Standard bearers

Rosemary Field

Just a minute

Your flexible friend: e-learning

Kerry Cook

Notice board

Student life - Positive power

Jill Crowther

Antibiotic therapy

Yvonne Potter

Management of patients with post-herpetic neuralgia

Sharon Doble

Measuring temperature

Jacqueline A Mains, Kim Coxall, Hilary Lloyd

Vancomycin administration: mistakes made by nursing staff

Heloisa Helena Hoefel, Liana Lautert, Cristiane Schmitt, Taise Soares, Sue Jordan

Machines will never be able to replace nurses

Sharon Levy

Profession must make its voice heard on hpv vaccine

Ian Peate

Research has shown danger of pressured workplaces

Tim Cooke

Rushing to medicate does our clients a disservice

Mike Lehane

Nurse-to-doctor journey was such a waste of money

Lindsay-Kay Caddy

Neglecting nutrition is a failure of our duty to care

Susan Holmes

Let’s carve out our own role rather than let others do it

Colin Rees

Sir Michael gives a welcome boost to dignity campaign

Barbara Grohs

Patients would not be happy to know cameras were watching every move

Sarah Radford

Crises in Childbirth – Why Mothers Survive

Sam Chenery-Morris

Shyness – How Normal Behaviour Became a Sickness

Nigel Wellman

The Nurse’s Guide to Teaching Diabetes Self-Management

Linda Drake

Dear health diary…

Russell kelsey

The screen team

Carol Davis

Light in the dark

Lynne Pearce

Starting out - I will fight for equal treatment for learning disability patients

Karen Clark

References are vital, so why don’t writers treat them as such?

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Primary concerns

Linda Drake, Bríd Hehir, Alison Crumbie, Candice Pellett

Heavy going

Jane Bates

David Newnham asks if oxytocin, the love drug, could ‘soften’ the Burmese generals

David Newnham

My brilliant career

Laura gilmour

Nurses have a vital role in shaping dementia care

Chris Beasley

Traditional clothing helps mental health in bangladeshi girls

Decline in suicide rates not related to antidepressant use

New drug effective in the treatment of plaque psoriasis

School-aged children more likely to contract influenza

Misconduct: lowering the bar

Finding the balance between quality care and cost control

Howard Catton

Most stroke survivors left without long-term support

Agency staff win six-year battle for better conditions

Swedish strike over

ICN guidelines tackle global gap in staffing

‘Postcode lottery’ in prison nurse funding

Employers to receive guidance on when to report nurses to the nmc

Tamsin Snow

Trust cards make it easier to refuse treatment

Survey highlights stark inequalities in care for ethnic minority patients

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Call for probe after study reveals errors in MRSA treatment

Law change ‘will switch care home resources away from the majority’

Diplomas at a distance

Clinical issues move up trust boards’agenda

Diabetes patients should be able to self-monitor

Unions on collision course over acceptance of NHS pay deal

Tamsin Snow

Encourage staff to get on their bikes, trusts urged

Chancellor lobbied as community nurses despair at petrol prices

Paul stephenson

No quality without equality

Jean gray