After words

Jeremy Benton

We are all responsible

Carolyn Jones

Care and share

Electronic nursing

Marina Copping

Electronic nursing

Marina Copping

Obesity in childhood

Maria Rayner

Peritoneal dialysis

Avril Redmond, Elizabeth Doherty

Peritoneal dialysis

Avril Redmond, Elizabeth Doherty

Evidence-based practice: compatibility with nursing

Andrea Elizabeth Dale

Assessment of the side effects of antipsychotic medication

Helen Walker, Karen MacAulay

Stalking and harassment are an insidious form of violence

Hamish Brown

Making nurses feel valued is the best recruitment tool

Josie Irwin

Psychological needs are a common feature of illness

Deb Neale

Support is available for prospective nurse partners

Rosemary Cook

Students should still be taught ethics and etiquette

Alice Schofield

Without the opt-out clause how can we earn enough?

Helen Eady

Overtime payment options and agenda for change

Sarah McQuillan

Lack of basic GCSE maths requirement is a concern

Anne Hodges

Annual drugs updates and tests keep us qualified

Alison Bartholomew

Wards were spotless when the sister and cleaner were as thick as thieves

June Gooch

Community care practice and the law – third edition

Suzan Smallman

Community Care Practice and the Law – Third Edition

Suzan Smallman

Group care with children and young people

Heather Dale

Independent and Supplementary Prescribing – An Essential Guide

Sally Mansfield

Group Care with Children and Young People

Heather Dale

Independent and Supplementary Prescribing – An Essential Guide

Sally Mansfield

The threat of bureaucracy

Leslie Gelling

The best of the week's health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Margaret Barnett

Agenda for change

Ann Farrant

Football fever

Jane Bates

Voices - Linda Thomas welcomes upcoming initiatives that celebrate the importance of overseas nurses

Linda Thomas

OutsideIn

David Newnham

Food for thought

Alison Jenkins

Housing

David Harding-Price

When failure is good

Tom McAlear

Readers panel - Counter claims

Julie Farrell, Chris Barber, Paul Jebb, Julie Walden

Starting out - A patient’s thanks helped restore battered morale

Natalie Houghton

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Mind over matter

Stephen Wright

We’re setting the world to rights

Winter cough and high mortality linked in older people

Notice board

Big serving bowls give people a cue to take bigger portions

Early steroid use in meningitis reduces mortality in children

The adverse effects of water aspiration in birthing pools

Closing the poverty trap between study and work

Sarah Harrison

It’s trusts that need to change

Sue Learner

Nurse forced to sell herhometo fund her own cancer therapy

Annette Richman, Graham Scott

News in brief

Heart patients say follow-up care is poor

Hygiene fears drive patients private

Infection control nurses demand data on bacterium

Huria Choudhari

Celebrities influence teens’ career choices

New law assault

Internet searches restricted

Security advisers reject calls for protecting health workers from

Huria Choudhari

Standing up to abuse

Birthday queen honours nurses

Linda Joseph, Tgatuapikepike Tutakiao

Libyan officials cleared of torture in HIV infection case

Home loan scheme runs out of money

NMC looks at extra training to ensure ‘fit for purpose’students

Sarah Harrison

Midwives face tougher language test

Judge rules for alert withdrawal

Sue Learner

Big bother for TV nurse

Back to the blame game

Tim Madge