Agent of influence

Carol Davis

Mental health emergencies: using a structured assessment framework

Karen Wright, Ivan McGlen, Simon Dykes

Is fever after infection part of the illness or the cure?

Jon Gardner

Prescribing prophylaxis to patients who have been exposed to HIV

Sue Bagley

‘Care in the air’: the role of in-flight staff

Carol Davis

Head injuries in children

Transporting trauma patients

Toxicology and advanced nursing

Acute appendicitis

Noticeboard

Diary

The handbook of ophthalmic emergencies

Jeanette Welsh

Pharmacology: A nursing process approach

Sue Jordan

Life-like simulation

Hannah Bryant

General practices may monitor data on emergency department attendance

Sophie Blakemore

Maintaining eye contact: how to communicate at handover

Erin Dean

Marathon woman

Attendance levels in Portugal twice as high as those in the UK

Hospitals will receive funds for not admitting patients

Tamsin Snow

Call for helpline launch to be delayed until pilots are evaluated

Nurses ask charity for protection after cuts to security staff posts

First two volunteers chosen for Olympic and Paralympic Games

Get ready for the games

Claire Picton