Reaching for a higher level

Caroline Davenport

Leading successful care homes

Dolores McCormick

This is front line management

Bernie Mooney

Take forty winks

Aline Silva-Costa

Identifying and transferring offenders with mental health needs

James Mullins, Helen Paler

Understanding the main principles of skin care in older adults

David Voegeli

Fungal skin infections in children

Jean Robinson

Minor injury consultation

Amie Nuttall

Blood vessels, circulation and blood pressure

Charles Hendry, Alistair Farley, Ella McLafferty

Criticism of past palliative care is insulting to older nurses

Dame Betty Kershaw

Concerns about Liverpool care pathway should be heeded

James P Smith

Holding the NHS accountable for Savile’s alleged crimes is futile

Bríd Hehir

Regulation will give healthcare assistants invaluable support

Peter Carter

The role of nurses is changing, but we do it because we care

David Scott

Dubious attitudes to younger colleagues need challenging

Sam Edwards

Doreen Robinson says the new generation of nurses may be well educated, but they do not want to nurse patients.

Samuel Gleed

Get Body Smart

Oliver McGurk

Adult Nursing Practice – Using Evidence in Care

Irene Mabbott

A Handbook of Ophthalmic Nursing Standards and Procedures

Karen McColgan

Designing Outdoor Spaces for People with Dementia

Greta McGough

My decisions may have been taken quickly, but it turned out to be right

Emily Kraus

Nurses can lead drive to minimise antibiotic use

Rose Gallagher, Julie Storr

For the record

Talking drivel

Children’s stories

Stephen Wright

England’s chief nurse Jane Cummings wants your views on her new strategy

BME staff stuck on lower grades and more likely to be disciplined

Jennifer Sprinks

Political notebook 14.11.12

‘Dementia friends’ scheme will need more resources, says RCN

Royal date for honoured nurses

Unions urge caution on more trust franchises after report exposes risks

Jennifer Sprinks

Health visitors braced for cuts as local authorities struggle to cope

Tamsin Snow

Community nurse recruitment target delayed by employers

New institute aims to raise care standards

‘Very humbling’ tribute

BME nurses more likely than white staff to face NMC

Withholding NMC fees is not the way to oppose rate hike

Local pay could spark mass exodus

RCN activists’ fury at proposals to dilute terms and conditions

Jennifer Sprinks

Alarm at fall in nurse numbers as employers plan further job losses

Tamsin Snow

Dial 111 for another set of health service cuts

Graham Scott