Adolescents and alcohol misuse

G Hussein Rassool, Julie Winnington

Correct administration of topical eye treatment

Janet Marsden, Mary Shaw

Pre-hospital response to major incidents

Michael Hayward

Defining the care ‘gap’for ethnic minority groups

A partnership approach

Lessons in leadership

Language

Back from the brink

Speaking the same

The point of detection

How parents take care

The power of expectations

Thinking it over

In brief

Medicines: taking a closer look

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

Margaret Paul

Clinical Negligence and Complaints: A Clinician’s Guide

Suzan Smallman

A compelling read for all

Sabina Ahmed

Eating Disorders: A patient centered approach

Sabina Ahmed

Royal orthopaedic hospital

What a difference a good placement can make

Cheryl Lythgoe

Shock and awe will be felt for years to come

Gay Lee

An NVQ does not compare with nurse training

Joanne Wood

Will i lose out by doing the occasional night shift?

Josie Irwin

Poor nutrition can signal a lack of time not care

Juliet Bevan

Don’t hide behind red-card rhetoric

Steve Robinson

Respect and patience must work both ways

Patricia Betty

‘Never will your voice be listened to more attentively. never will you be treated with so much respect’

Linda Thomas

Clearing the air

Jennifer Armitage

Power to the people?

Karla Buswell, Brendon McMahon, Brid Hehir, Steve Flatt

Outside in

David Newnham

It may not be sexy, but it works

Jane Milburn

Care factor is a big motivator

Cora Lunn

Starting out - Student Karen Hoggarth was a part of the team, even on her first placement

Karen Hoggarth

Research notes

Jacqui Carr

Your wish is my command

Jane Bates

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Out of balance

Robert O’Connor

A larve affair

Caroline Swinburne

The epitome of a nurse

Mike Hanson

Eyes wide shut

Sarah Harrison

Low-dose warfarin preventsrecurrence of thrombosis

Use of Ottawa rules couldreduce X-rays by a third

Group therapy can improvemelanoma survival rates

Smell of a child’s urine does not predict infection

News in brief

Two for the road

War takes toll on supply of medicines and water

Sarah Harrison, Colin Parish

Roles are ill-defined

Staff and patients dissatisfied with ways of working

Assessment tool limits drug use

Draft bill is just trying too hard

Mental health inpatients are unaware of diagnoses

Wales offered free prescriptions

Nurse pay at the forefront of scottish election battle

Steven Black

Learning disability services improve

Ice pops give morethan cold comfort

Home-away-from-home birth

NMC fears a deluge of incompetence complaints

Christian Duffin

Call for more nurse-led services in Northern Ireland

News in brief

Push for more NVQs in post-registration training

Adele Waters

Decision time for unions

‘Budget for us’

Pay campaign up for award

Safety first

Possible breakthrough in detecting lung cancer

Christian Duffin

Colleagues remember talented leader

Tribunal rules trust was right to sack nurse

Progressive enough for community care?

Presenting the best

Jean Gray