In the right direction

Susan Shaw, Fraser Meek

Out of harm’s way

Shabina Ghafoor

Respiratory assessment

Nola Clements

Managing patients with resistant rheumatoid arthritis

Julie Madden

Safe and effective ear irrigation

Sarah Kraszewski

Experience of stress in psychiatric nursing students in Ireland

George Nolan, Denis Ryan

Political correctness has overlooked some groups

Paul Watson

Thank you and farewell Celia Manson, say RCN colleagues

Angela Avis

Gretta styles was a great nursing ambassador

Dame June Clark

Topping up is an opportunity, not an affront to health care

Patrick Cunningham

Description of poor care rang true, but there is help

Gillian Middleditch

Profession would do well to acknowledge its ‘sexy’ past

Julia Weeks

Our voting review is about engagement, not exclusion

Jason Warriner

Proper resources are all that staff and patients need

Christopher Humm

Feedback can be invaluable but do we always have to listen to patients?

Scott Justice

Promoting Continence – A Clinical and Research Resource: Third edition

Ellie Stewart

Mini Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine – Seventh edition

Siobhan Roe

Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder – The New Maudsley Method

Peter Barraclough

Starting out - A tale of two placements – from pariah to valued team member

Lindsay Martin

Standard life - Maintaining consistent quality is like running with an egg on a spoon

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Just a private matter

Carol Singleton, Mike Lehane, Lorraine Jeffs, Scott Justice

Blind spot

Jane Bates

Pills laced with dextrose and deception – will our children ever forgive us?

David Newnham

Keep on pushing

Julie Clarke

Sharon Dennis ventures into the world of ‘forensics’ for the first time

Sharon Dennis

Oil crisis brings change for the better

Sally Gooch

Science or fiction?

Betty Kershaw

Starting out cold

Shirla Philogene

‘This was the most dramatic period of my career’

Past inheritance

Gillian Hovell

Absence as a result of depression varies by employment sector

Reducing salt intake in childhood could help prevent hypertension

Holism motivates individuals to consult alternative therapists

Mellow classical music may help patients with insomnia

‘Every last thermometer was accounted for’

How the war’s end led to a new world for nursing

‘Nurses were liberated, the NHS belonged to all’

‘If we feel good, so will patients’

Ready to pick up the pieces

Hey girls, have I caught your eye?

Targets take nurses’ focus off patient care, say tories

Online course offers learning in easy bites

Practice nurse funding boost for extended GP opening hours

Community teams demonstrate motivation with a pack of cards

Tamsin Snow

Charge nurses to be given ‘full and absolute’ control of wards

Colin Parish

Stoma nurses may work for pharmacists under new proposals

News in brief

Celebrations mark 60 years of the NHS

‘Give nurses power and they will make organisations listen’

Call for status quo in disciplinary hearing backlog

Campaign launch asks ‘can dignified care be taught?’

TV whistleblower must await register ruling

Unions want a nurse leader to restore confidence in regulator

Colin Parish

NHS to give ground on mileage allowance reviews

Darzi announces investment in training and workforce planning

Tamsin Snow

Our NHS is worth defending

Jean Gray