MSc in Advanced Practice

New post, first impressions

Pauline Emmerson

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UK perspectives on care in Russia

Jenny Knight

The learning divide

Jane Ryan

Pulmonary embolism

Marie-Clare Ratcliffe

An overview of meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia

Claire Donovan, Jane Blewitt

Reswick and Rogers pressure-time curve for pressure ulcer risk. Part 1

Amit Gefen

Assessment and management of patients with wound-related pain

Andy Roden, Elaine Sturman

A framework for mentor support in community-based placements

Helen McVeigh, Karen Ford, Alison O’Donnell, Clive Rushby, Jenny Squance

Nurses need effective support for emotional distress

JO Sims

Parents must have freedom of choice on mmr vaccine

Suzanne Douglas

Space exploration made few inroads into mental health

Paul Sayer

Comments sought on draft pre-registration competencies

Garth Long

Need for learning disability nurses in all settings

Claire Lowton

There is no place for moral judgements in nursing

Ian Peate

Patients deserve nurses who are clued up on spirituality

Kerry Elston

If we are meant to leave our beliefs at the door, then atheists should too

Michael Fowell

Humane care includes respect for patients’ religious beliefs

Peter Gilbert

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Trish Cornell

Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants – Seventh edition

Valerie McGurk

Counselling Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Heather Skirton

The Practice of Nursing Research – Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence: Sixth edition

Colin Rees

Starting out - I forgot to communicate with a ventilated and sedated patient

Amy Cray

Outsidein

David Newnham

Deadline for motherhood

Many Dervis, Scott Justice, Sarah Esegbona, Elsie Gayle

Age of anger

Jane Bates

A promise that has to be kept

Peter Carter

Voices - Elizabeth Anionwu reflects on three decades of sickle cell nursing in the UK

Elizabeth Anionwu

Our driving passion

Seeing off obstacles

Rosemary Cook

Action on intolerance

Carol Davis

Teenagers’ hearing at risk from overuse of loud MP3 players

Decision support tool guides older people through dementia care

DAIR suitable for treating infected joint replacements

Concerns over hypertension in fit but obese footballers

Is freezing nurses’ pay a pain-free way of cutting public spending?

Why patient safety must be at the top of the agenda at every level

Report reveals lack of parkinson’s disease specialists

Icn president will focus on education

Hospital staff walk back to fitness

Community nurses should take note of Tesco’s efficiency, says chief nurse

Nurse prescribers welcome new guidance on mixing medicines

Erin Dean

Nurse peer helps pursuade Lords to reject assisted suicide rights

Bill Doult, Erin Dean

Flame fame for record breaking ophthalmology nurse

Assistant practitioner consultation launched

RCN wants more done to fight rise of tuberculosis

News in brief

Staff prepare to administer 60 million swine flu vaccines

Challenging doctors over antibiotics cuts C. difficile rates at trust

Unite calls for full refund of £76 NMC fee

Award for nursing standard columnist

Nmc tells nurses to stop using humour and jargon in records

Laura Doherty

Cancer specialist Julie is cut out for charity role

Dh considers minimum wage for nursing students in england

Sophie Blakemore

Commission gathers views on ideal future nurse

Investing in the future

Danielle Weekes