Learning to become a claims assessor

Seeing the ability

Karen Fletcher

Notice board

Seeing the ability

Karen Fletcher

In students’ shoes

Julia Terry

Management and prevention of norovirus outbreaks in hospitals

Dinah Gould

Management and prevention of norovirus outbreaks in hospitals

Dinah Gould

Infection prevention and control in general practice

Beejaye Nunkoo, Hilary Pickles

Nursing students’ views on learning opportunities in primary health care

Anna Löfmark, Görel Hansebo, Marina Nilsson, Lena Törnkvist

Nursing students’views on learning opportunities in primary health care

Anna Löfmark, Görel Hansebo, Marina Nilsson, Lena Törnkvist

BNF for Children 2008 – The Essential Resource for Clinical Use of Medicines in Children

Sam Chenery-Morris

BNF for Children 2008 – The Essential Resource for Clinical Use of Medicines in Children

Sam Chenery-Morris

Dementia Diary – Poems and Prose

Helen Goddard

Rejuvenate or Retire? Views of the NHS at 60

Gerry O’Dwyer

Dementia diary – poems and prose

Helen Goddard

Rejuvenate or Retire? Views of the NHS at 60

Gerry O’Dwyer

Starting out - I challengedacolleague’s poor treatment of a vulnerable man

Mandy Dervis

Standard life - Daniel Allen asks if academic nursing research is too weighty for its own good

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - A matter of life and death

Marie John, Moyra Baldwin, Steve Flatt

Word power

Jane Bates

Outside in - David Newnham reveals why he smiles as he pops his pils

David Newnham

A race for men too

Liz Piper

Voices-Elizabeth Anionwu wonders what the future holds for her baby granddaughter

Elizabeth Anionwu

Brain measurements

Matt Dean

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Sue Campbell

Power to the people

Jake Turnbull

Take a breath

Lynne Wallis

Sharingthecaring

Lynne Pearce

A voice for nursing

In a time of change

Ann Marie O’Neill

Access to fruit and vegetables unlikely to improve intake

Risk of lung cancer much higher in men exposed to wood dust

Prostate cancer risk linked to high IGF concentrations

Female deaths strongly linked to poor diet and smoking

Terms of endearment

On a mission to make nursing research more user-friendly

Test is first step towards a national curriculum

Sue Jordan

Comply with the code for the mental capacity act

Andrew Makin

Vote ‘yes’ for manchester’s proposed congestion charge

Judith Berry

Calling patients ‘love’ can be a warm and friendly gesture

Suzanne Nash

Letter

John Whitcher

Undergraduates should be taught business skills

Elspeth Raisbeck

A nurse’s identity adds up to far more than a starched hat

Mark Davies

Child protection requires a complex web of interventions

John Thain

What’s good for the goose is good for the nurse seeking leadership tips

£63,000 of NMC cheques left uncashed

Correction

News in Brief

First aid training to be compulsory in key care areas

Brace yourself for a handy invention

Undercover filming nurse cleared of two misconduct allegations

Andrew Cunningham

Health visitor shortage is leaving children vulnerable, peer warns

Colin Parish, Bill Doult

Community nurses advised to tackle obesity early

‘more women leaders will help to counteract macho culture’

Lean methods cut wasted walking time

Regulator to apologise for slow response in suspected abuse case

Inequalities in mental health admissions

Nurses will need to prove competence to re-register

Census reveals community focus on skin care

RCN opposes Manchester traffic charge plan

Unresolved fears

Survey shows ‘woeful’ lack of basic training in end-of-life care

Laura Doherty

Students treat patients in a virtual online world

Darling’s record borrowing is a blow to unions’bid for better pay

Colin Parish

Good care right to the end

Jean Gray