In safe hands

Tony Inman

Nursing care of chronic and acute liver failure

Sarah Starr, Helen Hand

PREP self-assessment

Guidance for the psychological care of day case surgery patients

Mark Mitchell

An analysis of an audit tool of ward-based practice

Andrea Field, Brigid Reid

The importance of pilot studies

Edwin van Teijlingen, Vanora Hundley

Where to get your first aid Cross-checked

Ruth Martin

Student nurses are not student auxiliaries

Eleanor Pryde

Never forget: all you need is glove

Frances Wheatley

Caring shouldn’t be judged by degrees

Carol Dimon

Room for improvement - but forget the view

Jen McPherson

Patients recover faster when they interact

Jill Gibson

Nurses shouldn’t forget the value of their work

Patricia Price

Why has my bursary been suspended?

Mark Marsh

Astonishment as the NMC fails to register

Nickey Rooke

Grasping the Nettle – A Positive Approach to Pain

Sarah Ryan

Practical statistics for nursing and health care

Roger Watson

Pick of the week

What’s on: the best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Many happy returners

Lorraine Owen

ask the experts

Cathy Taylor

Name and shame

Jane Bates

‘Most nurses carry a huge responsibility, yet lack the power to control their working environments’

Linda Thomas

Mother and child reunion

Liz Stephens

Outside in

David Newnham

Define and rule

Paula Balfe

Lines of thought

Lynne Phillips

Unique position

Beverly Malone

Research notes

Sarah Forster, Hazel Aldred

Readers panel - No comment?

Chris Buswell, Christopher Mayer, Sue Orr

A class of her own

Tom Sandford

Standard life - If we embrace Big Brother because of its normality, are we in danger of shunning diversity?

Daniel Allen

Hospital beat

Lawrence Cohen

Flexible learning reaps rewards in intensive care

Emphasis on study for NHS

Credit where it’s due

Alison Moore

Safe and sound

Lynne Pearce

Widening the net

Pat Healey

Room for change

Christian Duffin

Children as well-protected by seat belts as adults

New aspirin warning for young teenagers with fever

Combination therapy may help venous ulcers heal

Blood test might be able to diagnose stroke

On the move

Rise in reports of violent incidents in the workplace

Colin Parish

GPs thwart nurse practitioners

Subsidised nursing care starts in autumn

Radical overhaul means more staff

Pat Mealy

New director plans to raise CPHVA profile

Colin Parish

Tickled pink

Jubilee honours for nurses

Security under review after patient is raped

Care homes need £ 1 bn extra to meet standards

Paul Dinsdale

Mid wives losing breech birth skills

Government’s technology plan ‘must involve nurses’

Pat Healy

Poor knowledge of lung disease

Short cut for nursing definition

Activists concerned over RCN management

Milburn makes surprise announcement on pay

Pat Healy

Joint effort for first primary care research unit

News in brief

Stress not linked to relapse

Ruling revives union bid to scrap local contracts

Colin Parish

A short-term answer to violence in hospitals

Don’t get mad, get even

Tim Madge