Heart of the matter

Rachel Jones

Setting the standards for entry

Chih Hoong Sin

Notice board

Setting the standards for entry

Chih Hoong Sin

Inducing success

Keith Bradley-Adams

Musculoskeletal conditions

Linda Foyle

Compression bandaging in patients with venous insufficiency

Irene Anderson

Compression bandaging in patients with venous insufficiency

Irene Anderson

Treating patients with painful chronic wounds

Patricia Coutts, Kevin Y Woo, Stephanie Bourque

Effect of alcohol consumption on young women’s behaviour

Valerie A McMunn

Training is essential for healthcare assistants

JO Sims

Migrant nurses most vulnerable in a recession

Saskia Rigpa

Good industrial relations underpin working practice

Maria Jackson

More research needed on witnessed resuscitation

Sam Moon

Getting the right balance in mental health reporting

Nicky Hindmarch

Presidential election buries news of two-tier NHS system president-elect Barack Obama’s

David Newbold

Allowing top-up care is right, but not on NHS wards

Marianne Bern

More money for cancer drugs will reduce funds elsewhere

Alex Campbell

Life-saving legacy inspired me to carry a donor card

Sarah Dargan

Will the next generation of nurses have the right skills?

Hilary Maggs

My experience of cosmetic surgery suggests its critics are mistaken

Claire Sellwood Aberdeen

Scottish Midwives – Twentieth-Century Voices: Second edition

Laurence Dopson

Scottish midwives – twentieth-century voices: second edition

Laurence Dopson

Caring for Hindu Patients

Mike Jackson

Nutritional Care of Older People – A Workbook

Ruth Sander

Caring for hindu patients

Mike Jackson

Nutritional Care of Older People – A Workbook

Ruth Sander

Starting out - Ilearned a lot from a patient who could only speak one word

Adriana Silva

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Candid camera

Bríd Hehir, Esther Tanton, Jane Scullion, Paul Jebb

Fast living

Jane Bates

Outside In

David Newnham

The biggest threat

Lynn Young

Voices

Linda Thomas

Demonstrating dignity

Paul Wainwright

Going back to basics

Incidence of allergic rhinitis increases by a third in five years

The best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Sue Campbell

A big thank you

Upward mobility in the workplace encourages healthy lifestyles

Infective agent in sudden infant death syndrome common

Greener living space has little effect on overall activity levels

Clare Chapman’s thoughts on:

‘We will demand accountability for the spending of training budgets’

News in brief

Community services director spells out need for more funds

Nip errors in the bud, advises pilot

RCN support for nurse leaders

Decision on funding for degree students in England due in 2009

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Decision to allow top-up care puts staff in ‘difficult situation’

Colin Parish

Sacked nurse launches funds plea

Judge calls for clarity from NMC after ‘unsound’ misconduct finding

Unemployed people to work as HCAs

Unions set to discuss night shift napping

Easy squeezer wins patent

Cash reward for universities that retain students

Poor management exacerbates harassment and bullying at work

Tamsin Snow

Fees may be waived in event of flu pandemic

Small rewards and expressions of thanks improve motivation

Nurses remembered at poppy field tribute

Obama hailed as friend of US nurses

Employers to be given guidance on support for overworked staff

Tamsin Snow

Learning from Obama

Jean Gray