Everyone benefits

Richard Mitchell

Staff support in continuing professional development

Karen Staniland, Lyn Rosen, Jill Wild

The Productive Ward: encouraging teambuilding and innovation

Claire Armitage, Pauline Higham

Improving care on mental health wards with hourly nurse rounds

Janet Moran, Beth Harris, Sharon Ward-Miller, Michael Radosta, Lisette Dorfman, Linda Espinosa

Promoting patient involvement in safety initiatives

Yvonne Birks, Jill Hall, Dorothy McCaughan, Maggie Peat, Ian Watt

Hospital food

Commissioning

Early years

Sickness absence

Patient safety

Out for consultation

Ruth Williams

Homelessness

Diary

Current issues in nursing

Paula Hancock

The skilled helper

Charlie Sloan

Female Leadership

Debbie Clatworthy

The nurse’s communication advantage

Irene Mabbott

Openness is the way to learn

Delilah Hesling,

Room at the top for true leaders

Anita Higham

Driving the changes

Susan Williams

Can-do attitudes get staff and patients onside

Jane Brookes, Norma Kenny

Think tank moots alternative path to reform

Christian Duffin

Institutions that fail to avert serious safety incidents face fines

Top marks from staff puts RCN among best 100 employers in UK

Managers fear cash squeeze more than reforms, says report

Students shape up with silicone substitutes

Unions fail to get extra pay for Royal wedding shifts

Nurse leaders concerned over inaction on review findings

Jennifer Sprinks

News in brief

Editorial April 2011: Be a responsible leader

Donna Kinnair