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How to kick your career into action

Sharon Platt-McDonald

Take a break and... breathe

Mandy Bruce

How to kick your career into action

Sharon Platt-McDonald

Take a break and…breathe

Mandy Bruce

The future in our hands

Debbie Cheyne

Student life - The future in our hands

Debbie Cheyne

Improving communication for people with learning disabilities

Matthew Godsell, Kim Scarborough

Improving communication for people with learning disabilities

Matthew Godsell, Kim Scarborough

Computer-based education for patients with psychosis

Helen Walker

Nursing students’understanding of the glasgow coma scale

Noordeen Shoqirat

Correction: student practice

Health promotion is so much more than just a photoshoot

Angie Docherty

Aspiration not recommended in subcutaneous injection

Nicola Henshaw

To use a wheelchair without the footrests is bad practice

Stephen Hasker

Why did hewitt omit dobson from her predecessors?

Stephen Weeks, Paul Lane

Sexual health award was inspiring and deserved

Barbara Walters

Nurses strive to care, not make judgements

I didn’t spend three years studying to work in a shop

Lianne Searby

Loss of the mental health bill is a missed opportunity

Marjorie Lloyd

Complicated e-prescribing is a recipe for disaster

Elizabeth Whellens

Don’t blame our meagre pay rise for the NHS’s financial predicament

Sue Wilkinson

Nurse practitioners – clinical skills and professional issues: Second edition

Greta McGough

Nurse Practitioners - Clinical Skills and Professional Issues: Second edition

Greta McGough

Management of the menopause – the handbook:fourth edition

Kathy Abernethy

The impact of inequality – how to make sick societies healthier

Drew Payne

Management of the Menopause - The Handbook: Fourth edition

Kathy Abernethy

The Impact of Inequality - How to Make Sick Societies Healthier

Drew Payne

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Bríd Hehir

Health care and soaps thrive on acronyms, says Rosemary Cook

Rosemary Cook

The land of lost souls

Stephen Wright

Starting out-Take time to preserve patientdignity

Alison Bullock

Voices - Black and minority ethnic nurses lost a powerful ally with the departure of Sir Nigel Crisp

Elizabeth Anionwu

Outsidein

David Newnham

Readers panel - A painful price to pay for children

Christopher Humm, Marie John, Moyra Baldwin, Marie John

Agenda for change

Gerry O’dywer

Standard life - A trip to India has left Daniel Allen wondering whether confidentiality in the UK is a sacred cow

Daniel Allen

More harm than good

Phil Barker, Poppy Buchanan-Barker

Critical alert

No Time To Lose

Alan Osborn

Caring in a forgotten land

Jane Salvage

Bureaucratic barrier

Carol Davis

Older people more likely to die when spouse is admitted

Pregnancy problems significantly associated with eating disorders

Depot contraceptive increases weight in obese adolescents

Patterns of computer use in clinical consultations

A poor reward for nurses’ efforts

Christian Duffin, Colin Parish

The case for regional pay

Colin parish

Welsh staff survey reveals disaffection

Bede MacGowan

Health care is a family affair

Evaluation shows matron role is appreciated by patients and staff

Pregnant women’s breast cancer concerns ‘fobbed off’, study finds

Sarah Harrison

Nurse prescribers competent but not confident

Majority of drug errors made by nurses

Extra help for newly qualified staff encourages promotion

News in brief

Suspended staff do not suffer, says chief nurse

Call centres to close in NHS Direct cutbacks

School nurses say financial strife will jeopardise 2010 deadline

Sarah Harrison

District nursing roles disappear in job revamp

Diabetes education in care homes key to fewer emergency admissions

NMC prepares to withdraw jenkinson ban

Time to question staffing levels

Hopes of increase to bursaries as review body raises student hardship

Sarah Harrison

NHS manager quits amid rumours of scapegoating

Unions disappointed that pay award barely beats inflation

Colin Parish

Look beyond disappointment

Tim Madge