Learning curve

Ian Birkinshaw

Off target

Debbie Cheyne

Notice board

Vital statistics

Jane Redfern

Vital statistics

Jane Redfern Jones

Surgical nursing care

Amanda Matthews

Wound bed preparation and the TIME principles

Jacqui Fletcher

Wound bed preparation and the TIME principles

Jacqui Fletcher

Leadership and support for safety

Sharon Dennis

The shadowing experience for nursing students

Jackie Eades, Karen Hill, Jennifer Craig

Smoking cessation for clients who are HIV-positive

Denise Cummins, Garry Trotter, Marry Moussa, Geoff Turham

The battle is not won but the evidence is on our side

Colin Rees

Flexible pensions would give older nurses more options

Greta Thornbory

Students should cheer up and stop complaining

Emily Greentree

The government is devoid of ideas on improving the NHS

Stephen Weeks, Flockton Moor

Privatisation leads to less choice and a poorer service

Rebecca Meanley

Our society must learn to drink more responsibly

Chris Eberhardie

In-group works hard with information technology

Graeme Elrick

Little britain’s offensiveness is getting beyond a joke

Gary Blatch

Every patient’s right to have a single room

Margo Hughes, Renfrew

Hospital patients should be offered a choice of single rooms or open bays

Kate Vine

How To Pass Exams Every Time - Second Edition

Greta McGough

How to pass exams every time – second edition

Greta McGough

Genetics and Gene Therapy

Olga van den Akker

Body Work - The Social Construction of Women’s Body Image

Stella Backhouse

Body work – the social construction of women’s body image

Stella Backhouse

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

Margaret Paul

Genetics and Gene Therapy

Olga van den Akker

Webwise

Gary Blatch

Charitable view

Rosemary Cook

Keep Scotland well

Andy Kerr

The gift of sight

Karen Morgan

Voices

Linda Thomas

OutsideIn

David Newnham

Taking loss in hand

Carol Dimon

Do mum and dad know best?

Marc Cornock

Fit for the future

Jane Bates

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Should nurses be taught to give sex education as part of pre-registration training? We asked our readers panel

Sue Szczepanska, Steve Flatt, Brendan McMahon, Bríd Hehir

Can you read the emotional radar?

Carol Davis

Reach out to a world of learning

Steve Maddern

Family matters

Lynne Pearce

A wee problem

Mary Bishop

Factors influencing number of embryos transferred in IVF

Contact during rugby union responsible for most injuries

Risk factors for multiple primary melanomas

Important data is lost in the nursing handover

Would you disclose patient information?

It’s just between you and me... and social services and the police It’s just between you and me

Alison Moore

Washing work clothes at home risks spreading infection, conference told

Colin Parish

Injured finger costsnurse job offer

Health workers in Africa need greater access to AIDS services

Colin Parish

Sub-saharan region remains hotspot as disease spreads

20,000 unaware they have HIV

MoD to search for Seacole site

Cumbrian nurses enjoy back pay

Academic will be ‘deeply missed’

No U-turn on retirement age

Brown’s pay cut threatens patient care, unions tell review body

Colin Parish

Crisis meeting to discuss future of ailing grants unit

Health workers face katrina death inquiry

Crisis meeting to discuss future of ailing grants unit

Noisy hospitals may lead to errors

Target inequalities

NMC decision expected on plans for independent misconduct body

Christian Duffin

Watchdog to

Cleared nurse starts fight for compensation

News in brief

Nurses’ stories sought to support anti-violence bill

NHS and police agree tougher action on attacks against staff

Sarah Harrison

A vulnerable population

Jean Gray