Notice board

Working the net

A cut above

Lynne Wallis

Student life - Learning by doing

Richard Cavinder

Assessment and management of surgical wounds in clinical practice

Julie Caroline Vuolo

Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers

Maureen Benbow

Concordance with antidepressant medication in primary care

Frances Badger, Peter Nolan

Correction

New figures for total number of people with HIV in the UK

Laura Mathers

Universities are not to blame for slow pace of simulation

Dame Betty Kershaw, Sue Bernhauser, Stuart Brand

Following nurses’ career progressions is good reading

Michelle Chapman

It is natural for ill people to have poor appetites

Jayne Bowers

I had no time to help feeding and ended up leaving my job

Pauline Partridge

We should not be washing patients against their will

Emma Brooker

Patients have the right to decide on their care

Emma Pudclicombe

Yes, healthcare assistants are the new nurses

Devon Chambers

Investment in the developing healthcare assistant role

Nina Fraser

Standards of care are bound to fall as a result of skill-mix balancing act

Jessica Purdy-Rees

A Handbook of Men’s Health

Sue Shaw

New Baby, New Life - Overcoming Postnatal Depression

Louise Nadal

Leadership - Being Effective and Remaining Human

Liz Cort

Voices - Is it time for a ‘Barbie is innocent’ campaign? Linda Thomas reflects

Linda Thomas

Beyond the myth of self regulation

Marc Cornock

Brain training

Maria Fernandez

Pillow talk

Jane Bates

Starting out

Parveen Azam Ali

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Readers Panel

Graham Houghton, Roger Cowell, Jane Scullion, Esther Tanton

Intimacy in nursing

Jean Faugier

Driving for a living increases stroke risk in men

Women with insomnia should be asked about hot flushes

High intake of decaf coffee reduces type 2 diabetes risk in women

Doctors’ mentoring of the student nurse practitioner

Wisdom from tragedy

Daniel Allen

A NICE approach

Sarah Harrison

NHS 24 review praises service improvements

Hospital shoots for architect’s prize

Cancer nurses offer home care to cardiac patients

Get a doctor’s note if you need insulin in the air

Lack of training in intimate care adds to male nurses’ isolation

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Equality consultation

Tesco HR chief appointed NHS workforce head

Nurses welcome gift with a heart

Conditional return to register for nurse in first incompetence case

Tamsin Snow

Patients expect to be asked about medication

Newborns get warm welcome with their own designer quilt

Guidance backs nurses with long term conditions

Red alert for malnourished patients

Watchdog to identify wards that protect nursing role at mealtimes

Tamsin Snow

Thousands still await Agenda for Change pay

Real recruitment and retention figures buried by budget crisis

Tamsin Snow

Lifting the lid on shortages

Jean Gray