Leave the past behind

Cheryll Adams

Notice board

Untried and untested

Dinah Gould

I am not stupid, I have dyslexia

Transient ischaemic attack

Amy Bartlett

Osteoporosis: pathogenesis, diagnosis and management

Jennie Walker

Nursing management of the patient with hypothermia

Alistair Farley, Ella McLafferty

Learning from reflection on intramuscular injections

Ami Parsons, Jacquie White

Soldiers serving overseas receive good medical care

Russell Bond

Opening up part three of nmc register will be confusing

Caroline Whittaker

Poor eating habits are storing up health problems

Stefania Coman

Christian hospital provides a caring and safe haven

Angela Taylor

Attitudes to hiv/aids show danger of faith-based service

Greta M Kordi

Series restored my faith in the heart of the profession

Charlotte Hudd

Our spiritual and religious beliefs should be respected

Carol Gray

Adopting standard uniforms would end patient confusion

Elisabeth Dale

Embrace new technology or others will decide how we end up using it

June Clark

Respiratory Problems

Elspeth Raisbeck

Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient - Second edition

Laura Strachan

Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia

Simon Jones

Starting out - Communication failure meant a patient did not die with dignity

Lisa Driver

Daniel Allen shakes off complacency and goes in search of his ‘spark’

Daniel Allen

Readers panel-Who needs a man?

Jane Brown, Sarah Esegbona, Frances Wheatley, Elsie Gayle

Feet first

Jane Bates

Why you should never tell a sick friend ‘I had that… only much worse’

David Newnham

Be proud to wash

Stephen Wright

2008 may well be a year to remember

Elizabeth Anionwu

Night-shift napping

Christopher Humm

Level of disability caused by migraine varies with weight

Function impaired in care home residents after hip fracture

Therapy for hepatitis B in children confers no long-term benefit

Factors that determine morale among nurses in Queensland

History matters

Nicholas Timmins

What do the best wards have in common?

Keith Hurst

‘We must remain focused on the health needs of clients’

Individual personal care budgets could leave older people worse off

Sue Learner

Offer police ‘cup of tea and a chat’

Incident report forms should have space for the whole story

Ward hamster reduces stress for mental health patients

Europe starts to share data on misconduct

News in brief

Older people given a say in nurse roles

‘Nightmare’goes on for student suspected of terrorist activities

James Brewster

Renewed protest against follow-on formula

Scotland urged to implement new health plan gradually

Plans to cut student places may be ill-advised, warn nurse leaders

Jennifer Trueland

Lack of specialist nurses puts newborns at risk

New guidance on documenting medication

Sacked nurse wins renewed support

Christmas Day visit from RCN chief

Government has distorted staff satisfaction findings, say unions

Tamsin Snow

We’ve come a long way

Jean Gray