Get ahead

Elspeth Raisbeck

People and places

Kath Hinchliff

Quote of many colours

Benny Goodman

Anaphylaxis

Liz Piper

The importance of fluid balance in clinical practice

Katie Scales, Julie Pilsworth

Digital rectal examination

Martin J Steggall

Providing perioperative care for pregnant women

Robert Nunney

Community matrons: patients’ and carers’ views of a new service

Angie Clegg, Alan Bee

Correction

Were you one of the class of ’65 at Bradford Royal?

Jean Bailey, Pat Smith

We have tightened our belts – moonlighting will be next

Roz Martin

TV Producers want to hear tales of the unexpected

Samantha Williams

Plans to improve end-of-life care are long overdue

Sue Porter

Welcome reminder of nursing’s core values

Alison Jones

I Received fantastic care from this dedicated nurse

Dawn Slater

Northwick park has shown how to cut infection rates

Dinah Gould

Nurse consultants have much to teach junior doctors

Jenny Tagney

Working time rules and poor training are to blame for junior doctors’ills

John Lester

Middle Range Theory Development Using King’s Conceptual System

Irene Mabbott

Communicating Health – A Culture-Centred Approach

Heather Skirton

HIV – Third edition

Drew Payne

Out of step

Drew Payne

Using the power of the knee joint

Monica Dobie

Starting out - Sometimes nurses may have to act against their own instincts

Melissa Dolby-Gardner

Daniel Allen welcomes the move to measure health workers’ happiness

Daniel Allen

Special service

Jane Scullion, Esther Tanton, Scott Justice, Alison Crumbie

The right tone

Jane Bates

David Newnham has little appetite for box-ticking in public sector kitchens

David Newnham

I believe in angels

Bethann Siviter

Elizabeth Anionwu feels proud of two nurses who have been in the news

Elizabeth Anionwu

Life-course approach needed to arthritis in middle age

More effort needed to prevent children falling from bunk beds

Increasing severity of C difficile threat to pregnant women

Study shows potential of interactive learning materials

In a field of their own

Carrie Howse

Five pathways offer a post-registration career structure fit for the future

Hay fever tightens its grip

Lynne Wallis

College warns of welfare ‘policing’ risk

Midwives launch social enterprise

Electronic meal orders free up time

Guidelines issued for sexual health advisers in drive to boost numbers

RCN calls for law change to allow mixing of drugs in syringe drivers

Petra Kendall-Raynor

News in brief

One-to-one sessions crucial to care in mental health services

Many HCAs want to become nurses, despite feeling undervalued at work

Christian Duffin

Stroke guideline stresses need for urgency

College backs ‘assumed consent’ system

Leadership and workload key to infection control, researchers find

Christian Duffin

RCN to consult members on forums shake-up proposal

Unite set to ballot on pay

Nurses will be asked about their sexual orientation

SHA to offer higher degree bursaries

RCN congress dries up for 2009

Would-be nurses flock to Wales for non-means tested bursaries

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Voting with their feet

Jean Gray