Long-term urethral catheterisation

Bruce Turner, Nicola Dickens

Ovarian cancer: symptoms, treatment and long-term patient management

Anne Lanceley, Debbie Fitzgerald, Vikki Jones, Tracie Miles, Emma Elliott, Liz Darragh, Lisa Peck

The use of a non-clinical setting to discuss contraceptive choices

Hilary Farrar, Maggie Davies

A global initiative to tackle chronic disease by changing lifestyles

Christine Hancock, Katy Cooper

A partnership approach to raising community spirometry standards

Sue Kelly

Detoxing dependent drinkers in primary care

Jeff Fernandez

Primary care nurses struggle with lifestyle counseling in diabetes care: a qualitative analysis

A randomized controlled trial of a wellness intervention for women with fibromyalgia syndrome

Davis

A lifestyle activity intervention in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Young people want choice in contraceptive provision

Vari Drennan

Lack of information hinders out of hours care in complex conditions

Water softeners may be of some benefit to children with eczema

Ultrasound makes no difference in hard to heal ulcers

Noticeboard

Support for living with HIV

Tina Bishop

Epilepsy is going purple

Tina Bishop

Diary

Celebrating nurses: a visual history

Eileen Thomas

Religions, culture & healthcare

Daphne McCrea

Dosage calculations for nurses

Dorothy Ferguson

Real fear for the future

Bethann Siviter

Not the time to be old or poor

Roy Lilley

Better telephone triage

Julie Penfold

New ways to help patients monitor their blood pressure

Christian Duffin

Full support for reducing waste in prescribed medicines

RCN members voice worries over who their bosses will be

Concerns raised over quality of training in proposed reforms

Strong voices needed in the years ahead for district staff

GP slams referrals to nurses for putting patients at risk

Christian Duffin

Dangers of sunbed use now in a YouTube rap

News in brief

Editorial May 2011: Nurses say: think again

Lynn Young