Foot notes

David Newnham

High flyers

Gerry Bolger

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Sue Kibler

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Hand decontamination

Dinah Gould

Developing nursing research in a contract-driven arena: inequities and iniquities

Donna Mead, Laurence Moseley

The nurse lecturer’s role in mentoring the mentors

Kathleen Duffy, Charles Docherty, Liz Cardnuff, Margaret White, Gerry Winters, Jean Greig

Knowledge online

Dave O'Carroll

RCN is wrong over long-term care funding

Dame June Clark

‘Nit nurse’ is best at detecting head lice

Rosalyn Spilling

Knocked out by flu vaccine success

Linda Drake

National standards for student rights

Lizzie Dyer

Why not admit nursery nurses?

Eleanor Nisbet Ayr

Caring for sexuality in health and illness

Venetia Brown

The science of infection control

Jennie Wilson, Jean Kerr

Empty pockets

Peace Ajiboye

Taking control

Maureen Yhnell

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Just say: I’ll think about it

Christopher Mayer

Ask the experts

Byron Lee

Look for the healer inside yourself

Stephen Wright

Insuring against discrimination

Maggie Kirk

A hidden priority

Fiona Costello

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Moyra Baldwin, Roger Cowell, Caroline Frizelle

The art of good management

Lara Ellen Dose

On the presidential trail

Kay Ball

Against all the odds

Nick Lipley

Finishing touch

Graham Scott

Age old story

Linda Nazarko

All work and no pay

Daniel Allen

Menopausal symptoms vary between ethnic groups

Practical method for multiple BP recording

Specialist stroke care improves outcome

Fellow diners pose risk forfood poisoning outbreaks

News in brief

Doctors to open up surgical role

Nurses bear brunt of ‘thirdworld’ service on wards

Paul Dinsdale

Hands up

Walking on air

Praise for train crash A&E teams

Health visitors celebrate as Korner reports are ditched

Christian Duffin

Nurses named in women of the year awards

Royal approval

Examples from individual trusts

Hospice set to reinstate jobs

On a screen near you

Survey on use of bank staff reveals poor security

Nick Lipley

A&E faculty pilots chosen

ICU decisions affected by bed crisis

New RCN fellowships

End above-grade working, college tells review body

Christian Duffin

Plans to walk across Europe

Headhunt begins for new RCN general secretary

Graham Scott

Champion for nurses 'a hard act to follow'

Four out of five members want HCAs to join RCN

Graham Scott

Strong support for restructure

Subscriptions increase agreed

The shape of nursing is changing

Strong case for a rise

Linda Thomas