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Alternative nursing

Ray Higginson

Student life - Shifting priorities

Kath Sharples

Identifying sepsis

Lucy Clayson

Principles of aseptic technique in urinary catheterisation

Joanne Mangnall, Linda Watterson

Principles of aseptic technique in urinary catheterisation

Joanne Mangnall, Linda Watterson

Assessment and treatment of older patients with constipation

Gaye Kyle

Socialisation of seconded healthcare assistants

Steve Wood

Share your ‘bump in the night’ stories with me

Mrs A Durn

RCN will tell members about plans for cavendish square

Tina Donnelly

Why nmc president was right about morale

Janet Marsden

Paracetamol research was based on false premise

Geoffrey Brandon

Patients have a right to be told their diagnosis

Moireach Harmer

Care homes offer careers for newly-qualified jobless

Julia Hurst

Search for my first nursing job is disheartening

Amy Morton

Nottingham cuts are disaster for staff and patients

The science of medicine and the art of nursing are essential partners

Ghislaine Young, Shipley, Yorkshire

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

Margaret Paul

Out of Joint - A Private and Public Story of Arthritis

Sarah Ryan

The sociology of health and illness – second edition

Celia Davies

Clinical supervision in mental health nursing

Peter Gilbert

The Sociology of Health and Illness - Second Edition

Celia Davies

Clinical Supervision in Mental Health Nursing

Peter Gilbert

Out of joint – a private and public story of arthritis

Sarah Ryan

Webwise

Bob Price

Let’s make lots of money

Janet Smith

‘Medicine... what was I thinking?’

Debbie Gifford

Time for battle

Jane Bates

Outside In

David Newnham

A personal lesson in

Voices - ‘Don’t give up’ is history’s lesson for community nurses, writes rosemary cook

Rosemary Cook

A personal lesson in Alzheimer’s care

Teresa Bennett

Starting out - a staff nurse showed me how to respect patients who have died

Lesley McHarg

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Readers panel-Should branches be scrapped at pre-registration level to encourage flexible careers? We asked our readers panel

Jane Brown, Frances Wheatley, Dean-David Holyoake, Julie Walden

Standing up for dignity

Catharine Sadler

Lost in translation

Mary Bishop

Patients with IBD not aware of need for immunisation

Single women under 55 are the most likely to be stalked

Counselling improves outcomes in internet weight loss programme

Lesbian experiences and needs during childbirth

Battle lines drawn as unions reject brown’s squeeze on pay

Colin Parish

Electronic book translates care into 36 languages

Trying to make contact

Patient-led handovers to be rolled out across all wards

Death in care prompts call for mandatory restraint training

Colin Parish

Staff cough up £19min parking charges

Trusts use good manners to woo ‘customers’

Employers offer evidence-based guide to managing staff skill mix

Colin Parish

News in brief

Nurse endoscopies may not be as effective long-term

1,000 RCN members demand say on sale of London headquarters

Staff ‘should be rewarded’ for improvements to NHS

Amicus seeks shorter working week

Age differences removed from redundancy deal

Morale low as roles lack focus

Unions call on pay review body to resist government pressure

Colin Parish

Red Cross cross over cake’s red cross

New guide shows how to manage under-performers

Tamsin Snow

Pay cut after ‘best year’?

Jean Gray