Crossing continents

Annette Bartley

On the cover

Mind your mentoring

Jain Anbu

Teaching a good death

Nicola Cheetham, Patsy Gibson, Pauline McManus

Mind your mentoring

Jain Anbu

Syphilis

Yvonne Potter

Fractures:pathophysiology, treatment and nursing care

Nicola L Whiteing

Fractures: pathophysiology, treatment and nursing care

Nicola L Whiteing

Essential elements in developing evidence-based practice

Joanne Cleary-Holdforth, Therese Leufer

Assessing the effect of fibromyalgia on patients’sexual activity

Sarah Ryan, Jackie Hill, Catharine Thwaites

Assessing the effect of fibromyalgia on patients’ sexual activity

Sarah Ryan, Jackie Hill, Catharine Thwaites, Peter Dawes

British pain society wants online survey respondents

Nick Allcock

If anyone has had experience of dyscalculia, get in touch

Claire Davidson

Whistleblower was right to film poor care secretly

Simon Vincent

Columnists’ rose-tinted view of nhs is not shared by all

Bridget McClure-Jones

We can still make healthy choices – despite price rises

Lyn Andrews

Conscientious objection is separate from giving care

Val Moore

Patients are more at risk when breaks are skipped

Malcolm Harrison

Care homes will pay the price of curbs on migrant workers

Christopher Humm

Wider implications of UK nursing workforce findings

Pam Soulla

Continuity of care suffers with part-time workers

Angie Johnson

NHS profits from outrageous parking fees, while some get off scot free

Lesley Davies

Making Sense of Portfolios – A Guide for Nursing Students

Kath Sharples

Making sense of portfolios – a guide for nursing students

Kath Sharples

Multicultural Horizons – Diversity and the Limits of the Civil Nation

Roswyn Hakesley-Brown

Understanding Patient Safety

Helen Glenister

Multicultural horizons – diversity and the limits of the civil nation

Roswyn Hakesley-Brown

Understanding patient safety

Helen Glenister

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

Margaret Pau

Webwise

Joanne McDonnell

Starting out - I missed an opportunity to try cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Amy Cray

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Readers Panel - A shot in the dark

Jane Scullion, Linda Drake, Sarah Esegbona, Elsie Gayle

Do it like us

Jane Bates

The lift’s incessant talking has driven David Newnham to take the stairs

David Newnham

Voices - complementary therapies are hard to get from a cautious health service

Sharon Dennis

Rights of passage

Baroness Emerton

Learning from each other

Nicola Bent, Alan Pedder

Teaching a good death

Nicola Cheetham, Patsy Gibson, Pauline McManus

A spoonful of training..

Carol Davis

Cultural shift

Lynne Pearce

Older people in deprived areas have poor dental care

Phlebotomy technique could produce wrong potassium results asking patients to clench

Obese and non-obese patients gain from knee replacement

Activity levels drop quickly as children become teenagers

Meet the new team of nursing advisers

Forums streamlined for greater clarity

RCN relaunches nursing department in bid to boost professional support

Laura Doherty

Former nurse to tackle health inequality

Preparations for flu pandemic should begin now, say experts

Jennifer Sprinks

You tube videos offer ideas for improving patient nutrition

Lib Dems want free care for patients who ‘top-up’

RCN joins campaign to cut VAT on pure juices and smoothies

Immigration changes ‘will cause staffing crisis in care home sector’

Christian Duffin

Comedian confronts NHS bullying

Carter counters GP’s claims on polyclinics

Government urged to revive quit smoking campaign

News in brief

‘Make dementia skills mandatory’

Declining productivity figures misrepresent nurses’ efforts

Consultation on end-of-life care standards

Police custody used as place of safety for mentally ill people

Health service staff in the north of England take most sick days

Laura Doherty

Community nurses accept abuse as part of the job

Nurses prove real model citizens

Unions prepare for rocky ride as darling stands firm over pay

Christian Duffin

Teaching a good death

Nicola Cheetham, Patsy Gibson

Add nurses to exemption list

Jean Gray