Pathways for evidence-based continence care

Valerie Bayliss, Liz Salter

Rectal irrigation for relief of functional bowel disorders

Angela Gardiner, Jill Marshall, Graeme Duthie

Concept mapping–a strategy for assessment

Mriga Williams

My agenda is fair pay for all

Jane Bates

Correction: RCN subscription increase

Thanks for the support

Mary Harper

The myth of the key worker home

Hilary Sudlow

Sex discrimination cuts both ways

Alison Hughes

Who will fight the nurse robot wars?

Kate Smith

Ex-HCAs forget where they come from

Iain Kightley

Basic hygiene rules not followed

Karen Watkins

OutsideIn

David Newnham

John Reid needs his wrists slapped – and then thoroughly scrubbed

Dinah Gould

Cleaners must have full rights of team membership

Jill Kirby

From Toxic Institutions to Therapeutic Environments

Anthony Fraher

Nightingales: Florence and her family

Elizabeth Anionwu

The best of the week’s health-related tv and radio

Margaret Paul

Private moments

Melanie Hall

Nurses can help to create cleaner, safer, smoke-free public places

Beverly Malone

Champions of change

Mike Hayward

Startingout

Nicola Lester

Save your nest egg

Jane Bates

Protection in a risky situation

Marc Cornock

Blind believers

Stephen Wright

Down with targets

Linda Drake, Jeremy Bore, Christopher Humm, Brendan McMahon

Standardlife-Daniel Allen could not work in the US on a point of principle

Daniel Allen

It’s all in the mind

Caroline Swinburne

A profession like no other

Sharon Dennis

Caring as a craft

Phil Barker

The value of values

Stephen Wright

Too many hands?

Christian Duffin

The price of success

Graham Scott

Shorter chemotherapy for children with Wilms’ tumour

Parents reduce vigilance in sun protection for toddlers

Walking two miles a day could cut risk of dementia

Vein contrast device may reduce venepuncture failure

Public health role for district nurses

Trusts told to keep jobs open for travelling staff

No consultation on MRSA target

We can learn a lot from supermarkets, says CNO

Sarah Harrison

Nurses condemn schwarzenegger

National guidance urged on minimum staff levels

Thelma Agnew

Plane speaking on team work

No shortage of volunteers after fatal rail crash

Why wealth is all about health

Services for older people improve but gaps remain

Thelma Agnew

Rural workers join the global village

NHS slashes cost of agency staff

NMC approves title clampdown

Irony is lost in the nightingale model

Fewer struck off for misconduct

Tamsin Snow

Call to improve nurse educators’ prospects

Fines for high student attrition rates

Graham Scott

Award winners ‘truly outstanding’

Increase in sickness bucks trend

Trust’s generous pay may see thousands reject AfC

Tamsin Snow

News in brief

Scotland offers support for overseas recruits

Keep the ball rolling

Jean Gray