Get things in perspective

Benny Goodman

Academic writing

Steven Lightfoot

Female urethral catheterisation

John Robinson

Continence care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Isobel Mason

Correct use of nebulisers

Rachel Booker

Management of asymptomatic hypogiycaemia in neonates

Obituary

Barbara Vaughan

Performing abortions is not what i came into nursing for

Marjorie Cavanagh

Cardigans can only be worn when writing notes

Bette McMullan

Rules for appropriate dress should apply to all NHS staff

Mark Davies

Nurses subsidise trusts for every mile they travel

Malcolm Harrison

Malnutrition can mean too much as well as too little

Susan Holmes

Conflicting demands at mealtimes are unhelpful

Lisa Scott

It is our job to feed patients but we must prioritise

Thomas Dowle

Our infection control is as good as in dutch hospitals

Karen Collyer

TV clip from the ‘old days’showed a lost world of clean, spacious wards

Helen Ritchie

Living with Drugs - Sixth edition

Sue Jordan

Practical Paediatric Problems in Primary Care

Nikki Dowling

The Psychiatry of Palliative Medicine - The Dying Mind

Marion Goodchild

Easing the pain

Simon Daniels

Voices - Peter Carter says the RCN plans to expand its influence for a better future

Peter Carter

Starting out - Exclusion from the clique left me scared and demoralised

Rebecca Parmenter

Daniel Allen detects the whiff of souring public attitude towards the profession

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Open all hours

Carol Singleton, Linda Drake, Alison Crumbie, Lesley Benham

All at sea

Jane Bates

Have you heard the one about David Newnham getting his eyes tested?

David Newnham

Banish the bingers

Amy Cray

Home of inspiration

Barbara Millar

The spirit of good nursing

Stephen Wright

Storming ideas

Suzanne Tongue

Notice board

Inner strength

Claire Westwood

Crisis can give you a better Christmas

Blood pressure and other heart measures not affected by pets

Young children express preferences for branded fast foods

Pre-travel advice service use by West African immigrants

Email interaction between nurses and survivors of abuse

Mapping key

Lean thinking on the wards

Andrew Castle

Numbers add up in staffing formula

Adele Waters

Nurse mps in fierce clashes as passions build on abortion

Pension entitlements

Plans to cut ill health

Sarah Harrison

Weight gain increases risk of breast cancer

Nurse convicted of ‘terrible crime’ struck off by NMC

Stomagroup heads for the hills

RCN hails ‘victory of principle’as barred workers list is ruled illegal

Sarah Harrison

News in brief

Children’s weight data ‘inaccurate’, say school nurses

Senior nurses should make CPR decisions

Pay gap between nurses and other professions widens

Allowance for NMC fees may not be paid until 2008

Unions call for ‘significant’award in light of NHS financial surplus

Tamsin Snow

Rookie rowers’ oarsome expedition

Staffing level counts to be revolutionised

Review to provide ‘hard figures’ on healthcare-acquired infections

Tamsin Snow

Pay levels should shame PM

Jean Gray