Graduate entry would be better

James Blair

Children’s nurses are vital

Mark Whiting

Review of education

Kevin Gournay

Root and branch

Notice board

Rights of access to all

Kath Sharples

Caring for patients with pilonidal sinus disease

Ann Marsh

Stroke care: a nursing perspective

Stephen Cross

Recommended procedure for bedmaking in hospital

Jacqueline Bloomfield, Anne Pegram, Anne Jones

Semi-structured interviews: guidance for novice researchers

Lisa S Whiting

Obituary

Laurence Dopson

This ban on relationships undermines human rights

Helen O’Brien

My parents met as nurse and patient during the war

J Creed

Setting a healthy example will strengthen our message

Margaret Stubbs

Chatting and smiling with patients is all in a day’s work

Vanessa Stapleton

Sitting on a patient’s bed is not professional practice

Nick Parker

Basic care is important but we need other skills too

Alison Atkinson

Our trust has drawn up tests for new nurse applicants

Karen Tyrell

Simple maths should be part of pre-registration education

Robert Jones

I should be numerate – a patient’s life and wellbeing are in my hands

Linda Hargreaves

Black’s Student Medical Dictionary – Second edition

Lisa Berry

Youth Cultures – Scenes, Subcultures and Tribes

John Thain

Emergencies in Primary Care

Elpeth Raisbeck

Daniel Allen bristles over some MPs’ apparent misunderstanding of the term ‘public service’

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Crunch time for GM food

Steve Flatt, Bríd Hehir, Brendan McMahon, Sue Szczepanska

Starting out - Relatives can appear uncaring but they still need our support

Lucy Hayward

Hands up

Jane Bates

Sometimes even the lesser of two evils can be quite bad enough

David Newnham

Savage practice

Ruth Rendell

Elizabeth Anionwu says it was exhilarating to be at her granddaughter’s birth

Elizabeth Anionwu

Taking control

Alison Moore

What is going on?

Alison Whyte

Support garment helps pregnant women with low back pain

Long-term lamivudine benefits children with hepatitis B

Clindamycin gel quick and effective in the treatment of acne

Veterans’ perception of gassing and its aftermath

Extra testing and support will boost confidence in maths skills

RCN plans dehydration risk tool

Jehovah’s Witnesses asked to wear alert tags

Trust given deadline to clean up after spot check finds dirt and bloodstains

Union to lobby parliament while reissmann awaits her tribunal

Nurse says he had no reasonto harm patients he is accused of killing

Rachel O’Brien

Midwife could face charges after inquest’s unlawful killing verdict

Colin Parish

News in brief

Virtual numeracy assessment tool piloted in Scotland

Your students are not welcome, teaching hospital tells university

Colin Parish

Sixth formers take time out to experience life as a nurse

Newspapers may be used as evidence

Staff sickness data displayed on wards

QNI fears education revamp will undermine specialists

Wear anti-static wrist bands, say Crocs manufacturers

Speedy implementation of pay system led to ‘inconsistencies’

Tamsin Snow

The heartbeat of nursing

Tim Madge