Listings

Ventricular fibrillation in adults

Lynn Sbaih

HIV round-up

Barbara Weller

HIV and AIDS at work: positive reactions

Julian Hussey

Professionals and drug-users:

Jim Carroll

Developing a Philosophy of Nursing

Philip Lister

Taking drugs seriously

John Beasley

Integrating Social Support in Nursing

Alan Skelt

Smokers’ last gasp

Came Howse

Friendly international

Roger Cowell

Happy families?

Ian Harding, Helen Allan

Elizabeth mary ‘emily’ hughes

Information exchange

Twelve-hour shifts are not the answer

JD Shire

NHS ‘company cars’ not seen as a perk

Janet Hart

Taking the risk out of risk assessment

Wayne Gault, Craig Webster

Victorian values and mental health nursing

David Hands

Let’s have a balanced view of nursing homes

Oppressed cannot lead healthy lives

Lynn Sawyer

A case for cannabis in the relief of pain

Hydration in the terminally ill patient

Nick Malone

Reducing the effects of noise in hospital

Jane Haddock

Nurses and occupational therapists

Mike George

Adoptive breastfeeding

Irene Elia

Women doing it for themselves

Roger Busby

Flooring developed to be more ‘faller-friendly’

Warning of iritis after streptokinase

New TB screening for developing countries

Improved breast cancer survival in all age groups

Wide variation in immunity to hepatitis B found in midwives

We must all drink 1.1 litres a day

Caesarean births soar in britain

News

Mental health services heading for crisis

Graham Scott

News in brief

Calls for replacing project 2000 are misplaced

Nurses must act on DoH report

Child health staff accused of not keeping up with research

Simon Canning

News in brief

Disaster procedure success for south african nurses during pre-election riots

Whitehall ditches nurse transfers

Male rape law

Bill Doult

Blunkett welcome for joint ventures

News In brief

Guidelines on child abuse from the HVA

Nurses must ensure health resources are properly targeted

Cuts spark no confidence vote

Simon Canning

RCN attacks health service for failing to invest in its staff

Nurses set for roles as chief executives

Graham Scott

Rowden: patients should be told of surgeons’ death rates

CHCs’ concern over confidentiality

UKCC leaders silent as grievance begins

Simon Canning

Nursing staff in limbo as two military hospitals face closure

Midwives to call for extra security

News

RCN alert before axe attack

Praise for breast care nurses

Job scheme gets funding into 1996

Nurse records can be ‘vital’ in court

Nurses face new PRP scheme based on trust performance

Jean Gray

News

Reforms announced for special hospitals

DoH plans for nurse education welcomed

"The beneficiaries of development funding have more often been the managerial elite rather than front-line nurses"

Norah Casey