Taking the hot seat

Carol Banks

Assessing acutely ill patients on general wards

Jo Ahern, Peter Philpot

The nurse practitioner’s role in day case pre-operative assessment

Lee Wadsworth, Andrew Smith, Heather Waterman

The pharmacist’s role in the medicinal management of depression

Frances Badger, Tim Kingscote-Davies, Peter Nolan

Enforcing rotation is not employee friendly

Respiratory care practice profile raises concerns

Jane Scullion, Anna Murphy, Ivy Rushby

Strong leadership is needed in the battle for fair pay

Joyce Barber

The NMC is failing us for the want of a phone line

Angela Isles

Most nurses are much worse off than Lindsay

Mark Dyer

I earn just £2.94 per hour while on placement

Sally Smith

Students spend 20 weeks outside of the classroom

Sharon Berry

HCAs don’t appreciate the pressure nurses are under

Faith Apps

Everyone in health care works hard for the money

Helen Davies

Students respond to £5 an hour claim

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Gary Jones

Healing Arts Therapies and Person Centred Dementia Care

Alan Chapman

Healing arts therapies and person centred dementia care anthea innes and karen katfield

Alan Chapman

Covering all angles in A&E care

Gary Jones

Pick of the week

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

Gary Jones

Ask the experts

Sue Kibler

Stay out of the sun

Ruth Palmer

Special treatment

Laura Moffatt

Words apart

Mat O’Connor

Outside in

David Newnham

Strike a balance

Jennifer Percivai

Research notes

Robert Ledsham, Jonathan Boote

Readers panel - Room to improve?

Sue Orr, Julie Farrell, Frances Portman

Standard life - Hands up if you know how to get kids interested in nursing

Daniel Allen

Know your true worth

Phil Hammond

Safety in numbers?

Daniel Allen

Keeping families together

Mary Hampshire

A labour of love

All eyes on the target

Christian Duffin

How to apply the correct amount of sunscreen

Siblings of centenarians have survival advantage

Predictors of peptic ulcer in non-ulcer dyspepsia

Cranberry juice effective in drug-resistant infections

Glove allergies on the increase

Lack of parking hits students

Mergers lead to increased stress and job uncertainty

Pat Mealy

On the Move

Nurses in US get help with loans

Charging councils will not solve delayed discharge

Paul Dinsdale

Off to meet the Queen

Police investigate patient deaths

Staff cope well in Legionnaires’ outbreak

Steps that give nurses more freedom

New measures will reduce the burden of bureaucracy

Paul Dinsdaie

Attempt to allay resuscitation fears

News in brief

Call for mass chickenpox vaccination of NHS staff

Bill Doult, Pat Healy

Playing the waiting game

Three-year pay deals are likely

Rotational working could replace special duty pay

Adele Waters

Nurses protest against violence

Task force to tackle Scotland’s staffing crisis

Agency charges capped in deal with London trusts

Zoe Morris

Recruitment drive blunder

Raise awareness of inhaler use

NHS staff are paying the price of change

The spectre of rotation

Jean Gray