Listings

Appointments

Adult immunisation

Rosemary Cook

Teaching practical skills: a guide for preceptors

Alistair Farley, Charles Hendry

Managing stress at work: an alternative approach

Robert Jenkins, Andrew Rogers

How nurses perceive barriers to research implementation

Mike Walsh

Nurse-led services

Broadcast

Rosemary Cook

Meningococcal disease diagnosis

Blood donors reduce infarction risk

New treatment for uterine fibroids

Solution for adhesions

Community care for older people: rights, remedies and finances

Children's nursing award Joint recipient, Patrick Moore, clinical nurse specialist, Community Health Office, Moy

Mental health nursing commendation Sponsored by Stewarts /Crazy Prices Martin McCarron, cognitive behavioural nurse, Lissan House, Omagh

Learniug disabilities award Sponsored by RCN Membership Services Paul Mills, nurse behavioural therapist, Down Lisburn Trust

Adult nursing award Sponsored by Northern Ireland Electricity Maeve McGinley

Children's nursing award Sponsored by the RCN Society of Paediatric Nursing (Northern Ireland) Joint recipient, Roisin Coulter, project nurse, child health directorate, Ulster Hospital

Adult nursing commendation Donna Noelle Brown, acute pain control sister, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year Award Sponsored by Northern Ireland Electricity Maeve McGinley, continence manager, Foyle Health and Social Services Trust Award: £1,500

Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year Panel of Judges

Rewarding excellence

Inheriting an ethical dilemma

Jane Denton

The genetics revolution

Daniel Allen

Readers panel- What would you vote for?

Lonce Corporol, Chris Buswell, Brid Hehir, Dean Holyoake

Genetic watch

Alistair Kent

Saving the NHS money

John Whittingdale

How long must nurses wait?

Phil Gray

Learning disabilities commendation Gordon Moore, senior clinical nurse, Down Lisburn Trust

Hughes on health

Liberal Democrat party commitment and proposals

Network

Macerators need regular checks

Elizabeth Wren

PTSD treatment for violent offenders

School nursing service under attack

Victoria Hawkes

Patients' self-administration can help to eliminate drug errors

Christine Fogg

What nursing homes are really for

Catherine Tayleure

Don't just question, report bad practice

Janice Taylor

Sidelines

News in brief

Call for evaluation of intermediate care

Breast care in high street

Ward closure greeted with demonstrations

Dina Leifer

News

Legal battle opens door to equal pay

Jack Shamash

On the move

Health visitors ease inner city life

First redundancy for NHS health visitor

Kate Williams

News

News in brief

Nurses forced to change jobs

Government breaks drugs promise

Nurses vital to skin services

Practicality beats hi-tech ideas

Main parties promise recruitment drive

Jack Shamash

Nurses vie for seats

Unions split on accepting pay offer

Army nurses claim they are routinely denied promotion

Jack Shamash

Editorial

Norah Casey