Listings

Heartlines

Managing equipment

Stephen Thomas

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (mics)

Sally Glennen, Helen Metcalfe

Transluminal aortic stenting

Paul Ransom

Cardiomyoplasty

Helene Metcalfe, Wendy Cox

Understanding asthma

Edwina Wooler, Cher Piddock

A study into clients’ attitudes towards mechanical aids

Thelma McGuire, Janis Moody, Margaret Hanson, Frances Tigar

Expanding career options

David Benton, Vince Ramprogus

Reflection for action: the challenge for nurses

Caroline Alexander

CNSs' role in screening endoscopy

Patients choose nurse over registrar

Follow-up of older A&E patient discharges

Take action on disability

Chris Cox

Soundbites

Multimedia

Leading by example

Great expectations

Bompy road to success

Readers panel - It's a lottery

Roger Cowell, Sue Hopkins, Jimmy Nook, Moyro Ann Boldwin

Dateline '87

Celia Manson

Clause and effect

Susan D'Cruze

III timing

Derek Burrow

Home economics

John Ransford

On the scrap-heap

Jane Offord

Sidelines

Nurses can be partners with GPs under new law

Pat Healy

Network

Pam Turner

Network

Steve Ashton

Network

Elisabeth Ellis

Network

Morag Cunningham Kirkburn

Network

Alison J Pettigrew

Inappropriate safer sex role models

Viv Semmens

Relatives should not be excluded

Kieron Thayre

Nurses should become political

Christopher Humm

Seeing resuscitation is not distressing

Miriam E Dobson

News in brief

'Nurses who administer are within law'

News

Bed ban is used as 'a cynical ploy'

Palliative care to be included in contracts

Jean Gray

Bogus nurse was not vetted

Nurse wins award for training programmes

Midwives propose maternity manifesto

Pat Healy

On the move

Trust wins injunction against strike action

Nigel Burnham, Linda Steele

News

New hospital for London

Care homes face inspection shake up

Trust demands 17 extra shifts a year for free

Ashdown makes pre-election pledge to halt NHS cutbacks

Nurses back calls for £200 million cash boost

A&E patient ordered to pay £450 for punching nurse in face

Welsh HCAs recruited on ability to drive

Pat Healy

RCN seeks approval for rise in subscriptions to cover new services

Nurse practitioner projects provide cheaper services

Pat Healy

Editorial

Norah Casey