errors

Matt Griffiths

James Buchan speculates on when the pay freeze is likely to thaw

Lack of amenities failed to dim nurses’ enthusiasm

Hear hear

Moving issue

Jane Cummings says why she is proud to be part of the nursing profession

Nursing as a vocation

Sharon Maher

Manifesto for change

Why spirituality is essential for nurses

Stephen Wright, Julia Neuberger

From heart failure to success

Erin Dean

Long-term study sheds light on why more women than men live in care homes

Research reveals link between thrombosis and non-oral hormonal contraceptives

Interventionist measures may improve the mental health of people with arthritis

World wide cancer burden could be eased by applying infection prevention methods

Patient-controlled warming lowers hypothermia risk

Greater support for clinicians will improve care, RCN fellows agree

Sally Gillen

Fundraising nurse carries the flame

Hospital staff are urged to act on signs of patient deterioration

Jennifer Sprinks

Nurse credited for documentary winning coveted BAFTA award

Workforce figures misleading, says RCN

World in brief

Doctors’ walk-out may affect A&E departments ‘drastically’

Changes to regulatory framework could raise registrants’ fees further

Jennifer Sprinks

Trust transforms ward culture after adopting Care campaign

Tamsin Snow

Harm reduction checklist produces dramatic results

Regulator to judge ‘wrong colour’ jibe

News In brief

Give us a break! Staff angry over Kit Kat reward

Performance-related pay proposals to be explored at national meeting

Sally Gillen

Organisations line up to join our Care campaign

Graham Scott