Modular programme in sexual health skills

David Evans

Positive partnerships

Bridget Ryan

Feeling the squeeze

Carol Davis

International recognition

Emma Ritchie

Schizophrenia

Shabina Ghafoor

Identifying, reporting and preventing elder abuse in the practice setting

Julie McGarry, Christine Simpson

Safe practice in intravenous medicines administration

Irene Lavery, Paula Ingram

Measuring compassion in nursing

David Sturgeon

Nursing care, education and support for patients with neutropenia

Michael Coughlan, Colette Healy

Correction: measuring temperature

There is never an excuse to talk across patients

Julie Evans

Sex expert’s view poses a danger to next generation

Val Moore

Students should be given real view of job’s dangers

Jeremy Roberts

Negative experiences can work to your advantage

Gail Dickinson

Mental health smoking ban is far from counter productive

Philip Seager

Routine pain checks would help us measure compassion

David Mathers

End-of-life care strategy is an opportunity for nurses

Celia Manson

I hope consultants will take note of RCN dignity campaign

Protection of dignity is in the hands of patients – as well as professionals

Niamh O’Mahony

A Nurse’s Survival Guide to the Ward – Second Edition

Sue Shaw

Shake Well Before Use

Christian Duffin

The Prescription Drug Guide for Nurses

Elizabeth Haidar

Honour of carrying out last offices helped calm my nerves

Donna Mungall

Give up empathising – sympathy is good enough

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Early, moderate and safe

Linda Drake, Candice Pellett, Paul Jebb, Rami Jumnoodoo

Coffee break

Jane Bates

The ‘shocking’ truth about hypnosis

David Newnham

Woman in black

Gail Dyson

Suitable housing and good public health go hand in hand

Peter Carter

Taking complaints seriously

Lynne Wallis

Listening to women’s problems

Mary-Claire Mason

More than a nurse

Chinese road accident death toll up 95 per cent in 20 years

Cuddly toys increase risk of sensitivity to allergens in babies

IM flu vaccine route safe in patients on anticoagulant therapy

Sustained symptoms of eating disorder more common in girls

Meet the English patient

Keith Hurst

Saving lives step by step

Staff development framework too complicated, says leading manager

Colin Parish

Working conditions linked to patient satisfaction

Acute trusts must measure care quality

New push for adolescent health

Nurse consultants blamed for junior doctors’ lack of confidence and skills

Fears over immigration reforms

Wanted:nurse peers to promote profession in the house of lords

Tamsin Snow

News in brief

Training budgets ‘plundered’ to make up for cash crisis

Unions press NMC to reveal when chief executive will leave

MPs criticise regulator in the commons

Protestors say no way to three-year pay deal

Patient risk inquiry begins as MRSA figures fall

Training crucial to success of government’s end-of-life strategy

Colin Parish

Education shake-up

Abuse investigation prompts call for scrutiny of specialist services

Christian Duffin

Improving end-of-life care

Jean Gray