A better death

Jacqui Furneaux

A better death

Jacqui Furneaux

Notice board

Twice the talent

Learning the hard way

Joanne Hardy

Norovirus infections

Frances Johnson

Norovirus infections

Frances Johnson

Eye Care

Tanya Fernandes

Treatment and management of ocular conditions in older people

Ramesh Seewoodhary, Sue Watkinson

Treatment and management of ocular conditions in older people

Ramesh Seewoodhary, Sue Watkinson

Advanced physical assessment: the role of the district nurse

Heather Baid, Christine Bartlett, Susan Gilhooly, Andrea Illingworth, Suzanne Winder

A reflective account of a consultation in abortion care

Edna Astbury-Ward

Taxpayers have no objection to funding spiritual care

Lesline Lewinson

Speaking out in defence of hospital chaplaincy services

BJ Waltho

Nursing students often end up working to fill staffing gaps

Sean Elder

RCN'S education report had a big influence on project 2000

David Rye

Knowledge does not come at the expense of compassion

Sharon Basson

To achieve high standards we must be allowed to speak out

Carol Cook

Right to highlight poor care, but wrong to film patients

Marc Anthony Evans

John major listened to us and this government should too

Ian Payne

Whistleblowers run a great risk and pay the price for it

Anne Penney

Time to raise our standards and take action on nurse to patient ratios

Clare Slater

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

Margaret Paul

The End of Stigma? Changes in the Social Experience of Long-Term Illness

Megan Burgess

The end of stigma? changes in the social experience of long-term illness

Megan Burgess

Between Two Worlds – A Narrative

Elizabeth Anionwu

Caring in Nursing Practice

Stuart Cable

Between Two Worlds – A Narrative

Elizabeth Anionwu

Caring in nursing practice

Stuart Cable

Webwise

Irene Mabbott

Starting out - My time in hospital taught me to treat patients with respect

Sadie Melling

The answer is to use your common sense

Caroline Shutt

Readers panel - Should employers keep a file on every nurse’s conduct, including information on informal unproven complaints? We asked our readers panel

Carol Singleton, Kate Tantam, Jane Brown, Julie Clarke

Wartime spirit

Jane Bates

OutsideIn

David Newnham

False alarm

Sarah Rawlings

Voices - Nurses with great ideas are being let down by cynical colleagues

Rosemary Cook

Time to change?

Alison Whyte

A net gain for Kenya

Maura Buchanan

Caring in a changing world

Lynne Pearce

Global warming could increase the chances of Leptospira infection

Peanut sensitivity may be related to high environmental exposure

Non-isolation room contamination common during outbreaks

Meat eaters face greater risk of weight and heart problems

Highlights

Uniforms, brothels, foundation status and skill mix on RCN congress agenda

Funds-for-performance scheme may damage education providers

Petra Kendall-Raynor, Tamsin Snow

Civilian nurses return from Afghanistan

Award for water top-up scheme

Good equality policies can save each trust £8.3 million a year

Sophie Blakemore

Fitness for practice process spelt out in employers’ guide

News in brief

Pension choice trial starts this summer

Public pressure prompts Haywood case review

Brown’s nursing commission agrees terms of reference at first meeting

NHS staff to be quizzed on health and lifestyle habits

Swine flu advice reminds nurses to work within their competence

Erin Dean

Outbreak trust seeks experienced nurses

Government adviser calls for minimum nurse-to-HCA ratio

Sophie Blakemore

In pursuit of the truth

Jean Gray